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FDR: “It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1941
It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public land be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 8883—Withdrawing Public Land for Use of the Department of the Navy as an Aircraft Bombing Site

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