Executive Order 5618—Exclusion of Public Lands from the Crook National Forest, Arizona for Town-Site Purposes

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34-36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the boundaries of the Crook National Forest be modified by excluding therefrom the following described land in the State of Arizona:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

In T. 2 S., R. 12 E., NE. ¼ NE. ¼ SW. ¼ sec. 3, excepting from said legal subdivision Homestead Entry Survey No. 437.

Subject to valid existing claims, the land excluded from the national forest by this order is hereby reserved for town-site purposes.

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

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
May 11, 1931.