Executive Order 8486—Modification of Executive Order No. 7515 of December 16, 1936, Withdrawing Public Land for Use of the War Department

ARIZONA

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 7515 of December 16, 1936, temporarily withdrawing and reserving certain land in the State of Arizona for use of the War Department as an enlargement of a target range used by the Arizona National Guard, be, and it is hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the following-described tracts of public land for use by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the establishment and maintenance of air-navigation facilities under and pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the act of May 24, 1928, 45 Stat. 728, 729:

GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN

T. 1 N., R. 3 W., sec. 7, W½NE¼, E½NW¼, containing 160 acres.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 16, 1940.