By virtue of and pursuant to the au United States, it is ordered that all lands and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 1,678 acres, more or less, in Mountrail County, North Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the thority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that all lands and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the followingdescribed area, comprising 5,587 acres, more or less, in Towner County, North Dakota, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN sec. 34, lots 2, 3, and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lake; sec. 35, NNW and SWSW1⁄44. It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. This reservation shall be known as the Shell Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 12th 1939 sec. 31, lots 5 and 6; sec. 32, lot 1; and lands and lands under water within the meander line of the lake in secs. 29, 30, 31, and 32. It is unlawful for any person to pursue, hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of the refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. This reservation shall be known as the Sibley Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 12th 1939 EXECUTIVE ORDER 8168 TRANSFERRING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CERTAIN LANDS AT SITKA, ALASKA, FOR USE AS A MAGNETIC AND SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY SITE BY THE BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY WHEREAS by Executive order of August 12, 1898, certain lands in the Territory of Alaska were reserved and set apart as an agricultural experiment sta tion for the use of the United States Department of Agriculture; and WHEREAS the Department of Agriculture no longer requires the said lands for use as an experimental station and has abandoned such use of the lands; and WHEREAS it appears that reservation of such lands for the use of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, as a magnetic and seismological observatory site would be in the public interest: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 569, 37 Stat. 497, the said Executive order of August 12, 1898, is hereby revoked, and the lands described therein are hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, as a magnetic and seismological observatory site. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 14, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8169 PARTIAL REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 6153 OF JUNE 3, 1933, WITHDRAWING PUBLIC LANDS COLORADO By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, Executive Order No. 6153 of June 3, 1933, withdrawing public lands in Colorado pending a resurvey, is hereby revoked as to the following-described township: SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 6 S., R. 80 W. This order shall become effective upon the date of the official filing of the plat of the resurvey of the above-described township. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 14, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8171 IV thereof; and immediately upon acquisition of legal title to those lands now TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN in process of acquisition under the auLANDS FROM THE SECRETARY OF AGRI-thority of said act, said order, under the terms thereof, will become applicable to WHEREAS it appears that the use of such lands as military reservations would be in the public interest: CULTURE TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR WHEREAS certain lands have been all the additional right, title, and inacquired or are in process of acquisition terest thereby acquired by the United under the authority of the Emergency States; and Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), in connection with the Plattsburg, LO-NY 6, and Pine Camp, LO-NY 7, Land-Utilization and LandConservation Projects of the Department of Agriculture in New York; and WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 7908 of June 9, 1938, all the right, title and interest of the United States in those lands acquired or in process of acquisition under the authority of the aforesaid Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, was transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the aforesaid Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and the related provisions of Title NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 32 of Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the lands acquired or in process of acquisition by the United States within the areas delineated on the diagrams attached hereto and made a part hereof, together with the improvements thereon, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of War for use as military reservations: Provided, however, that the Secretary of Agriculture shall retain such jurisdiction over the lands now in process of acquisition by the United States as may be necessary to enable him to complete their acquisition. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 15, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8172 EXCLUDING CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND ALASKA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in the President by the 36 act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the foltracts land lowing-described of in Alaska, occupied for trade and manufacturing purposes or as homesites and identified by elimination surveys, plats and field notes of which are on file in the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Chugach or Tongass National Forest, as hereinafter indicated, and restored to entry under the applicable public-land laws: CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST Saltery Site, on the east shore of Evans Island, 17.80 acres; latitude 60°02'20'' N., longitude 148°04'30'' W.; Cannery Site on the south shore of Thumb Bay, Knight Island, 10 acres; latitude 60° 12'15'' N., longitude 147°49'20'' W.; Homesite No. 37, on the west shore of Elrington Island, 4.68 acres; latitude 60° 01'12'' N., longitude 148°02'06" W.; TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST Homesite No. 101, Fritz Cove Group, 5.70 acres; latitude 58°21'30" N., longitude 134° 38' W.; Homesite No. 216, Tee Harbor Group, 4.75 acres; approximate latitude 58°24′35′′ N., longitude 134°45'40" W.; Homesite No. 222, lot "A", Auke Lake Group, 3.61 acres, approximate latitude 58° 23'30'' N., longitude 134°37'30'' W.; Homesite No. 273, Mountain Point Group, Revillagigedo Island, 1.49 acres; approximate latitude 55°17'46'' N., longitude 131°31′35′′ W.; Homesite No. 328, lot "P", Scow Bay Group, Mitkof Island, 4 86 acres, approximate latitude 56°44'30'' N., longitude 132°56'30'' W.; Homesite No. 384, lot "B", Mud Bay Group, Revillagigedo Island, 4.58 acres, latitude 55° 24' N., longitude 131°45′ W.; Homesite No. 400, lot "M", Triangle Group, 4.58 acres; approximate latitude 58°22'50'' N., longitude 134°38′18′′ W.; Homesite No. 431, lot "L", Pederson Hill Group, 1.92 acres, approximate latitude 58° 22'48'' N., longitude 134°37′40′′ W.; Homesite No. 433, Mountain Point Group, Revillagigedo Island, 0.91 of an acre, approximate latitude 55°21'30" N., longitude 131° 32'15'' W.; Homesite No. 444, lot "D", Pederson Hill Group, 3.98 acres, latitude 58 22'40" N., longitude 134°37′28′′ W.; Homesite No. 446, lot "Z", Wrangell Group, Wrangell Island, 4.96 acres; approximate latitude 56°25'10" N., longitude 132°21'30'' W.; Homesite No. 470, East Craig Group, Prince of Wales Island, 0.45 of an acre, approximate latitude 55°28′42′′ N., longitude 133 08'30'' W.; Homesite No. 487, lot "F", Herring Bay Group, Revillagigedo Island, 3.63 acres, approximate latitude 55°19'35'' N., longitude 131°31'10" W.; Homesite No. 499, lot "J", Triangle Group, 4.35 acres, approximate latitude 58°23'05'' N., longitude 134°38'30" W.; Homesite No. 506, lot "K", Mud Bay Group, Revillagigedo Island, 4.95 acres, approximate latitude 55°25′ N., longitude 131°45'40" W.; Homesite No. 534. lot “H1”, Triangle Group, 1.85 acres, approximate latitude 58° 23' N., longitude 134°38' W.; Homesite No. 536, Scow Bay Group, Wrangell Island, 4.90 acres, approximate latitude 56°7′ N., longitude 132°22′40′′ W.; Homesite No. 545, on Tenakee Inlet, Chichagof Island, 3.71 acres, latitude 57°46' 30" N., longitude 135°05′ W.; Homesite No. 573, Fisherman's Harbor Group, Kosciusko Island, 0.40 of an acre, approximate latitude 55°57′55'' N., longitude 133°47′56′′ W.; Homesite No. 574, Fisherman's Harbor Group, Kosciusko Island. 1.62 acres, approximate latitude 55°57′55′′ N., longitude 133°47'56" W.; Homesite No. 624, on Willoughby Cove, Lemesurier Island, 4.94 acres, latitude 58° 16'30'' N., longitude 136°03′ W.; Homesite No. 625, on Lacy Cove, Chichagof Island, 4.19 acres, approximate latitude 58°13' N., longitude 136°20′ W. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 15, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8173 ESTABLISHING THE TALCOT LAKE MIGRA- MINNESOTA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and |