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Harry Truman: “By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7(b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 1951
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7(b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 63; 16 U.S.C. 831f(b)), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the following-described lands and rights-of-way within the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the United States Department of Agriculture to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the purposes of the Authority as stated in the said act and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement of Transfer between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture dated December 4, 1947, and approved by me this date:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10212—Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands and Rights-of-Way in the Cherokee...

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