Executive Order 7816—Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska

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369, 37 Stat. 497, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that those portions of Amaknak Island, Alaska, withdrawn and set aside by Executive Order No. 1733 of March 3, 1913, as amended by Executive Order No. 5243 of December 19, 1929, and Executive Order No. 6044 of February 23, 1933, for the use of the Department of Agriculture, including the Alaska Game Commission, and for the protection of the fishing rights of Alaska natives, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for naval uses, subject to use by the Department of Agriculture and Alaska natives, for the purposes for which such lands were originally withdrawn and set aside, when such use will not interfere with naval activities.

The above-mentioned executive orders are modified accordingly.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 15, 1938.