Executive Order 9464—Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Land in the Nantahala National Forest from the Department of Agriculture to the Tennessee Valley Authority

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7(b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 63), and by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 473), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the land hereinafter described be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Tennessee Valley Authority, for the purposes thereof as stated in the said Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. The land affected by this order is within the Nantahala National Forest in Nantahala Township of Swain County, North Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows: FR-827 Beginning at a point in the boundary line between the lands of E. L. McKee, and the United States Forest Service, the coordinates of which referred to the North Carolina Coordinate System are N. 613,535 and E. 635,177; Form the initial point: S. 83'16' E., 273 ft. to a point; S. 56'49' E., 1412 ft. to a point; S. 43'20' W., 170 ft. to a point in contour level 1722.63 ft. above mean sea level, as based on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's Southeastern Supplementary Adjustment of 1936; Thence northwesterly along the contour approximately 1500 feet to United States Forest Service Monument 1108-34; Thence No. 38'30' W., 190 ft. to the point of beginning. The tract as described contains 4.4 acres. The direction of lines are referred to the North Carolina Coordinate System. The transfer of the use, possession, and control of the above-described tract or parcel of land is made subject to such rights as may be vested in Swain County, North Carolina, or the State of North Carolina to rights-of-way for public roads. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 12, 1944.