Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8792—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department

June 14, 1941

FLORIDA

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and subject to all valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for military purposes:

TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN

T. 6 S., R. 23 E., sec. 2, W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼;

T. 7 S., R. 23 E.,
     sec. 10, SW¼NE¼;
     sec. 20, NW¼SE¼,
          containing 199.66 acres.

This order supersedes as to any of the above-described lands affected thereby the withdrawal made by Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 14, 1941.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8792—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372123

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