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Executive Order 5678—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands Pending Resurvey, Utah

August 10, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4745, dated October 21, 1927, withdrawing the public lands in T. 10 S., R. 20 E., Salt Lake meridian, Utah, pending a resurvey of said township, be, and the same is hereby, revoked.

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85 of June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), and subject to valid rights, that the above-described lands, where of the proper character, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened under the terms and conditions of such resolution and the regulations issued thereunder to entry under the stock-raising homestead laws only, for a period of 91 days beginning with the date of the official filing of the plat of resurvey, by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by the resolution, and thereafter to appropriation by the general public under said laws.

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no rights may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise, except strictly in accordance herewith.

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
August 10, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5678—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands Pending Resurvey, Utah Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361263

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