By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, it is ordered that the following-described tracts of land in Alaska be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest and restored to entry under the applicable public-land laws:
FDR: “By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, it is ordered that the…”
On the recordFebruary 3, 1935
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Executive Order 6959—Restoration to Entry of Certain Tracts of Land in Tongass National Forest, Alaska
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