Executive Order 5980—Modification of Withdrawal of Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands

The Executive order of July 31, 1916, withdrawing from settlement, entry, or other disposition the lands title to which revested in the United States under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218-223), which order was modified by Executive Order No. 2823-A of March 21, 1918, so that the Secretary of the Interior may proceed with the restoration of said lands or any portion thereof, or the sale of timber thereon, in the manner authorized and directed by said act of June 9, 1916, is hereby further modified to the extent of authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the following-described land in Oregon for use by the Department of Commerce in the maintenance of air navigation facilities under and pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the act of Congress approved May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 728, 729), subject to an existing power transmission line reservation under section 24 of the Federal water power act of June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 1063, 1075), affecting a portion thereof, the timber on the said land to remain subject to sale by the United States in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act of June 9, 1916:

T. 34 S., R. G W., Willamette meridian, sec. 23, NE. ¼ SE. ¼.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 22, 1932.