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FDR: By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 848, it is…

On the recordOctober 28, 1940
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, c. 143, 40 Stat. 845, 848, it is ordered that all the public land within the following-described area be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws.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 8579—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as an Aerial Bombing and Gunnery Range

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