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FDR: It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are…

On the recordAugust 27, 1941
It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 8874—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Practice Bombing Range

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