Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
WHEREAS certain lands in the State of Utah have been acquired by the United States under the authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), or Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 525), as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010-1012), for use in connection with the Central Utah Land Utilization Project; and WHEREAS, by reason of the transfer effected by Executive Order No. 7908 of June 9, 1938, as amended by Executive Order No. 8531 of August 31, 1940, such project is now being administered pursuant to Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act; and WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 10046 of March 24, 1949, certain public lands within such project were subject to valid existing rights and withdrawals and to the provisions of Executive Order No. 17908 of June 9, 1938, as amended by Executive Order No. 8531 of August 31, 1940, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, except the mining and mineral-leasing laws, and reserved for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and the related provisions of Title IV thereof, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture; and WHEREAS it appears that such lands are suitable for national-forest purposes and that it would be in the public interest to include them in and reserve them as part of the Wasatch National Forest, in Utah: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103, as amended (16 U.S.C. 471), and the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 473), and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows: The exterior boundaries of the Wasatch National Forest are hereby extended to include the lands hereinafter described, and, subject to valid existing rights, all lands of the United States within such boundaries as thus extended (1) which have been acquired by the United States under authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 or Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and (2) which were transferred to the Department of Agriculture by Executive Order No. 10046 of March 24, 1949, are hereby included in and reserved as parts of the Wasatch National Forest: SALT LASE MERIDIAN T. 9 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 7, lots 2, 3 and 4, S 1/2 NE 1/4, SE 1/4, NW 1/4, E 1/2 SW 1/4 SE 1/4; Sec. 8, W 1/2 SW 1/4, SE 1/4 SW 1/4; Sec. 17, SW 1/4 NE 3/4, W 1/2, W 1/2 SE 1/4; Secs. 18 and 19; Sec. 20, W 1/2 NE 1/4, W1/2, W 1/2 SE 1/4, SE 1/4 SE 1/4; Sec. 21, S 1/2, SW 1/4, SE 1/4; Sec. 27, W 1/2 W1/2; Secs. 28 to 33, inclusive; Sec. 34, SW 1/4 NE 1/4, W1/2, SE 1/4. T. 10 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 5, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S 1/2 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 SE 1/4; Secs. 6 and 7; Sec. 8, W 1/2 NE 3/4, W 1/2, W 1/2 SE 1/4; Sec. 17, W 1/2 NE 1/4, W 1/2; Sec. 18. T. 9 S., R. 5 W. T. 9 S., R. 6 W., (partly unsurveyed) Secs. 1 to 5, inclusive; Sec. 6, N 1/2; Secs. 9 to 16, inclusive; Sec. 21, NE 1/4; Secs. 22 to 26, inclusive; Sec. 36. Section 2 of Executive Order No. 10046 of March 24, 1949, is hereby revoked to the extent that it applies to the lands in the Central Utah Project transferred to the Department of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act and related provisions of Title IV thereof. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 9, 1959.