Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8621—Revoking in Part Proclamation No. 1519 of April 16, 1919, and Reserving Certain Lands for Aviation Purposes

December 27, 1940

ALASKA

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of March 12, 1914, c. 37, 38 Stat. 305, and 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:

1. Proclamation No. 1519 of April 16, 1919, withdrawing certain lands in Alaska for town-site and other purposes in connection with the construction and operation of railroad lines, is hereby revoked as to the following-described areas in the NE ¼ sec. 34, T. 13 N., R. 4 W., Seward Meridian, Alaska:

TRACT NO. 1

Beginning at the point for the quarter-section corner between secs. 27 and 34, T. 13 N., R. 4 W., Seward Meridian, Alaska, in Hood Lake, thence from said initial point, by metes and bounds;

S. 89°59' E., 11.22 chains, along line between secs. 27 and 34;

S. 0°04' E., 22.73 chains, parallel to center section line;

N. 89°59' W., 11.22 chains;

N. 0°04' W., 22.73 chains, along center section line to the place of beginning, containing 31.11 acres of land and water area.

TRACT NO. 2

Beginning at corner of secs. 26, 27, 34 and 35, T. 13 N., R. 4 W., Seward Meridian, Alaska, thence by metes and bounds;

S. 0°03' E., 22.73 chains, along line between secs. 34 and 35;

N. 89°59' W., 28.83 chains;

N. 0°04' W., 22.73 chains, to a point on the line between secs. 27 and 34;

S. 89°59' E., 28.83 chains, along line between secs. 27 and 34 to the place of beginning, containing 65.53 acres of land and water area.

2. Tract No. 1 above described is hereby reserved for the joint use of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, for the construction and operation of a sea-plane base, and Tract No. 2 above described is hereby reserved for the use of the Alaska Road Commission, Department of the Interior, as an air-navigation site.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
December 27, 1940.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8621—Revoking in Part Proclamation No. 1519 of April 16, 1919, and Reserving Certain Lands for Aviation Purposes Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210413

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