Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 7079—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the Department of the Interior 1939

June 17, 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), and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described lands in the Territory of Alaska be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the Department of the Interior, as a site for school purposes, at Pilot Point (Ugashik), Alaska, for use by the Office of Indian Affairs:

UGASHIK SCHOOL SITE

Beginning at point no. 1, identical with corner no. 6, U.S. survey no. 891, latitude 57 degrees 37' N., longitude 157 degrees 40' W., approximate. Thence from said initial point, along east boundary of survey no. 891, 10 chs. to point no. 2; thence N. 80 degrees 30' E., 13.5 chs. to point no. 3 on shore of lake; thence with meanders of said lake, southeasterly, 12 chs. to point no. 4; thence S. 80 degrees 30' W., 16 chs. to point of beginning, containing approximately 16 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,
June 17, 1935.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7079—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the Department of the Interior 1939 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/276705

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