Executive Order 5765—Transfer of Lands from the Datil to the Gila National Forest, New Mexico

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands now parts of the Datil National Forest as defined by proclamation of January 23, 1925 (43 Stat. 1984-1985), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to and made parts of the Gila National Forest as defined by proclamation of March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1815-1816).

All lands now a part of the Datil National Forest lying in:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Tps. 11 and 12 S., R. 8 W.;

Tps. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 S., R. 9 W.;

Tps. 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 S., R. 10 W.;

Tps. 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 S., R. 11 W.;

Tps. 8, 9, 10, and 11 S., R. 12 W.;

Tps. 10 and 11 S., R. 13 W.;

Tps. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 S., R. 14 W.;

Tps. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 S., R. 15 W.;

Tps. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 S., R. 16 W.;

Tps. 7, 8, 9, and 10 S., R. 17 W.;

Tps. 7, 8, 9, and 10 S., R. 18 W.;

T. 8 S., R. 19 W.

The transfers effected by this order and the new boundaries of the Gila National Forest are more clearly shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof. It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national-forest status which have hitherto not had such status nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
Dec. 24, 1931.