Executive Order 8651—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Use of the War Department

OREGON

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 858 (U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as an aerial bombing and gunnery range:

Willamette Meridian

T. 2 N., R. 24 E., secs. 1 to 24, inclusive;

T. 3 N., R. 24 E., all;

T. 4 N., R. 24 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive;

T. 2 N., R. 25 E., secs. 1 to 24, inclusive;

T. 3 N., R. 25 E., all;

T. 4 N., R. 25 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive; containing approximately 93,424.21 acres.

This order shall take precedence over, but not rescind or revoke, the withdrawals made by the Executive order of February 25, 1919, creating Public Water Reserve No. 61, so far as it affects the SE¼SW¼, W½SE¼ sec. 22, T. 2 N., R. 25 E.; and the order of the Secretary of the Interior of February 26, 1940, reserving the NE¼NE¼SE¼ sec. 26, T. 3 N., R. 24 E., for the use of the Civil Aeronautics Authority for the establishment and maintenance of air-navigation facilities. So far as it affects the lands in secs. 12, 26, 34, T. 3 N., R. 24 E., secs. 4, 6, T. 2 N., R. 25 E., NW¼, S½ sec. 28, secs. 30 and 32, T. 3 N., R. 25 E., heretofore included in first form reclamation withdrawal by orders of the Secretary of the Interior dated August 22, 1904, and August 16, 1906, this order shall terminate upon notice to the War Department by the Secretary of the Interior that such lands are needed for reclamation purposes.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 23, 1941.