Executive Order 8518—Modification of Executive Order No. 2123 of January 20, 1915, Reserving Certain Public Land as a Native Bird Refuge

WASHINGTON

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 2123 of January 20, 1915, reserving certain public land in the State of Washington as a refuge, preserve and breeding ground for native birds, known as Dungeness Spit Reservation, be, and the same is hereby, modified to the extent necessary to permit the Navy Department to have primary jurisdiction over the following-described land for naval purposes:

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN

T. 31 N., R. 4 W.,
      Sec. 13, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4,
      Sec. 14, lot 1,
      Sec. 24, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5,
      Sec. 25, lot 5,
      Sec. 26, lot 3,

aggregating 147.50 acres.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 16, 1940.