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Ben Harrison: “It is hereby ordered that the Executive order of May 17, 1884, by President Chester A. Arthur, be, and the same hereby…”

On the recordNovember 18, 1892
It is hereby ordered that the Executive order of May 17, 1884, by President Chester A. Arthur, be, and the same hereby is, modified so that all the lands described in said order which lie west of the 110th degree of west longitude and within the Territory of Utah be, and the same hereby are, restored to the public domain, freed from the reservation made by said order.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Executive Order—Utah and Arizona Land to Public Domain

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