Executive Order 7780—Establishing the Lacassine Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

LOUISIANA 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 lands acquired or to be acquired by the United States within the following-described area, comprising approximately 33,400 acres, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to existing valid rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided , that any private lands within the area described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States: LOUISIANA MERIDIAN T. 12 S., R. 4 W. (partly unsurveyed): Sec. 16, that part of the W½E½ described as follows: Beginning at the one-quarter comer of secs. 9 and 16, thence with line between secs. 9 and 16, N. 89°30' E., 1.50 chains to a point; thence passing within sec. 16, S. 0°06' W., 20.00 chains; S. 49°46' E., 4.10 Chains; S. 5°50' E., 6.40 chains; S. 45°38' E., 5.70 chains; S. 18°26' E., 4.72 chains, to the north bank of the Mermentau River; thence downstream with the north bank of the Mermentau Biver with the meanders thereof, S. 60°29' W., 6.16 chains; S. 86°52' W., 136 chains; N. 50°20' W., 1.26 chains; S. 81°19' W., 3.30 chains, to the north-south center line of sec. 16; thence with said center line, N. 0°06' E., 40.16 chains, to the place of beginning; Secs. 17, 18, and 19; Secs. 20, 28, and 29, all north and west of the Mermentau River and Grand Dake; Secs. 30 and 31. T. 12 S., R. 6 W. (unsurveyed): Secs. 18 to 17, inclusive; Sec. 18, S½ NE¼, NW¼, and S½; Secs. 19 to 36, inclusive. T. 18 S., R. 6 W. (unsurveyed): Secs. 1 and 2, all lying north and west of Grand and Mud Dakes and Bayou Mlsere; Secs. 8 to 9, inclusive; Secs. 10, 11, and 16, all lying north and west of Bayou and Dake Mlsere; Sec. 16, all; Secs. 17 and 18, all north of Lake Mlsere T. 12 S., R. 6 W. (unsurveyed): Secs. 13, 14, 23, 24, 26, 26, 86, and 86. T. 18 S., R. 6 W. (unsurveyed): Secs. 1, 2, 11, 12, 18, and 14. This reservation shall be known as the Lacassine Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 30, 1937.