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Executive Order 5551—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, New Mexico

February 07, 1931

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, it is hereby ordered that the public lands in T. 11 S., R. 5 W. and T. 12 S., R. 6 W., New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey of said townships under the act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 845).

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,
February 7, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5551—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/361185

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