Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6617—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use in Connection with Walker River Indian Irrigation Project, Nevada

February 26, 1934

By virtue of 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), and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to all valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described public lands in Nevada be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, for use in connection with the Walker River Indian irrigation project, Nevada:

Mount Diablo Base Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 28 E., sec. 7, lots 1 and 2, and E½NW¼.

This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 26, 1934.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6617—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use in Connection with Walker River Indian Irrigation Project, Nevada Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/276755

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