Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8278—Withdrawing Public Land and Water for Naval Purposes

October 28, 1939

ALASKA

By virtue of and pursuant to 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, and subject to the conditions therein expressed, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The public land and water in the following described area in the Territory of Alaska are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the use of the Department of the Navy for naval purposes:

The eastern portion of Kodiak Island, described by metes and bounds as follows:

Beginning at a point at latitude 57°47'0" north, longitude 152°26'30" west, thence:

W. to latitude 57°47'0" north, longitude 152°36'0" west

S. to latitude 57°44'30" north, longitude 152°38'0" west

SW. to latitude 57°42'0" north, longitude 152°38'0" west

S. to latitude 57°39'30" north, longitude 152°38'0" west

E. to latitude 57°39'30" north, longitude 152°30'0" west

NE. to latitude 57°42'0" north, longitude 152°26'0" west

N. to latitude 57°44'0" north, longitude 152°26'0" west

NW. to latitude 57°47'0" north, longitude 152°26'30" west

to the point of beginning.

SECTION 2. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 7748 of November 20, 1937, reserving a certain area in Alaska for the use of the Navy Department for naval purposes.

SECTION 3. The reservation made by section 1 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 28, 1939.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8278—Withdrawing Public Land and Water for Naval Purposes Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210789

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