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FDR: “Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1942
Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws.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 9114—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes

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