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It is ordered that the following-described public lands in the States of Louisiana and Mississippi be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for classification and pending determination as to the advisability of including such lands in national forests.

Context

Executive Order 6629—Withdrawal Of Public Lands for Classification

03/04/1934

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