Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8376—Placing Certain Lands Under the Control of the Secretary of the Interior

March 13, 1940

NEW MEXICO

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 5, 1884, c. 214, 23 Stat. 103, it is ordered as follows:

1. Having become useless for military purposes, the following-described lands are hereby placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition as provided in the above-mentioned act, or as may be otherwise provided by law:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 28 S., R. 8 W.,
     sec. 21, NE¼.

T. 28 S., R. 9 W.,
     sec. 23, SE¼;
     sec. 24, S½;
     sec. 25, all;
     sec. 26, E½.

2. Executive Orders No. 2489 of November 21, 1916, and No. 2575 of April 4, 1917, reserving the above-described lands for military purposes, are hereby revoked.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 13, 1940.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8376—Placing Certain Lands Under the Control of the Secretary of the Interior Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371920

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