Executive Order 5721—Addition to Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge

It is hereby ordered that the following-described vacant public lands, which are situated on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River, between Rock Island, Ill., and Wabasha, Minn., and are subject to overflow by said river and have been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be suitable for the purposes defined by the act of June 7, 1924 (U.S. Code, title 16, ch. 8, sec. 721; 43 Stat. 650), entitled "An act to estabfish the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge," be, and the same are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to existing valid rights, as part of said refuge:

Wisconsin—Fourth Principal Meridian

T. 11 N., R. 7 W., sec. 34, lot 1 and SE. ¼ NE. ¼.

Illinois—Fourth Principal Meridian

T. 27 N., R. 1 W., sec. 1, east part island "A";

sec. 2, west part island "A".

Iowa—Fifth Principal Meridian

T. 93 N., R. 2 W., sec. 17, lots 5 and 6;

sec. 20, fractional NE. ¼

T. 85 N., R. 6 E., sec. 14, fractional section;

T. 84 N., R. 7 E., sec. 6, lot 10.

Minnesota—Fifth Principal Meridian

T. 101 N., R. 3 W., sec. 31, unnumbered lot in W. ½ SW. ¼;

T. 103 N., R. 4 W., sec. 12, lot 1;

T. 105 N., R. 4 W., sec. 20, lot 1;

T. 106 N., R. 5 W., sec. 8, lot 1;

sec. 9, lots 1 and 2;

T. 108 N., R. 8 W., sec. 22, lot 1.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
September 19, 1931.