Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
NEW MEXICO Whereas certain, lands within the boundaries of a grazing district in the State of New Mexico, established under the authority of the Taylor Grazing Act, approved June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the act of June 26, 1936, 49 Stat. 1976, have been acquired under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200), and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), in connection with the Department of Agriculture's project known as the Hope Land Use Adjustment Project, LA-NM 4; and Whereas by Executive Order No. 7908, dated June 9, 1938, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in such lands was transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions thereof; and Whereas it appears that the transfer of jurisdiction over a portion of such lands from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior for administrative purposes would be in the public interest: Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in the President by section 32, Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, it is ordered that jurisdiction over the following-described lands be, and it is hereby, transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to use such lands in connection with the administration of the Taylor Grazing Act, supra, under such conditions of use and administration as will best carry out the purposes of the land-conservation and landutilization program for which such lands were acquired: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 16 S., R. 21 E., sec. 35, SW¼SE¼; T. 17 S., R. 21 E., sec. 1, S½NE¼; T. 16 S., R. 23 E., sec. 31, S½SW¼, SW¼ SE¼; T. 17 S., R. 23 E., sec. 6, N½N½, SW¼NW¼; sec. 9, SW¼SW¼, sec. 23, NW¼NW¼; T. 17 S., R. 24 E., sec. 4, NW¼SW¼, E½SW¼, sec. 18, SW¼, sec. 20, N½; AGGREGATING 1,104.36 acres. And by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in the President 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, it is ordered that any public-domain lands within the following-described area be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture in connection with the aforementioned Hope Land Use Adjustment Project: Provided , that such lands shall not be disposed of by sale, exchange, or grant, in accordance with the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, supra, without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further , that this order shall not apply to the right, title, and interest of the United States in the mineral resources of such lands, and shall not restrict the disposition of such mineral resources under the public-land laws: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 17 S., R. 21 E., sec. 1, W½, secs. 2, and 11 to 15, inclusive, sec. 22, N½, E½SW¼, SE¼, secs. 23, 24, and 25, sec. 26, N½NE¼, NW¼, sec. 36; T. 18 S., R. 21 E., sec. 1, N½, N½SW¼, SE¼, sec. 12, E½NE¼; T. 17 S., R. 23 E., secs. 7, 8, and 17 to 22, 27 to 33, inclusive, sec. 34, N½, SW¼, sec. 35, W½NW¼; T. 18 S.. R. 23 E., sec. 3, NW¼, S½, secs. 4, 5, and 6, sec. 7, N½, N½SW¼, sec. 8, N½, N½S½, sec. 9, NW¼; AGGREGATING 21,622.14 acres. The reservation of public-domain lands made by this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 19, 1939.