Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6971—Modifying Executive Order No. 2295, of January 1, 1916, Withdrawing Public Lands in Arizona for Rifle Range

February 19, 1935

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), Executive Order No. 2295, of January 1, 1916, withdrawing certain lands in Arizona for the joint use of the Tucson Rifle Club and the University of Arizona Rifle Club as a rifle range, is hereby modified to the extent of permitting the establishment and construction of a public highway across the following-described tracts:

Arizona

GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN

T. 14 S., R. 13 E., sec. 9, N½N½;
sec. 10, NW¼NW¼.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 19, 1935.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6971—Modifying Executive Order No. 2295, of January 1, 1916, Withdrawing Public Lands in Arizona for Rifle Range Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362642

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