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Executive Order 5562—Withdrawal of Additional Public Lands for Lighthouse Purposes, Mississippi

February 20, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive order of September 3, 1900, withdrawing certain lands located on the eastern end of Hom Island off the coast of Mississippi for lighthouse purposes, be modified so as to include the land described as lots 1, 2, and 3, sec. 25, T. 9 S., R. 6 W., St. Stephens meridian, Mississippi, as shown on official plat of resurvey and extension survey approved October 9, 1930.

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,
February 20, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5562—Withdrawal of Additional Public Lands for Lighthouse Purposes, Mississippi Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361192

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