Executive Order 7675—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the Department of Agriculture

NEW MEXICO

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 New Mexico:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 20 N., R. 24 E.,
     Secs. 1, 12 and 18.

T. 21 N., R. 24 E.,
     Secs. 1, 2 and 3;
     Sec. 4, E½;
     Sec. 9, NE¼, and E½SE¼;
     Secs. 10 to 14, inclusive;
     Sec. 15, E½, E½W½, NW¼NW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
     Sec. 21, NE¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
     Secs. 22 to 28, inclusive;
     Sec. 33, E½E½;
     Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

T. 22 N., R. 24 E.,
     Sec. 20, E½;
     Sec. 21, all;
     Sec. 22, W½, W½E½, and SE¼SE¼;
     Secs. 27 and 28;
     Sec. 29, E½;
     Sec. 32, E½;
     Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T. 20 N., R. 25 E.,
     Sec. 6, N½.

T. 21 N., R. 25 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 22, inclusive;
     Sec. 23, N½, SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 24, N½;
     Sec. 26, NW¼, NW¼NE¼, and W½SW¼;
     Sec. 27, E½ E½, and W½ NW¼;
     Sec. 28, N½, SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Secs. 29 to 31, inclusive;
     Sec. 32, W½, and N½NE¼;
     Sec. 35,W½NW¼.

T. 22 N., R. 25 E.,
     Sec. 1, all;
     Sec. 11, S½;
     Secs. 12 to 14, and secs. 21 to 36, inclusive.

T. 23 N., R. 25 E.,
     Sec. 9, W½;
     Sec. 14, S½S½;
     Sec. 15 to 17, and secs. 20 to 25, inclusive.

T. 21 N., R. 26 E.,
     Secs. 1 to 11, inclusive;
     Sec. 12, N½;
     Sec. 13, S½;
     Secs. 17 and 18;
     Sec. 19, N½, and SW¼;
     Sec. 23, N½;
     Sec. 24, N½.

T. 22 N., R. 26 E., all.

T. 23 N., R. 26 E.,
     Sec. 17, E½;
     Secs. 19 to 36, inclusive.

T. 21 N., R. 27 E.,
     Secs. 5 to 11, inclusive;
     Sec. 12, N½, N½SW¼, and SE¼;
     Sec. 13, NE¼;
     Sec. 14, NW¼;
     Secs. 15 to 18, inclusive;
     Sec. 19, NE¼;
     Secs. 20 to 22, secs. 27 to 29, and secs. 32 to 34, inclusive;
     Sec. 35, W½.

T. 22 N., R. 27 E.,
     Secs. 3 to 8, secs. 17 to 20, and secs. 29 to 1, inclusive.

T. 23 N., R. 27 E.,
     Sec. 14, W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and SW¼ SE¼;
     Sec. 16, all;
     Secs. 19 to 23, and secs. 26 to 34, inclusive;
     Sec. 35, W½.

T. 21N., R. 28 E.,
     Sec.6, S½NW¼, SW¼, and W½SE¼;
     Sec. 7, W½;
     Sec. 18, NW¼.

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 Mills Project, LA-NM 5: 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 21, 1937.