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FDR: It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to withdrawals and classifications for power purposes, the…

On the recordApril 15, 1942
It is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights and to withdrawals and classifications for power purposes, the following-described public lands in Arkansas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.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 9137—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Flood Control Purposes

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