Executive Order 7583—Establishing Mud Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

MINNESOTA

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 lands acquired or to be acquired by the United States in the following-described area, comprising approximately 55,170 acres in Marshall County, Minnesota, 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 area described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 157 N., R.40W.,
     Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, E½NW¼, E½ SW¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 30 and 31.

T. 156 N., R. 40 W.,
     Sec. 4, S½NW¼ and SW¼;
     Sec. 5, SE¼ NE¼ and S½;
     Sec. 6, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, SW¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Secs. 7 and 8;
     Sec. 9, NW¼;
     Sec. 18, N½.

T. 157 N., R. 41 W.,
     Secs. 15 to 23, inclusive;
     Sec. 24, NE¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 25 to 36, inclusive.

T. 156 N., R. 41 W., all.

T. 157 N., R. 42 W.,
     Sec. 13, all;
     Sec. 14, S½ S½;
     Secs. 23 to 26, inclusive, and secs. 35 and 36.

T. 156 N., R. 42 W.,
     Secs. 1 to 3, and secs. 10 to 15, inclusive;
     Sec. 16, lot 4;
     Sec. 21, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, and S½SE¼;
     Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;
     Sec. 28, lots 3 to 6, inclusive, NE¼, SE¼ SW¼ and SE¼;
     Sec. 29, lot 3;
     Sec. 32, lots 5 to 9, inclusive, SE¼NE¼ and E½SE¼;
     Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 156 N., R. 42 W.,
     Sec. 1, lots 1 to 3, and lots 5 to 16, inclusive, and E½SE¼;
     Sec. 2, lots 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, E½SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 3, lots 6 to 11, inclusive, and lot 13.

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

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 23, 1937.