It is ordered that the following-described tracts of land in Puerto Rico be, and they are hereby, subject to valid existing rights transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture to be administered for forest purposes.
Executive Order 10018—Transferring the Control and Jurisdiction Over Certain Tracts of Land in Puerto Rico From the...
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