Executive Order 7662—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the Department of Agriculture

ARKANSAS

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, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing certain lands for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked so far as it affects any public lands within the following-described area in Arkansas:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 6 N., R. 22 W.,
     Secs. 5 to 8, and secs. 17 to 20, inclusive;
     Secs. 29 and 30.

T.7 N., R. 22 W.,
     Sec. 18, all;
     Sec. 29, S½:
     Secs. 30 to 32, inclusive.

T. 6 N., R. 23 W.,
     Secs. 1 to 30, inclusive;
     Sec. 31, W½.

T. 7 N., R. 23 W.,
     Secs. 13 to 36, inclusive.

T. 6 N., R. 24 W., all.

T. 7 N., R. 24 W.,
     Secs. 13 to 18, inclusive, S½N½, and S½;
     Secs. 19 to 36, inclusive.

T. 6 N., R. 25 W., all.

T. 7 N., R. 25 W.,
     Secs. 22 to 36, inclusive.

T. 6 N., R. 26 W.,
     Secs. 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 and 13;
     Sec. 14, S½SE¼;
     Secs. 23 to 28, inclusive;
     Sec. 31, S½S½;
     Sec. 32, S½;
     Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 7 N., R. 26 W.,
     Sec. 22, S½NW¼, SW¼NE¼, SW¼, W½ SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
     Sec. 24, S½SE¼;
     Sec. 25, NE¼, and S½;
     Sec. 26, S½;
     Secs. 27 and 36.

Section 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, all vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands within the above-described area are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart for use and development by the Department of Agriculture for reforestation, forestation, soil erosion and flood control, and other land utilization activities in connection with the Magazine Mountain Project, LA-AK 1: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall restrict prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of the lands under the applicable laws.

Section 3. This order shall be applicable to all lands within the area described in Section 1 hereof upon the cancellation, termination, or release of prior entries, selections, rights, appropriations, or claims, or upon the revocation of prior withdrawals, unless expressly otherwise provided in the order of revocation.

Section 4. The reservation made by Section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 17, 1937.