Executive Order 8831—Withdrawing Public Land for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes

FLORIDA

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for military purposes:

TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN

T. 6 S., R. 24 E., sec. 18, W½SW¼; containing 80.21 acres.

This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described land.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 24, 1941.