Executive Order 8164—Establishing the Pleasant Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

NORTH DAKOTA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that all lands and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising approximately 1,020 acres, in Benson 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. 156 N., R. 71 W.,
     sec. 4, lots 13 and 14, and N½SW¼;
     sec. 5, lots 13 and 14, and N½SE¼:
     sec. 8, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
     sec. 9, lot 4;
     sec. 16, lot 1;
     sec. 17, lots 1 and 2;
          and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lake in secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, and 17.

It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully 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.

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

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 12, 1939.