Executive Order 8649—Withdrawing Public Land for the Use of the Department of State

NEW MEXICO

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the act of May 13, 1924, c. 153, 43 Stat. 118, as amended by the act of August 19, 1935, c. 561, 49 Stat. 660, by the act of August 29, 1935, c. 805, 49 Stat. 961, and by the act of June 4, 1936, c. 500, 49 Stat. 1463, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the Department of State in connection with the Rio Grande Canalization project, authorized by the said acts:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 21 S.. R. 1 W., sec. 23, lot 5 and SW¼NE¼;

T. 22 S., R. 1 W., sec. 1, lot 5;

T. 22 8., R. 1 E., sec. 20, lots 1, 2, and 3.

This order supersedes as to any of the above-described lands affected thereby the withdrawal made by Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, and it is subject to the condition that livestock shall be permitted to cross the above-described lands for watering purposes.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 23, 1941.