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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd President of the United States: 1933 ‐ 1945

Executive Order 6808—Restoration to Entry of Land in Chugach National Forest

August 04, 1934

ALASKA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897 (ch. 2, 30 Stat. 11, 34, 36), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the tract of land in Alaska lying within the following-described boundaries and occupied as a home site be, and it is hereby, excluded from the Chugach National Forest and restored to entry under the applicable public-land laws:

Chs.     

Beginning at corner no. 1, meander corner for home site no. 27, on
the south shore of Kenai River, in approximate latitude 60°29' N. , longitude 149°51' W., at line of mean high tide; corner not set because of liability of destruction by tides; from which point U.S.L.M. No. 95 bears N. 33°41' W., 5.91 chs.
Thence with meanders along line of approximate high tide of Kenai River:
      (1) S. 78°30' W., .55 ch.;
      (2) S. 67° W., 3.20 chs.;
crossing center road right-of-way at 61 lks.;
      (3) S. 18° W., .75 ch.;
to corner no. 2, meander corner, not set because of liability to destruction by tides.
Thence S. 18° E.
.35      to witness corner to corner no. 2, meander corner, which is a cottonwood post 5 ft. long, squared to 4 in., set 18 in. in ground, marked WCMC 2, from which southwest corner of cabin bears N. 83°30' E., 66 lks. distant.
5.71      to center of road right-of-way.
8.75      to corner no. 3, which is a spruce post 5 it. long, squared to 4 in., set 18 in. in ground, marked HS 3.
      An 8-in. spruce tree bears S. 22° E., 12 lks. distant, marked WHS 3.
      An 8-in. spruce tree bears N. 74° W., 28 lks. distant, marked WHS 3.
Thence N. 62° E.
4.85     

to corner no. 4, which is a spruce post 5 ft. long, squared to 4 in., set 18 in. in ground, marked HS 4.
      A 6-in. spruce tree bears S. 54° W., 60 lks. distant.
Thence N. 21°57' W.
3.34      to center of road right-of-way,
8.55      to witness corner to corner no. 1 and meander corner, and also to corner no. 1 of homestead entry survey no. 95, which is an iron pipe, 36 in. long, 2 in. diam., set 24 in. in ground, over a stone marked with cross with brass cap marked WC MC 1 HES 95.
      An 8-in. spruce stump bears N. 33° W., 8 Iks. distant, marked X 1 HES 95 WC MC BT.
8.75      to point for corner no. 1, meander corner and place of beginning, containing approximately 4.04 acres. The survey was made May 23-24, 1932; the bearings of the lines were determined by needle compass, allowing a variation of 28° E., and are intended to refer to the true meridian.

 

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 4, 1934.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6808—Restoration to Entry of Land in Chugach National Forest Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/373417

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