Executive Order 8065—Establishing the Necedah Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

WISCONSIN Whereas certain lands in the State of Wisconsin have been acquired under the authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200) and the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115); and Whereas by Executive Order No. 7908, dated June 9, 1938, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in such lands was transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions thereof; and Whereas it appears that the reservation of such lands and certain intermingled public lands as a wildlife refuge would be in the public interest: Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 32, Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the lands acquired by the United States and the intermingled public lands within the following-described area, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid existing 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 shall become a part of the refuge upon the acquisition of title thereto or control thereof by the United States: FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 19 N., R. 2 E., secs. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 36. T. 20 N., R. 2 E., sec. 1, lots 1. 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, those parts of NE ¼ SW ¼ and S ½ SW ¼ lying south and east of road, and SE ¼; sec. 11, those parts of SE ¼ NE ¼, and N ½ SE ¼ lying south and east of road, and those parts of SW ¼ SE ¼ lying south and east of road, except block 6 of Starr's addition to Meadow Valley (being lots 1 to 18, inclusive), and SE ¼ SE ¼; sec. 12, NE ¼, E ½ NW ¼, that part of W ½ NW ¼ lying south and east of road, and S ½; sec. 13; secs. 14 and 23, E ½; secs. 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36. T. 18 N., R. 3 E., secs. 3, 4, and 5; sec. 6, NE ¼, E ½ NW ¼, those parts of W ½ NW ¼, N ½ SW ¼, SE ¼, SW ¼, and S ½ SE ¼ lying north and east of road, and N ½ SE ¼; sec. 7, that part of NE ¼ NE ¼ lying north of road; sec. 8, E ½ NE ¼, NW ¼ NE ¼, and those parts of SW ¼ NE ¼, N ½ NW ¼, SE ¼ NW ¼, and N ½ SE ¼ lying north of road; sec. 9, N ½, NE ¼ SW ¼, those parts of W ½ SW ¼ and SE ¼ SW ¼ lying north of road, and SE ¼; sec. 10; sec. 15, that part of N ½ lying north of road. T. 19 N., R. 3 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive; sec. 10, W ½ W ½; sec. 15, W ½, W ½ SE ¼; secs. 16 to 22, inclusive; sec. 23, NW ¼ SW ¼; secs. 27 to 34, inclusive; sec. 35, SE ¼ NW ¼, W ½ NW ¼, SW ¼. T. 20 N., R. 3 E., sec. 5, lots 9 to 16, inclusive, and S ½; sec. 6, all, except those subdivisions in the northeastern part thereof bounded by the following-described lines: Beginning at the northeast corner of sec. 6, thence south 39.02 chs.; thence west 30 chs.; thence north 39.11 chs.; thence east 30 chs. to the point of beginning; sec. 7; sec. 8, W ½ E ½, W ½; sec. 16, W ½; secs. 17 to 21, and 28 to 33, inclusive; AGGREGATING approximately 40,500 acres. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird or wild animal of any kind whatsoever within the limits of this refuge, or to enter thereon, except under such rules or regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, withdrawing for classification and other purposes all vacant, unreserved, and unappropriated public lands in the State of Wisconsin, and certain other States, is hereby amended to exclude from its provisions the public lands in the above-described area. This reservation shall be known as the Necedah Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 14, 1939.