Executive Order 9192—Amending Executive Order No. 9140 of April 20, 1942, Establishing the Safford National Wildlife Refuge

ARIZONA

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 195), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

The first paragraph of Executive Order No. 9140 of April 20, 1942, establishing the Safford National Wildlife Refuge, in Arizona, is hereby amended to read:

"Whereas certain hereinafter-described lands in the State of Arizona, together with the improvements thereon, have been acquired by the United States in connection with the Safford Arizona Nursery of the Department of Agriculture under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195, 200); and"

The third paragraph of the said Executive Order is hereby amended to read:

"Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me under the aforesaid National Industrial Recovery Act, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the acquired lands, together with improvements thereon within the following-described area, comprising 240 acres, more or less, in Graham County, Arizona, be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior, together with such equipment in use in connection with said lands as may be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture; and the said lands are hereby reserved as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife:"

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 3, 1942.