Franklin D. Roosevelt

Proclamation 2175—Bienville National Forest, Mississippi

June 15, 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 the public Interest to reserve and designate such lands as the Bienville 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 Bienville 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 said act of March 1, 1911, as amended, shall upon their acquisition be reserved and administered as a part of the Bienville National Forest:

CHOCTAW MERIDIAN

T. 8 N., R. 6 E..

Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive;

Secs. 10 to 16, inclusive;

Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;

Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

T. 3 N., R. 7 E.

T. 3 N..R. 8E.,

Secs. 1 to 12, inclusive;

Secs. 18, 19, 30, and 31.

T. 8 N..R. 9 E.,

Secs. 1 to 12 inclusive.

T. 3 N S. 10 E.,

Secs. 1 to 12, inclusive.

T. 4 N., R. 6 E.,

Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive;

Secs. 10 to 16, inclusive;

Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;

Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

Tps. 4 N., Rs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 E.

T. 5 N., R. 6 E.,

Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive;

Secs. 10 to 16, inclusive;

Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;

Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive.

Tps. 6 N., Rs. 7, 8, and 9 E.

T. 5 N., R. 10 E.,

Secs. 19 to 36, inclusive.

T. 6 N., R. 6 E.,

Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive;

Secs. 9 to 16, inclusive;

Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive;

Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive;

Tps. 6 N., Rs. 7 and 8 E.;

T. 6 N., R. 9 E.,

Secs. 6 to 8 inclusive;

Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive;

Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive;

T. 7 N., R. 6 E.,

Secs. 1 to 3, inclusive;

Secs. 10 to 15, inclusive;

Secs. 21 to 28, inclusive;

Secs. 33 to 36, inclusive;

T. 7 N., R. 7 E.,

Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive;

Secs. 13 to 36, inclusive;

T. 7 N., R. 8 W.,

Secs. 19 to 22, inclusive;

Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive;

T. 8 N., R. 6 E.,

Secs. 1 to 4, inclusive;

Secs. 9 to 15, inclusive;

Secs. 22 to 27, inclusive;

Secs. 34 to 36, inclusive;

T. 8 N., R. 7 E.,

Secs. 19 to 21, inclusive;

Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive.

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 15th 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 2175—Bienville National Forest, Mississippi Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/357352

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