Executive Order 7734—Withdrawal of Public Land for the Use of the Department of Agriculture

NEW MEXICO

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

SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing certain lands for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects any public lands within the following-described area in New Mexico:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 23 N., R. 8 E.,
     Sec. 1, lots 1 to 7, S ½ NE ¼, SE ¼ NW ¼, SE ¼, and that part of Ojo Caliente Grant east of Caliente River;
     Sec. 12, lots 1 to 4, E ½, and that part of Ojo Caliente Grant east of Caliente River;
     Sec. 13, those parts of NE ¼ SW ¼, lots 9 and 12, and that part of Ojo Caliente Grant in NW ¼, east of Caliente River;
     Sec. 24, those parts of NE ¼ NW ¼, lots 4 and 5 east of Caliente River.

T. 23 N., R. 9 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 6, and 9 to 12, inclusive;
     Sec. 14, N ½ NE ¼, NE ¼ NW ¼;
     Sec. 15.

T. 24 N., R. 9 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive;
     Sec. 7, NE ¼, E ½ NW ¼;
     Sec. 8, N ½;
     Secs. 9 to 16, inclusive;
     Sec. 20, E ½;
     Secs. 21 to 29, inclusive;
     Sec. 31, SE ¼;
     Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive.

T. 25 N., R. 9 E.,
     Secs. 1, 35 and 36.

T. 23 N., R. 10 E.,
     Sec. 3;
     Sec. 4, N ½, NW ¼ SW ¼, E ½ SE ¼;
     Sec. 5, NE ¼, NW ¼ SE ¼;
     Sec. 6, N ½, N ½ SW ¼.

Tps. 24 to 26 N., R. 10 E.

T. 27 N., R. 10 E.,
     Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive.

T. 24 N., R. 11 E.,
     Sec. 5, SW ¼ NE ¼, S ½ NW ¼, SW ¼;
     Secs. 6 to 8, and 16 to 19, inclusive;
     Sec. 20, N ½, SW ¼, W ½ SE ¼;
     Sec. 29, W ½ NW ¼;
     Sec. 30;
     Sec. 31, N ½.

T. 25 N., R. 11 E.,
     Secs. 5 to 9, inclusive;
     Sec. 16, N ½, SW ¼;
     Secs. 17 to 19, inclusive;
     Sec. 20, N ½, SW ¼;
     Sec. 31, W ½;

T. 26 N., R. 11 E.,
     Sec. 6.

SECTION 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, all vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands within the above-described area are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart for use and development by the Department of Agriculture for soil-erosion control and other land utilization activities in connection with the Taos Project, LA-NM 2: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall restrict prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of the lands under the applicable laws.

SECTION 3. This order shall be applicable to all lands within the area described in section 1 hereof upon the cancellation, termination, or release of prior entries, selections, rights, appropriations, or claims, or upon the revocation of prior withdrawals, unless expressly otherwise provided in the order of revocation.

SECTION 4. 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,
November 1, 1937.