Executive Order 7924—Revocation of Executive Order No. 6908 of November 21, 1934, Withdrawing Public Lands

ALASKA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497 and Public Resolution No. 85, approved June 12, 1930, ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. Executive order No. 6908 of November 21, 1934, withdrawing land in Alaska pending legislation, is hereby revoked.

Section 2. Subject to valid existing rights, and pursuant to Public Resolution No. 85, approved June 12, 1930, ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580, the vacant, unreserved public lands in the areas released from such withdrawal shall be open to entry, under the homestead laws applicable to Alaska, by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by the said resolution under the terms and conditions of the said resolution and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, for a period of ninety-one days beginning with the sixty-third day from and after the date hereof, and thereafter the lands shall be subject to appropriation by the general public under any public-land law applicable thereto. Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration for general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to such lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise, except strictly in accordance with the provisions of this order.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 5, 1938.