Executive Order 8153—Establishing Lake George Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

NORTH DAKOTA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369,37 Stat. 497, it is ordered that all lands and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 3,113 acres, more or less, in Kidder County, North Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 137 N., R. 70 W.,
     sec. 2, lots 1, 2, and 3, S½NE¼, and SE¼NW¼;
          and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lake in secs. 2 and 3;

T. 138 N., R. 70 W.,
     sec. 22, lots 3, 4, and 5, and N½NE¼;
     sec. 23, all fractional;
     sec. 34, lots 4 to 8, inclusive, and W½SW¼;
     sec. 35, all fractional;
          and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lakes in secs. 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 34, and 35.

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, withdrawing lands in North Dakota and other states for classification, etc., is hereby revoked in so far as it affects any of the above-described lands.

This reservation shall be known as the Lake George Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 12, 1939.