Executive Order 6853—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use in Connection with Duck Valley Indian Irrigation Project, Nevada

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 valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described public lands in Nevada be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for use in connection with the Duck Valley Indian irrigation project, Nevada:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 43 N., R. 55 E., sec. 6, lot 2 and SE¼SE¼;

sec. 9, SW¼NW¼ and NW¼SW¼.

T. 44 N., R. 55 E., sec. 17, SE¼SW¼;

sec. 19, SE¼SE¼;

sec. 28, SW¼SE¼;

sec. 29, NE¼SW¼;

sec. 30, NE¼NE¼, NW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4; sec. 31, lot 2.

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,
September 22, 1934.