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Executive Order 5719—Withdrawal of Land for Lighthouse Purposes, Michigan

September 17, 1931

It is hereby ordered that the land hereinafter described be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, as provided by the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), for the use of the Department of Commerce for lighthouse purposes:

An unsurveyed island, approximately 1 acre, known as Naubinway Island, located in Lake Michigan, approximately 55 chains south of the corner of secs. 28, 29, 32, and 33, T. 43 N., R. 9 W., of the Michigan meridian, Michigan.

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,
September 17, 1931.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5719—Withdrawal of Land for Lighthouse Purposes, Michigan Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361297

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