Executive Order 9137—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Flood Control Purposes

ARKANSAS

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to withdrawals and classifications for power purposes, the following-described public lands in Arkansas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation tinder the public-land laws, including the mining laws, for use in connection with the construction of the Norfolk Dam and Reservoir on the North Fork of the White River, under the supervision of the War Department as authorized by the act of June 28, 1938, c. 795, 52 Stat. 1215:

Fifth Principal Meridian

T. 18 N., R. 11 W., sec. 6, SW¼SW¼;

T. 19 N., R. 11 W.,
      sec. 9, W½NE¼;
      sec. 17, SE¼NE¼, NE¼SE¼;
      sec. 19, SE¼NE¼, NE¼SE¼;
      sec. 20, SW¼NW¼, S½NE¼;

T. 20 N., R. 11 W., sec. 32, SW¼4NW¼;

T. 19 N., R. 12 W.,
      sec. 3, Lot 2 of NW¼;
      sec. 5, NE¼SW¼;
      sec. 13, SW¼SE¼;

T. 20 N., R. 12 W.,
      sec. 8, Lot 1, SE¼SW¼;
      sec. 21, SW¼SW¼;

T. 21 N., R. 12 W.,
      sec. 20, NW¼SE¼;
      sec. 32, E½NE¼, including lands both east and west of the North Fork of White River;
      sec. 33, that part of NW¼ lying south and west of North Fork of White River;

containing 805.34 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.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 16, 1942.