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On the recordFebruary 28, 1932
Under authority and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that, subject to valid existing claims, the following lands are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, lease, or other disposal and reserved for the purposes of investigation, examination, and classification.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Executive Order 5813—Withdrawal of Coal Lands, Alaska

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