erned by the regulations contained in Parts 166 to 170, inclusive, of this chapter and applications under the desert land laws and the small tract act of June 1, 1938, shall be governed by the regulations contained in Parts 232 and 257, respectively, of this chapter. Inquiries concerning these lands shall be addressed to the District Land Office, Las Cruces, New Mexico. The lands affected by this order are described as follows: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 6 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 1. T. 6 S., R. 7 E., Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive; Sec. 6, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 82SE. and SE1⁄44 SW; Sec. 7, NENE1⁄41⁄4: Sec. 8, NE and N2NW: Sec. 9, N2, N2SE, and NE1⁄4SW; Sec. 13, NE and N1⁄2 NW; Sec. 15, NENE1⁄4. The areas described, including both public and nonpublic lands, aggregate 4,788.57 acres. The lands are in the Sierra Oscura Mountains and are, in general, rough and mountainous in character. [P.L.O. 358, Mar. 17, 1947, 12 F.R. 1943] [Public Land Order 359] REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER 771 OF MARCH 18, 1908, RESERVING LANDS FOR USE OF NAVY DEPARTMENT AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 1248 OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1910, TRANSFERRING CONTROL TO WAR DEPARTMENT By virtue of the authority vested in the President, and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR, Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: Executive Order No. 771 of March 18, 1908, reserving certain lands on Hawkins Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska, for the use of the Navy Department, and Executive Order No. 1248 of September 26, 1910, transferring control of these lands to the War Department are hereby revoked, effective at 10:00 a. m. on May 16, 1947. At that time the lands thereby released shall become subject to the provisions of Proclamation of July 23, 1907 (35 Stat. 2149) reserving public lands for the Chugach National Forest. [P.L.O. 359, Mar. 14, 1947, 12 F.R. 1944] [Public Land Order 360] SOUTH DAKOTA REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF APRIL 18, 1881, SEPTEMBER 16, 1889, AND JUNE 5, 1925, AND RESERVING LANDS INVOLVED AS MEADE DISTRICT OF BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST By virtue of the authority vested in the President by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1103), as supplemented by the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34, 36, 16 U.S.C. 471, 473, 475), and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR, Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: The Executive Orders of April 18, 1881, and September 16, 1889, reserving lands for the Fort Meade Wood and Timber Military Reservation, and Executive Order No. 4244 of June 5, 1925, establishing the Meade District of the Black Hills National Forest are hereby revoked, and the lands subject to those orders are hereby reserved and set apart as the Meade District of the Black Hills National Forest under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. This order is subject to the conditions that the Department of Agriculture will: (1) Protect the present water installation that serves the Veterans' Administration's facilities; and protect and manage all of the lands subject to this order so as to assure maximum quantity and quality of water, such management to include adequate fire prevention and suppression measures, the exclusion or regulation of grazing, road construction, and Occupancy where the same otherwise would endanger the purity of the water, and the regulation of the cutting of timber so as to protect the quantity of water derived from the lands; (2) Grant permission to the Veterans' Administration to make such additional water supply installations as may be necessary; and (3) Cooperate with the Veterans' Administration in the protection of its interests in the lands subject to this order to the greatest extent compatible with the laws and regulations relating to the protection and management of national forest lands. It is intended that these lands shall be returned to the administration of the Department of the Interior, when they are no longer needed by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose for which they are reserved. [P.L.O. 360, Mar. 14, 1947, 12 F.R. 1944] [Public Land Order 361] REVOKING PUBLIC LAND ORDER 32 OF AUGUST By virtue of the authority vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR, Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: Public Land Order No. 32 of August 18, 1942 (3 CFR, Cum. Supp., App. to Chapter I), withdrawing the public lands in the following-described area in aid of definite location and construction of the Trans-Canadian Alaska Railway, is hereby revoked: Tanana Valley Area, Alaska; Kobe to Richardson Highway. A strip of land 10 miles wide, 5 miles on each side of the center line shown on the map dated July 2, 1942, No. 1924965, on file in the General Land Office, described as follows: Beginning at Kobe, on the Alaska Railroad, thence east approximately 66 miles to the 147th meridian of longitude; Thence S. 70° E., approximately 40 miles to the Richardson Highway. The area described, including both public and non-public lands, aggregates approximately 680,000 acres. This order shall not otherwise become effective to change the status of such lands until 10:00 a. m. on May 21, 1947. At that time the lands, which are all unsurveyed, shall, subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of any existing withdrawals, become subject to settlement and other forms of appropriation in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The land is located north of the Alaska Range and for the most part lies in the southern portion of the Tanana Valley. It is generally level to rough in topography, being cut up by numerous rivers and streams flowing northwest into the Tanana River. [P.L.O. 361, Mar. 19, 1947, 12 F.R. 2037] [Public Land Order 362] MODIFYING EXECUTIVE ORDER 6957 OF By virtue of the authority vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR, Cum. Supp.), it is hereby ordered as follows: Executive Order No. 6957 of February 4, 1935, withdrawing certain lands in Alaska from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other form of appropriation, and reserving them for