Franklin D. Roosevelt

Proclamation 2174—De Soto National Forest, Mississippi

June 17, 1936

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas certain forest lands within the State of Mississippi have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States of America under the authority of sections 6 and 7 of the act of March 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, as amended (U.S.C., title 16, secs. 515, 516); and

Whereas it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve and designate the said lands as the De Soto National Forest:

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 471), and by section 11 of the said act of March 1, 1911 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 521), do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as the De Soto National Forest all lands of the United States within the following-described areas, and that all lands therein which may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of the said act of March 1, 1911, as amended, shall upon their acquisition be reserved and administered as a part of the De Soto National Forest:

LEAF RIVER DIVISION

ST. STEPHENS MERIDIAN

T. 1 N., R. 8 W., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, secs. 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 27 to 34, inclusive;

Tps. 1 N., Rs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 W.;

T. 1 N., R. 17 W., secs. 1 to 29, inclusive, and secs. 32 to 36, inclusive;

T. 2 N., R. 9 W., secs. 6 to 9, inclusive, and secs. 13 to 36, inclusive;

Tps. 2 N., Rs. 10, 11, and 12 W.;

T. 2 N., R. 15 W., secs. 2 to 11, inclusive, secs. 14 to 23, inclusive, and secs. 26 to 35, inclusive;

Tps. 2 N., Rs. 16 and 17 W.;

T. 3 N., R. 10 W., secs. 26 to 36, inclusive;

T. 3 N., R. 11 W., secs. 19 to 36, inclusive;

T. 3 N., R. 12 W., secs. 22 to 25, inclusive, N½, E½SW, and SE¼ sec. 26, E½, E½W½ sec. 35, and sec. 36;

Tps. 3 N., Rs. 16 and 17 W.;

T. 1 S., R. 8 W., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive; Tps. 1 S., Rs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 W.; T. 1 S., R. 16 W., secs. 1 to 18, inclusive;

Tps. 2 S., Re. 9 and 10 W.;

Tps. 3 S., Rs. 9 and 10 W.;

T. 3 S., R. 11 W., secs. 13, 14, 23 to 26, inclusive, and secs. 30, 31, 35, and 36;

T. 3 S., R. 12 W., secs. 19 to 36, inclusive;

T. 3 S., R. 13 W., secs. 21 to 28, inclusive, and secs. 35 and 36;

Tps. 4 S., Rs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 W.;

T. 4 S., R. 13 W., secs. 1, 2, 11 to 14, inclusive, 23 to 26, inclusive, and secs. 35 and 36;

Tps. 5 S., Rs. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 18 W.;

Tps. 6 S., Rs. 9 and 10 W.;

T. 6 S., R. 11 W., secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, secs. 23, 24, and NE¼, section 25;

T. 6 S., R. 12 W., secs. 1 to 12, inclusive;

T. 6 S., R. 13 W., secs. 1 to 12, inclusive.

CHICKASAWHAY DIVISION

ST. STEPHENS MERIDIAN

T. 4 N., R. 6 W., secs. 5 and 6;

T. 4 N., R. 7 W., secs. 1 to 6, inclusive;

T. 5 N., R. 6 W., secs. 5 to 8, inclusive, secs. 17 to 20, inclusive, and secs. 29 to 32, inclusive;

T. 5 N., R. 7 W.;

Tps. 6 N., Rs. 7, 8, and 9 W.;

T. 6 N., R. 10 W., secs. 1 to 17, inclusive, secs. 20 to 27, inclusive, and secs. 34 to 36, inclusive;

Tps. 7 N., Rs. 8, 9, and 10 W.

The reservation made by this proclamation shall as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose other than classification, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat, legal rights under such appropriations, or prevent the use for such public purposes of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriations are legally maintained or such reservations remain in force; and this reservation supersedes the withdrawal for classification of the above-described lands made by Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 17th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtieth.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Proclamation 2174—De Soto National Forest, Mississippi Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/357343

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