Executive Order 8510—Establishing the Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Management Area

SOUTH CAROLINA

Whereas certain lands in the State of South Carolina, together with the improvements thereon, have been, or are in process of being, acquired under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and Title I of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525); and

Whereas by Executive Order No. 7908, of June 9, 1938, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in such lands as were acquired, or are in process of acquisition, under Title II of the said National Industrial Recovery Act and the said Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 were transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and the related provisions of Title IV thereof; and immediately upon acquisition of legal title to those lands now in process of acquisition under said acts, said order, under the terms thereof, will become applicable to all the additional right, title, and interest thereby acquired by the United States; and

Whereas the Secretary of Agriculture has recommended that the reservation of such lands as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife would be in the public interest:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 32, Title III, of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the lands, together with the improvements thereon, acquired, or in process of acquisition, by the United States within the area shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, comprising 44,550 acres, more or less, in Chesterfield and Darlington Counties, South Carolina, be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior, together with such equipment in use in connection with such lands as may be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the area is reserved as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife and for research relating to wildlife and associated forest resources, under such conditions of use and administration as will best carry out the purposes of the land conservation and land utilization program for which such lands have been and are being acquired: Provided, however, That (1) such lands shall remain available to the State of South Carolina for use and management by its Commission of Forestry, under the custody of the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, for so long as there remains in force and effect a cooperative and license agreement between the United States of America and the State of South Carolina providing for such use and management; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture shall retain such jurisdiction over the lands now in process of acquisition by the United States as may be necessary to enable him to complete their acquisition.

This reservation shall be known as the Carolina Sandhills Wildlife Management Area.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 8, 1940.