Executive Order 8992—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Practice Bombing Range

WASHINGTON

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it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department as a practice bombing range:

Willamette Meridian

T. 18 N., R. 25 E.,
     sec. 10, SW¼;
     sec. 14, NW¼;
containing 320 acres.

This order shall take precedence over, but shall not rescind or revoke, Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, so far as such order affects the above-described lands.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
December 26, 1941.