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Executive Order 5518—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, New Mexico

December 19, 1930

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4100 of November 7, 1924, withdrawing, among other lands, the public lands in Tps. 12 and 13 S., R. 20 E., New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, pending a resurvey, be, and the same is hereby, revoked, as to the above-mentioned townships.

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), and subject to valid rights, that the above-described lands, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened, under the terms and conditions of such resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, to entry under the homestead or desert land laws only, for a period of 91 days beginning with the date of the official filing of the plats of resurvey, by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by the resolution, and thereafter to appropriation by the general public under any public land law applicable thereto.

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general •disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise, except strictly in accordance herewith.

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 19, 1930.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5518—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, New Mexico Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361087

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