Executive Order 8596—Modifying Executive Order No. 3825 of April 14, 1923, and Setting Apart Certain Lands for Aviation Field Purposes

ALASKA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of March 12, 1914, 38 Stat. 305, 307 (U.S.C., title 48, sec. 303), and the act of June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 847 (U.S.C., title 43, sec. 141), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 497 (U.S.C., title 43, sec. 142), it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. Executive Order No. 3825 of April 14, 1923, withdrawing and reserving certain lands in Alaska for townsite purposes, is hereby modified to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to permit the Department of Commerce to use the following-described townsite lots for aviation-field purposes:

ACREAGE ADDITION TO NENANA TOWNSITE

Blocks 87, 88, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104, 105, and 106, U.S. Survey No. 1503, 198.09 acres.

Section 2. The following-described tract of public land adjoining the aforesaid townsite lots is hereby reserved and set apart for the use described in section 1 hereof:

FAIRBANKS MERIDIAN

T. 4 S., R. 8 W., sec. 25, W½NW¼, 80 acres.

Section 3. This order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
November 18, 1940.