Executive Order 8558—Transferring Certain Lands to the Secretary of Agriculture for Use, Administration, and Disposition Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act

Whereas I find suitable for the purposes of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions of Title IV thereof, the hereinafter-described lands of the United States now under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture:

Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 45 of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, it is ordered that all the right, title, and interest of the United States in the following-described lands, comprising the Saluda Garden Homes Project of the Farm Security Administration of the Department of Agriculture, in Oconee County, South Carolina, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the said Act and the related provisions of Title IV thereof:

Lands conveyed to the United States by Birdie L. Patterson et al. and by Win. B. Earle, Master, under deeds dated June 7, 1939, and January 26, 1940, respectively, and recorded with the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Oconee County, South Carolina, on January 26, 1940, in Vol. 4-V of Deeds, at pages 518 and 520, respectively, and containing 85.67 acres, more or less.

Lands conveyed to the United States by Mrs. H. A. (Alice Hewell) Stephens, Emory P. Stephens, Ralph O. Stephens, Andrew J. Stephens, Gladys Stephens McNichols, Kitty Stephens Cravens, and Alicia Stephens Luetgens, under deeds dated July 12, 1938, and recorded with the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Oconee County, South Carolina, on October 12, 1938, in Vol. 4-R of Deeds, at pages 582 and 585, respectively, and containing 38.50 acres, more or less, and 43.00 acres, more or less, respectively.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 1, 1940.