FDR: “it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction…”

On the recordApril 19, 1942

it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the acquired lands, together with improvements thereon within the following-described area, comprising 240 acres, more or less, in Graham County, Arizona, be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior

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Democratic · New York

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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Executive Order 9140—Establishing the Safford National Wildlife Refuge

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FDR: “it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, jurisdiction over the acquired lands, together with improvements…”

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