Executive Order 8472—Amendment of Executive Order No. 7975 of September 16, 1938, Transferring Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior

NEW MEXICO

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 32 of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), Executive Order No. 7975 of September 16, 1938, transferring jurisdiction over certain lands in New Mexico from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following-described lands are added to the lands described in the said order of September 16, 1938, and made subject to the provisions thereof:

ZUNI PROJECT, LI-NM 13

McKINLEY AND VALENCIA COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 8 N., R. 16 W.,
     Sec. 28, N 1/2 NW ¼.

GALLUP-TWO WELLS PROJECT, LI-NM 13

McKINLEY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 12 N., R. 18 W.,
     Sec. 20, N ½ NE ¼;
     Sec. 28, S. ½ SW ¼.

2. The following-described lands are excluded from the operation of the said order of September 16, 1938, and the said order shall be inapplicable to such lands:

GALLUP-TWO WELLS PROJECT, LI-NM 18

McKINLEY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 12 N., R. 18 W.,
     Sec. 18, Lot 4 and SE ¼ SW ¼;
     Sec. 20, W ½ NE ¼.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 8, 1940.