Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6852—Revocation in Part of Executive Order No. 5862, of June 23, 1932, Withdrawing Public Lands, Colorado

September 22, 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), it is ordered that Executive Order No. 5862, dated June 23, 1932, withdrawing, with other lands, public lands in T. 5 N., R. 82 W. of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, be, and it is hereby, revoked as to said township.

It is further ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution No. 85, approved June 12, 1930 (ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580), that, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, the public lands in said township shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert-land laws by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by said resolution, under the terms and conditions of said resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, for a period of 91 days beginning with the date of the official filing of the plat of resurvey of said township, and thereafter to appropriation by the general public under any public-land law applicable thereto.

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to such lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise except strictly in accordance with the provisions of this order.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 22, 1934.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6852—Revocation in Part of Executive Order No. 5862, of June 23, 1932, Withdrawing Public Lands, Colorado Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362559

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