Executive Order 9020—Transferring Control of the Airport Near Tonopah, Nevada, to War Department

Under authority of section 2 (e) of the act of May 24, 1928, c. 728, 45 Stat. 728; 49 U.S.C. 212 (e), there is hereby transferred to the Secretary of War for military purposes, until otherwise ordered, full control of the airport on the lands described below, now leased, subject to the provisions of the said act, to the Board of County Commissioners of Nye County, Nevada:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 2 N., R. 44 E.,
     Sec. 6, Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼
     Sec. 7, Lot 1, NE¼NW¼

T. 3 N., R. 44 E.,
     Sec. 31, Lots 2, 3, 4, E½SW¼, SE¼NW¼; containing 617.87 acres.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 12, 1942.