Executive Order 9326—Transect of Jurisdiction Over Certain Land Containing Oil and Gas Deposits From the War Department to the Department of the Interior

CALIFORNIA Whereas the land hereinafter described has been acquired by the United States for use of the War Department in the construction and operation of the Cerritos Channel; and Whereas the land is reported to be within the geologic structure of a producing oil field and subject to drainage of its oil and gas deposits by wells on adjacent lands held in private ownership; and Whereas it is necessary in the public interest that such protective action be taken as will prevent loss to the United States by reason of the drainage or threatened drainage of oil from the lands; and Whereas , in order to facilitate such action, it is considered advisable to transfer jurisdiction over such land so far as the oil and gas deposits are concerned to the Department of the Interior: Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. The jurisdiction over the oil and gas deposits in the following-described land in the State of California is hereby transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior: A tract of land 600 feet wide known as the Cerritos Channel, lying partly within the corporate limits of the City of Los Angeles, and partly within the corporate limits of the city of Long Beach, County of Los Angeles, State of California, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at Station 13 of the "Inner Bay Exception" of the United States Patent to the Rancho San Pedro, said Station 13 also being U.S. Engineers Station 408; thence: N. 33°51' W., 631.32 feet along the line of said "Inner Bay Exception" to a point; thence: N. 74°16'41" E., 6,905.55 feet to a point, said point being S. 18°48' W., 18.24 feet from Station 36 of the San Pedro Rancho and Los Cerritos Compromise line; thence: Leaving said Compromise line S. 14°52'20" E., 500 feet to a point; thence: N. 88°20'10" W., 300 feet to Station 35 of the San Pedro Rancho and Los Cerritos Compromise Line; thence: S. 48°42' E., 228.21 feet to a point on said Compromise Line; thence: S. 74°16' W., 6,552.31 feet to the point of beginning, containing 92.64 acres, more or less. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary to protect the United States from loss on account of drainage or threatened drainage of oil and gas from such land. 3. The jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior over such land shall be subject to the primary jurisdiction of the War Department over the land for flood control and navigation purposes. 4. All moneys received as royalties under leases, or otherwise, on account of oil and gas extracted from such land shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and credited to miscellaneous receipts. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 7, 1943.