It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to existing reservations and classifications for power purposes, the public lands in the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.
FDR: “It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to existing reservations and classifications for power…”
On the recordMay 15, 1941
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Executive Order 8755—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department as a Demolition and Practice Bombing Range
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