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Executive Order 5632—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands for Classification, North Dakota

May 27, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 5258 of January 9, 1930, withdrawing certain lands in North Dakota for classification ahd in aid of legislation, be, and it is hereby, revoked in so far as it affects the NE. ¼ SW. ¼ NW. ¼ SE. ¼ and S. ½ SE. ¼ sec. 35, T. 156 N., R. 77 W., fifth principal meridian, containing 160 acres.

And it is further hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930, that, subject to valid rights, the above-described land shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert land laws by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by said resolution, under the terms and conditions of said resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, for a period of 91 days beginning with the 63d day from and after the date hereof, and thereafter, if unentered, to appropriation by the general public under any applicable public land law.

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 land by settlement in advance of entry, or otherwise except strictly in accordance herewith.

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
May 27, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5632—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands for Classification, North Dakota Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361372

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