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FEDERAL
VOLUME 2

REGSTER
1934

NUMBER 214

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Washington, Thursday, November 4, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE U NITED STATES.
E x e c u t iv e O rder WITHDRAWAL OP PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE USE OP THE DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE

New M exico By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act o f June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act o f August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered as follows:
S e c t io n 1. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, tem porarily withdrawing certain lands fo r classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects any public lands within the following-de scribed area in New M exico:
N ew M exico P r in c ipal M erid ian T. 23 N. R 8 E
sec. l, lots i to 7, S % N E ft, S E & N W , SE 14 , and that part of Ojo Callente Grant east of Caliente River;
sec. 12, lots 1 to 4, E y 2 , and that part of O jo Caliente Grant east o f Caliente River;
sec. 13, those parts of NE%SW4, lots 9 and 12, and that part of O jo Caliente Grant in N W % , east of Caliente River;
sec. 24, those parts o f N E 4N W % , lots 4 and 5 east of Cdliente River;
T. 23 N R. 9 E., secs. 1 to 6, and 9 to 12, inclusive;
sec. 14, N % N E % , N E & N W K ;
sec. 15;
T. 24 N., R. 9 E., secs. 1 to 4, Inclusive;
sec. 7, N E 14 , E N W f c ;
sec. 8, N & ;
secs. 9 to 16, inclusive;
sec. 20, E y 2 ;
secs. 21 to 29, inclusive;
sec. 31, S E & ;
secs. 32 to 36, inclusive;
T. 25 N., R. 9 E., secs. 1, 35 and 36;
T. 23 N., R. 10 E
sec. 3;
sec. 4, N % , N W & S W i4 , Ey2SE%J
sec. 5, NE4, N W S E ;
sec. 6, N & , N S W f t ;
Tps. 24 to 26 N., R. 10 E.;
T. 27 N R. 10 E., secs. 31 to 36, inclusive;
T. 24 N R. 11 E., sec. 5, S W & N E 14 , S & N W & , S W & ;
secs. 6 to 8, and 16 to 19, inclusive;
sec. 20, N y 2 , S W % , W S E V i;
sec. 29, W y2N W ;
sec. 30;
sec. 31, N % ;
T. 25 N., R. 11 E., secs. 5 to 9, inclusive;
sec. 16, N % , S W % ;
secs. 17 to 19, inclusive;
sec. 20, N % , S W 14 ;
sec. 31, W y 2 ;
T. 26 N., R. 11 E., sec. 6.

S e c t io n 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, all vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands within the above-described area are hereby tem porarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart fo r use and development by the Department of A gri culture fo r soil-erosion control and other land utilization ac tivities in connection w ith the Taos Project, LA -N M 2:
Provided, that nothing herein contained shall restrict pros pecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of the lands under the applicable laws.
S e c t io n 3. This order shall be applicable to all lands within the area described in section 1 hereof upon the cancellation, termination, or release of prior entries, selections, rights, ap propriations, or claims, or upon the revocation of prior w ith drawals, unless expressly otherwise provided in the order of revocation.
S e c t io n 4. The reservation made by section 2 o f this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act o f Congress.
F r a n k l in D R o o s e v e l t T h e W h it e H o u s e ,
November 1,1937.
No. 77341
F . R . Doc. 37-3222; Piled, November 3,1937; 11:38 a. m.J

DEPARTMENTOF THE INTERIO R.
N ational Bitum inous Coal Commission.
Order No. 61
A n O rder P r o v id in g f o r a P u b l i c H e a r in g f o r t h e P u r p o s e o f R e c e iv in g E v id e n c e t o E n a b l e t h e C o m m is s io n t o D e
t e r m in e W h e t h e r C e r t a in C o a l s i n t h e S ta t e o f T e x a s A re S u b j e c t t o t h e P r o v is io n s o f t h e B i t u m i n o u s C o a l A c t o f 1937, a n d f o r t h e F u r t h e r P u r p o s e o f H e a r in g A p p l ic a t i o n s f o r E x e m p t i o n as P r o v id e d f o r b y O rder
No. 28.
Whereas the A ct o f Congress entitled An A ct to regulate interstate commerce in bituminous coal, and fo r other pur poses Public, No. 48, 75th Cong., 1st Sess., known as the Bituminous Coal A ct o f 1937, provides Section 17 b that The term bituminous coal includes all bituminous, semibituminous, and subhituminous coal and shall exclude lig
nite, which is defined as a lignitic coal having calorific value in British therm al units o f less than seven thousand six hundred per pound and having a natural moisture content in place in the mine of 30 per centum or more ; and Whereas the Commission deems it necessary to conduct a public hearing in the State of Texas fo r the purpose of re ceiving evidence to enable the Commission to determine <
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