Executive Order 5991—Transfer of Lands between the Deschutes and Fremont National Forests, Oregon

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 Deschutes National Forest as defined by proclamation of November 27, 1918 (40 Stat. 1897-1899), and modified by the act of May 14, 1930 (46 Stat. 278), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Fremont National Forest:

Willamette Meridian

T. 27 S., R. 8 E., secs. 34, 35, and 36.

T. 28 S., R. 8 E., secs. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 35, and 36.

T. 29 S., R. 8 E., sec. 1.

T. 25 S., R. 9 E., sec. 24, S. ½ and NW. ¼; secs. 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, and 35.

T. 29 S., R. 9 E., secs. 4, 5, and 6.

T. 25 S., R. 10 E., secs. 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22;

sec. 23, W. ½;

sec. 24, S. ½;

secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, and 36.

T. 25 S., R. 11 E., sec. 19;

sec. 25, W. ½;

sec. 26, S. ½;

sec. 27;

sec. 28, S. ½;

secs. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35.

The following-described tract is hereby transferred from the Fremont National Forest to the Deschutes National Forest:

Willamette Meridian

T. 26 S., R. 9 E., sec. 6.

Should any of the following-described tracts be given a national-forest status under authority of the act of February 2, 1922 (42 Stat. 362), the said lands shall thereupon become a part of the Fremont National Forest:

Willamette Meridian

T. 25 S., R. 9 E., sec. 24, NE. ¼;

T. 25 S., R. 10 E., sec. 23, E. ½;

sec. 24, N. ½.

T. 25 S., R. 11 E., sec. 25, E. ½

sec. 26, N. ½;

sec. 28, N. ½;

secs. 29 and 36.

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,
January 12, 1933.