Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6681—Withdrawal of Public Lands Pending Legislation, Oklahoma

April 17, 1934

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497), and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to all valid existing rights, it is ordered that the public lands south of the Cimarron base line in the State of Oklahoma, and north of the north boundary line of the State of Texas, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for classification and pending legislation authorizing the disposal thereof and for the relief of bona fide claimants, the further description of which when surveyed will be:

Cimarron Meridian

Tps. 1 S., Rs. 1 to 27 E., containing approximately 4,858 acres.

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

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 17, 1934.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6681—Withdrawal of Public Lands Pending Legislation, Oklahoma Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362448

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