Executive Order 8573—Reserving Public Land for Town-Site Purposes

ALASKA

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2380 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, it is ordered that the following-described public land in Alaska be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for town-site purposes, to be hereafter disposed of under applicable town-site laws:

Beginning at corner No. 10, U.S. Survey No. 1991 Unalaska Townsite, in latitude 53°52' N., and longitude 166°32' W.;

From said initial point, by metes and bounds,

N. 56°01' W., 9.84 chains, to corner No. 9, U.S. Survey No. 1991;

N. 56°00' W., 4.85 chains, to corner No. 6, U.S. Survey No. 1945;

S. 33°04' W., 7.23 chains, to corner No. 5, U.S. Survey No. 1945;

N. 56°56' W., 10.92 chains, to comer No. 4, U.S. Survey No. 1945;

N. 33°04’ E., 8.70 chains, to corner No. 3, U.S. Survey No. 1945;

N. 15°56' E., 2.02 chains, to corner No. 4, U.S. Survey No. 1991;

N. 43°04' W., 15.73 chains, to comer No. 4, U.S. Survey No. 1946;

N. 47°04' E., 5.95 chains, to corner No. 3, U.S. Survey No. 1946;

S. 43°04' E., 6.66 chains, to comer No. 2, U.S. Survey No. 1991;

N. 41°50' E., 2.74 chains, along line 2-1 of U.S. Survey No. 1991 to the left bank of Hiulluk River;

Thence with the meanders of Hiulluk River and Hiulluk Bay, northwesterly and southerly to a point, on the shore of Hiulluk Harbor;

Thence,

S. 52°37' E., 32 chains, to corner No. 7, Tract A, U.S. Survey No. 778;

N. 37°23' E., 22.37 chains, to the place of beginning, containing 100 acres, more or less.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 21, 1940.