Executive Order 6132—Withdrawing Land for Army Radio Station, Alaska

It is hereby ordered that the land hereinafter described be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn subject to valid existing rights as provided by the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), for the use of the War Department as a site for the Army radio station at Point Barrow, Alaska:

Beginning at a point in the shore line of Nerravak Lagoon, said point being in the northerly extension of the easterly line of the Presbyterian Mission Property and 30 ft., more or less, from the northeast comer thereof, in approximate latitude 71° 17.7', longitude 156° 30'.

Thence from said initial point by metes and bounds:

In a general easterly and southeasterly direction along the said shore line of Nerravak Lagoon, 850 ft., more or less, to a point;

Southerly, 600 ft., more or less, parallel to the said easterly line of the Presbyterian Mission Property to a point;

Westerly, 940 ft. parallel to the southerly line of the Presbyterian Mission Property to a point, said point being in the southerly extension of the westerly line of the said Presbyterian Mission Property;

Northerly, 460 ft. along said southerly extension of the westerly line of Presbyterian Mission Property to the southwest corner thereof;

Easterly, 475 ft., more or less, along the southerly line of the Presbyterian Mission Property to the southeast corner thereof;

Northerly, 475 ft., more or less, along the aforementioned easterly line of the Presbyterian Mission Property to the northeast corner thereof;

Northerly, 30 ft., more or less, along the northerly extension of the said easterly line of the Presbyterian Mission Property, to the place of beginning.

The tract as described contains an area of 14.1 acres, more or less.

This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 15, 1933.