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Executive Order 5255—Reserving Certain Described Lands for National Guard Use as a Target Range, New Mexico

December 31, 1929

Under authority contained in the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), and subject to the conditions, provisions, and limitations of said acts and also subject to valid existing rights in and to the same, it is hereby ordered that all of sec. 4 and NW. ¼ N. ½ SW. ¼ sec. 9, T. 23 S., R. 10 W., New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico, be and the same are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, entry, and all forms of appropriation, for use of the New Mexico National Guard as a target range.

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

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 31, 1929.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5255—Reserving Certain Described Lands for National Guard Use as a Target Range, New Mexico Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/360947

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