Executive Order 8874—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Practice Bombing Range

NEW MEXICO

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that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a practice bombing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

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 10 N., R. I E.,
     sec. 1, lots 1 to 8, inclusive;
     sec. 2, lots 1 to 8, inclusive;
     sec. 3, lots 1 to 8, inclusive;
     sec. 4, lots 1 to 8, inclusive;
     sec. 5, lots 1 to 8, inclusive.

T. 11 N., R. 1 E.,
     sec. 13, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
     sec. 14, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
     sec. 15, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
     sec. 16, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
     sec. 17, lots 2 to 5, inclusive;
     secs. 20 to 28, inclusive:
     sec. 29, lots 1. 2 and 3, E½ and NE¼NW¼;
     sec. 32, lots 1, 2 and 3, E½, SW¼SW¼ and E½SW¼;
     secs. 33 to 36, inclusive.

T 10 N., R. 2 E.,
     sec. 6, lots I to 8, inclusive.

T. 11 N., R. 2 E.,
     sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½S½;
     secs. 19, 30 and 31.

The areas described, including both public and non-public lands, aggregate 14,115.32 acres.

This order shall (1) take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, and (2) shall be subject to the order of the Secretary of the Interior of March 27, 1936, establishing Grazing District No. 2, New Mexico, so far as such orders affect any of the lands in the above-described areas.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 28, 1941.