Executive Order 8650—Changing the Name of the Kellys Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge to Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto

NORTH DAKOTA

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The name of the Kellys Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, established by Executive Order No. 7320 of March 19, 1936, is hereby changed to Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge.

SECTION 2. Subject to valid existing rights, all lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 960 acres, more or less, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the said Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 152 N., R. 52 W.,
     sec. 14, S 1/2 NE 1/4, NW 1/4, N 1/2 SW 1/4, and S 1/2 SE 1/4;
     sec. 15, E 1/2 NE 1/4;
     sec. 22, W 1/2 NE 1/4;
     sec. 23, N 1/2 and N 1/2 SE 1/4.

The Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge, as enlarged by this order, consists of all lands owned or controlled by the United States in the following-described area, comprising 1,640 acres, more or less:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 152 N., R. 52 W.,
     sec. 14, S 1/2 NE 1/4, NW 1/4, and S 1/2;
     sec. 15, E 1/2 E 1/2;
     sec. 22, E 1/2;
     sec. 23, N 1/2 and N 1/2 S 1/2;
     sec. 27, W 1/2 NE 1/4 and NE 1/4 NW 1/4.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 23, 1941.