Executive Order 8655—Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940, and Reserving Public Land for Use as an Addition to an Air Navigation Site

ALASKA

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered as follows:

Sec. 1. Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940, temporarily withdrawing public lands on Kodiak Island and certain other islands, Alaska, for classification and in aid of legislation, is hereby revoked so far as it affects the tract of public land on Woody Island lying within the following-described boundaries:

Beginning at corner No. 1, M. C., United States Survey No. 1675 in approximate latitude 57°46'40" N., and longitude 152°19' W., thence by metes and bounds,

Southerly along the east shore of Woody Island at mean high water elevation 2337 feet to a stake:

N. 63°08' W., 449.2 feet to a stake;

N. 57°17' W., 973.9 feet to a stake;

Northeasterly along the east shore of Elephant Lake at mean high water elevation 1574 feet to corner No. 2 of tract reserved for air navigation site:

N. 60°15' E., 660 feet along south boundary of said tract;

S. 81°45' E., 327 feet to corner No. 1, the place of beginning, containing approximately 40 acres.

Sec. 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts, and to all valid existing rights, the land described in section 1 of this order is hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for the use of. the Department of Commerce as an addition to the air-navigation site for which public land was withdrawn by Executive Order No. 8540 of September 14, 1940.

Sec. 3. The reservation made by section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 30, 1941.