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Executive Order 5623—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, California

May 15, 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 secs. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, and 25 in T. 6 S., R. 38 E., secs. 30, 31, and 32 in T. 6 S., R. 39 E., and secs. 4, 5, and 9 in T. 7 S., R. 39 E., of the Mount Diablo meridian, California, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, pending a resurvey of said sections under the act of March 3, 1909 (35 Stat. 845), as amended by the joint resolution of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 884).

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,
May 15, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5623—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Resurvey, California Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361229

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