Executive Order 7148—Establishing Medicine Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

MONTANA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Sheridan and Roosevelt Counties, Montana, consisting of 23,700 acres, more or less, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided, That any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States:

MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 30 N., R. 55 E., sec. 3, all;
                              sec. 4, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S½NE¼, NE¼SW¼, S½SW¼, and SE¼;
                              sec. 5, lot 1;
                              sec. 8, lot 1;
                              sec. 9, lot 1, NE¼, N½NW¼, and SE¼NW¼;
                              sec. 10, NW¼.

T. 31 N., R. 55 E., sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½, N½SW¼, SW¼SW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
                              sec. 2, lot 1, S½NE¼, and SE¼;
                              sec. 27, lots 1 and 2, W½NE¼, E½NW¼, and S½;
                              sec. 28, lots 1, 2, and 3, and SE¼SE¼;
                              sec. 33, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E½NE¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
                              sec. 34, W½NE¼, NW¼, and S½.

T. 32 N., R. 55 E., sec. 22, lots 4, 6, and 13, and SE¼SE¼;
                              sec. 23, S½S½S½;
                              sec. 24, SW¼SW¼SW¼;
                              sec. 25, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and E½SW¼;
                              sec. 35, E½SE¼;
                              sec. 36, all.

T. 31 N., R. 56 E., secs. 1 to 5, inclusive;
                              sec. 6, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, SW¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                              sec. 8, lot 1, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, and N½NW¼;
                              sec. 9, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, SW¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, NW¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
                              secs. 10, 12, 13, and 14;
                              sec. 15, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SW¼SE¼;
                              sec. 22, NE¼;
                              sec. 23, lots 1, 2, and 3, S½NE¼, NW¼NW¼, and S½NW¼;
                              sec. 24, lots 1, 2, and 3, W½NE¼, NE¼NW¼, and S½NW¼.

T. 32 N., R. 56 E., sec. 25, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, N½SW¼, SW¼SW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
                              sec. 31, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S½NW¼, and W½SW¼;
                              sec. 32, all;
                              sec. 33, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, S½NE¼, N½NW¼, and NE¼SE¼;
                              sec. 34, lots 1, 2, and 3, N½SW¼, SW¼SW¼, and N½SE¼;
                              sec. 35, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, and N½SW¼;
                              sec. 36, all.

T. 31 N., R. 57 E., sec. 3, lots 3 and 4, and S½NW¼;
                              sec. 4, lots 1 to 10, inclusive, SE¼NE¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
                              secs. 5 to 8, inclusive;
                              sec. 9, W½NW¼;
                              secs. 17 to 20, inclusive.

T. 32 N., R. 57 E., sec. 13, NE¼ and S½;
                              sec. 14, SE¼;
                              sec. 21, SE¼;
                              secs. 22 and 23;
                              sec. 24, N½;
                              sec. 27, W½;
                              sec. 28, all;
                              sec. 29, NE¼ and S½;
                              sec. 30, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                              secs. 31, 32, and 33;
                              sec. 34, W½.

T. 32 N., R. 58 E., sec. 4, all;
                              sec. 7, SE¼;
                              sec. 8, all;
                              sec. 9, W½;
                              secs. 16, 17, and 18.

This refuge shall be known as the Medicine Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 19, 1935.