classification and in aid of legislation, is hereby modified so as to permit the issuance of coal permits or leases pursuant to section 3 of the act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 742), as amended March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1363, 48 U.S.C. 444) for the following described lands: [Public Land Order 363] REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1513 OF By virtue of the authority vested in the President by the act of June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 847 (43 U. S. C. 141-143), and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: Executive Order No. 1513 of April 1, 1912, withdrawing certain public lands fronting on Kalsin Bay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, for the use of the Agricultural Department as an experiment station, is hereby revoked. The land is subject to Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940 (3 CFR, Cum. Supp.), withdrawing certain public lands on Kodiak and other islands for classification and in aid of legislation. [P.L.O. 363, Apr. 9, 1947, 12 F.R. 2478] [Public Land Order 364] ALASKA REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6833 OF AUGUST 28, 1934, WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LAND FOR USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ALASKA GAME COMMISSION AS A HEADQUARTERS SITE By virtue of the authority vested in the President by the act of June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 497 (43 U. S. C. 141-143), and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: Executive Order No. 6833 of August 28, 1934, withdrawing the public lands on Near Island, off the northeastern shore of Kodiak Island, Alaska, for the use of the Department of Agriculture and the Alaska Game Commission as a headquarters site, is hereby revoked. The lands are subject to Executive Order No. 8344 of February 10, 1940 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), withdrawing Kodiak and other islands, including all adjacent islands within two miles from the shores thereof for classification and in aid of legislation. [P.L.O. 364, Apr. 9, 1947, 12 F.R. 2478] [Public Land Order 365] ESTABLISHING THE MICHIGAN ISLANDS By virtue of the authority vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands in Michigan are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws and reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife, the reservation to be known as the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge: MICHIGAN MERIDIAN T. 29 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 15, lot 1 (Scarecrow Island). T. 40 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 33, lot 1 (Shoe Island). T. 39 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 17, lot 1 (Pismire Island). The areas described aggregate 11,94 acres. This order shall take precedence over but not modify the withdrawal for classification and other purposes made by Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, and Public Land Order No. 237 of June 22, 1944 (43 CFR, 1944 Supp., App. to Chapter I), withdrawing certain public lands for the use of the Navy Department as a target area for aerial bombing, so far as such orders affect the above-described lands. [P.L.O. 365, Apr. 10, 1947, 12 F.R. 2529] [Public Land Order 366] REVOKING IN PART EXECUTIVE ORDER CREAT- By virtue of the authority contained in section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847, 43 U. S. C. 141), and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: The Executive order of February 14, 1933, creating Public Water Reserve No. 149, is hereby revoked as to the following described land: SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 45 N., R. 100 W., sec. 33, W1⁄2 NW. The area described contains 80 acres. [P.L.O. 366, Apr. 30, 1947, 12 F.R. 3031] [Public Land Order 367] REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER OF MARCH 22, Whereas, by the Executive Order of March 22, 1906, certain unsurveyed lands described by metes and bounds were reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture for the pur poses of an agricultural experiment station; and Whereas, upon the subsequent extension of the rectangular system of public land surveys, such lands comprise portions sec. 31, T. 1 N., R. 1 W., sec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 2 W., sec. 6, T. 1 S., R. 1 W., and sec. 1, T. 1 S., R. 2 W., Fairbanks Meridian; and Whereas, all of sections 31, 36, 6, and 1, above enumerated were, by section 2 of the act of March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1215 (48 U.S.C. 354) granted to the Territory of Alaska as a site for an agricultural college and school of mines: Provided, That so much of the land as was used by the Government of the United States as an agricultural experiment station might continue to be used for such purpose until abandoned for that use by an order of the President of the United States or by act of Congress; and Whereas, so much of the land as was used by the Government of the United States as an agricultural experiment station in the sections six and thirty-one above enumerated were abandoned for that use by an instrument approved by the President of the United States on October 25, 1923; and Whereas, by Executive Order No. 4812 of February 21, 1928, the E2SW, W2SE, NESE1⁄44 sec. 2, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and NE4NW4 sec. 11, T. 1 S., R. 2 W., F. M., were withdrawn for use by the Department of Agriculture for agricultural experiment purposes, which lands were used by the Department of Agriculture as a part of the agricultural experiment station near Fairbanks, Alaska, for the purpose of a yak pasture; and Whereas, pursuant to the act of February 23, 1931, 46 Stat. 1242, 1245, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to turn over to the Agricultural College and School of Mines of Alaska, which has now become the University of Alaska, the tract of land and buildings near Fairbanks, Alaska, occupied and used by the Department of Agriculture as an experiment station, the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, by an instrument dated May 22, 1946, did turn over to the University of Alaska said land, including the yak pasture, and buildings; and Whereas, it appears that the transfer of all lands affected by the Executive