Executive Order 7673—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the Department of Agriculture

NORTH DAKOTA

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. 6910, of November 26, 1934, 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 North Dakota:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 141N., R. 100 W.,
     Secs. 4 to 9, 16 to 21, and 28 to 33, inclusive.

T. 142 N., R. 100 W.,
     Secs. 6 to 8, 16 to 21, and 28 to 33, inclusive.

T. 144 N., R. 100 W.,
     Secs. 1 to 21, and 28 to 33, inclusive.

T. 141 N., R. 101 W.,
     Secs. 1, 2, 11 and 12.

Tps. 142 to 144 N., R. 101 W., all.

Tps. 141 to 144 N., R. 102 W., all.

T. 141 N., R. 103 W.,
     Secs. 1 to 4, 9 to 16, 21 to 27, and 34 to 36, inclusive.

T. 143 N., R. 103 W., all.

T. 138 N., R 100 W.,
     Secs. 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 30 and 31.

Tps. 137 to 139 N., R. 101 W., all.

T. 140 N., R. 101 W.,
     Sec. 29, S½;
     Secs. 30 to 32, inclusive.

Tps. 137 to 139 N., R. 102 W., all.

T. 140 N., R. 102 W.,
     Secs. 6 to 8, 17 to 36, inclusive.

T. 137 N., R. 103 W.,
     Secs. 1 to 3, and 11 to 36, inclusive.

Tps. 138 to 140 N., R. 103 W., all.

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rights, all vacant, unappropriated and unreserved public lands within the above-described area are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale or entry, and reserved and set apart for use and development by the Department of Agriculture for soil erosion control and other land utilization activities in connection with the Billings Project, LA-ND-2: 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 19, 1937.