Executive Order 7173—Establishing White River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

ARKANSAS By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, consisting of 110,000 acres, more or less, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Arkansas, Desha, Monroe, and Phillips Counties, Arkansas, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided , That any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States: FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 4 S., R. 1 E., sec. 19, W½; sec. 30, W½; sec. 31, SW¼SW¼. T. 5 S., R. 1 E., sec. 6, lots 2, 3, and 4 in NW¼; secs. 30 and 31. T. 6 S., R. 1 E., sec. 6, all. T. 7 S., R. 1 E., sec. 7, W½W½. T. 3 S., R. 1 W., sec. 8, all; sec. 9, W½; sec. 15, W½ and all SE¼ lying southwest of survey 2383; secs. 16 and 17; sec. 18, NE¼, all west of the White River, and SE¼ east of the White River; sec. 19, all east and west of the White River; secs. 20, 21, and 22; sec. 23, W½; sec. 26, W½NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼; sec. 27, all; secs. 28 and 29, all east and west of the White River; sec. 30, all east of the White River, and fractional NE¼, N½NW¼, and N½SE¼, all west of the White River; sec. 32, fractional NE¼ west of the White River, and all east of the White River; sec. 33, all east and west of the White River; sec. 34, all; sec. 35, W½NE¼, W½, and SE¼; sec. 36, fractional SW¼SW¼. T. 4 S., R. 1 W., sec. 1, all southwest of surveys 2328 and 2345; sec. 2, all; sec. 3, all east and west of the White River; sec. 4, all east of the White River, and fractional SE¼SE¼ west of the White River; sec. 5, all east of the White River; sec. 9, fractional NE¼NE¼ east of the White River and fractional E½ west of the White River; sec. 10, all east and west of the White River; secs. 11, 12, and 13; secs. 14 and 15, all north and south of the White River; sec. 21, fractional S½SE¼ northwest of the Chute and fractional S½S½ south of the Chute; secs. 22 and 23, all north and south of the Chute; sec. 24, all north and south of the White River; sec. 25, all; sec. 26, all east and south of the Chute; sec. 27, all north, east, and south of the Chute; sec. 28, all east of the Chute, and fractional NE¼ and N½SE¼ west and south of the Chute; secs. 34 and 35, all east and west of the Chute; sec. 36, all; survey numbers 2328 and 2345, all southwest of Indian Bay. T. 5 S., R. 1 W., secs. 1, 2, and 3; sec. 4, all east of the Chute and fractional E½NE¼ west of the Chute; secs. 10 to 15, inclusive; sec. 16, E½; sec. 20, E½; secs. 21 to 29, inclusive; secs. 31 to 36, inclusive. T. 6 S., R. 1 W., all. T. 7 S., R. 1 W., secs. 1 to 12, inclusive; secs. 14 to 23, inclusive; secs. 26 to 35, inclusive. T. 8 S., R. 1 W., secs. 5 to 8, inclusive; secs. 17 to 20, inclusive; secs. 29 and 30; sec. 31, all east of the Arkansas River; sec. 32, all, T. 3 S., R. 2 W., secs. 11 and 12, all south of the White River; sec. 13, all west of the White River; secs. 14 and 23; sec. 24, all east and west of the White River; sec. 25, fractional NE¼NE¼ east of the White River. T. 6 S., R. 2 W., secs. 1 and 2; sec. 11, N½; sec. 12, all; sec. 13, N½, fractional S½SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼; sec. 24, E½. T. 7 S., R. 2 W., secs. 1 and 2; secs. 11 to 14, inclusive; secs. 22 to 27, inclusive; secs. 34, 35, and 36. T. 8 S., R. 2 W., sec. 1, all. This refuge shall be known as the White River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, September 4, 1935.