Order of March 22, 1906, and Executive Order No. 4812 of February 21, 1928, has been completed, and the purpose of the withdrawals has ceased; Now therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in the President by the act of June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 497 (43 U.S.C. 141-143), and otherwise, and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943, (3 CFR Cum. Supp.) said Executive Order of March 22, 1906, and Executive Order No. 4812 of February 21, 1928, are hereby revoked. [P.L.O. 367, May 15, 1947, 12 F.R. 33031 [Public Land Order 368] REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JULY 18, 1898, WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LAND FOR USE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS HEADQUARTERS SITE FOR AGRICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS AND WEATHER SERVICE Whereas, by the Executive order of July 18, 1898, a tract of land known as Castle Hill, at Sitka, Alaska, was reserved as a building site for the headquarters of the agricultural investigations and weather service of Alaska; and Whereas, pursuant to the act of July 7, 1932, 47 Stat. 609, 614 (7 U.S.C., 386g), authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to any Government department or establishment or to local authorities or institutions property and equipment of the experiment stations in Alaska, and other areas, the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, by an instrument dated November 2, 1932, did transfer to the City of Sitka, Alaska, the land reserved by the Executive order of July 18, 1898, subject to the condition, however, that should the property ever be sold, assigned, transferred, leased or used for commercial purposes, title thereto shall revert to the United States of America; and Whereas, it appears that the transfer of the land affected by said Executive order has been completed, and the purpose of the reservation has ceased; Now therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp), the Executive order of July 18, 1898, is hereby revoked. [P.L.O. 368, May 15, 1947, 12 F.R. 3304] [Public Land Order 369] ALASKA REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDERS 2247 OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1915, NO. 2658 OF JULY 10, 1917, AND NO. 3924 OF NOVEMBER 9, 1923, WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LANDS FOR USE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS AN AGR. CULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Whereas, by Executive Orders No. 2247 of September 20, 1915, No. 2658 of July 10, 1917, and No. 3924 of November 9, 1923, sec. 14, NE4, E2NW, and NW4SW4 sec. 15, T. 17 N., R. 1 E., Seward Meridian, Alaska, were withdrawn for the use of the Department of Agriculture as an agricultural experiment station; and Whereas, pursuant to the act of July 7, 1932, 47 Stat. 609, 614 (7 U.S.C. 368g) authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer to any Government department or establishment or to local authorities or institutions property and equipment of the experiment stations in Alaska and other areas, the Secretary of Agriculture, by an order dated July 7, 1932, did transfer to the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, now the University of Alaska, the property known as the Matanuska Agricultural Experiment Station, which property is identified in an instrument executed by the Acting Secretary of Agriculture on July 21, 1936, as the lands described in the first paragraph of this order; and Whereas, it appears that the transfer of all lands affected by Executive Order Nos. 2247, 2658, and 3924 has been completed, and the purpose of the withdrawals has ceased; Now therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in the President by the act of June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 497 (43 U.S.C. 141-143), and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), said Executive Orders Nos. 2247, 2658, and 3924 are hereby revoked. [P.L.O. 369, May 15, 1947, 12 F.R. 3304] [Public Land Order 370] REVOKING PUBLIC LAND ORDERS 256 AND 273, By virtue of the authority vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), it is ordered as follows: Public Land Orders Nos. 256 and 273 of January 4, 1945 and April 17, 1945, respectively (43 CFR, 1945 Supp., chapter I), withdrawing certain public lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws and reserving such lands for classification under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior are hereby revoked. Applications for these lands which are reported to be rough and broken desert lands may be presented under any applicable public land law as hereinafter provided. Non-mineral applications for lands which contain minerals are allowable only if there is authority for the reservation of the minerals to the United States. This order shall become effective immediately so as to permit the issuance of mineral prospecting permits and leases upon applications which were filed prior to the dates of the respective withdrawals and which are still pending in the Bureau of Land Management or have been rejected solely because of the withdrawals provided such rejected applications are reinstated upon petitions timely filed. This order shall not otherwise become effective to change the status of such lands until 10:00 a. m. on July 23, 1947. At that time the lands shall, subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, become subject to application, petition, location, or selection as follows: (a) Ninety-day period for preferenceright filings. For a period of 90 days from July 23, 1947, to October 22, 1947, inclusive, the public lands affected by this order shall be subject to (1) application under the homestead or the desert land laws, or the small tract act of June 1, 1938 (52 Stat. 609, 43 U.S.C. 682a), as amended, by qualified veterans of World War II, for whose service recognition is granted by the act of September 27, 1944 (58 Stat. 747, 43 U.S.C. 279-283), subject to the requirements of applicable law, and (2) application under any applicable public-land law, based on prior existing valid settlement rights and preference rights conferred by existing laws or equitable claims subject to allowance and confirmation. Applications by such veterans shall be subject to claims of the classes described in subdivision (2). |