Executive Order 8884—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department

CALIFORNIA

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it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department in connection with the construction of a reservoir and water pipe line to Camp San Luis Obispo:

MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN

T. 30 S., R. 14 E.,
     sec. 9, lots 1, 2;
     sec. 10, N½N½, SW¼NE¼;
     sec. 15, lots 1, 2, 7, 8;
containing 465.57 acres.

This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described lands.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 3, 1941.