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Executive Order 5120—Reserving Certain Described Lands Pending Archaeological Investigation by the Smithsonian Institution, New Mexico

May 17, 1929

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that the following described land in New Mexico, namely, SW¼ SW¼ Sec. 4, SE¼ SE¼ Sec. 5, NE¼ NE¼ Sec. 8 and NW¼ NW¼ Sec. 9, T. 26 S., R. 2 W., N.M.P.M., containing 160 acres, be and it is hereby temporarily withdrawn, subject to the provisions and conditions of said acts, pending archaeological investigation by the Smithsonian Institution under the act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225).

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

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
May 17, 1929.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5120—Reserving Certain Described Lands Pending Archaeological Investigation by the Smithsonian Institution, New Mexico Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/360822

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