Executive Order 8923—WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE USE OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AS A NATIONAL GUARD RIFLE RANGE

EXECUTIVE ORDER 8923

WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE USE OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AS A NATIONAL GUARD RIFLE RANGE By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a National Guard rifle range:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 10 N., R. 2 E.,

sec. 4, that part exclusive of the Atrisco grant;

T. 11 N., R. 2 E.,

secs. 28 and 33;

containing 1,527.60 acres.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 24, 1941.

Exec. Order No. 8923, 6 FR 5477, 1941 WL 4037 (Pres.)