Washington : Government Printing Office
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| VOLUME 4—1939 | 3965 |
By virtue of and pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1976), and subject to the limitations and conditions therein contained, the order establishing New Mexico Grazing District No. 2 is hereby modified to exclude the following described lands which are affected by the Departmental Navajo-Indian withdrawal of July 8, 1931:
Range 5: Townships 2, 18, 19 and 20.
Range 6: All of Township 2 except E ½ NW ¼ of Section 6, Townships 3 and 17 to 22 inclusive.
Range 7: Townships 2, 3, 4 and 17 to 23 inclusive.
Range 8: Townships 17 to 27 inclusive.
Range 9: Townships 17 to 28 inclusive.
Range 10: Townships 13 to 25 inclusive.
Range 11: Townships 13 to 25 inclusive and all of Township 26 except the E ½ NW ¼ NE ¼ and W ½ NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section 33.
Range 12: Townships 13 to 28 inclusive.
Range 13: Townships 14 to 28 inclusive.
Range 14: N ½ of Township 6 and all of Townships 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16.
Range 15: N ½ of Township 6 and all of townships 7, 8, 9, 10, fractional Township 15 and all of Township 16.
Range 16: Townships 7 and 8, fractional Townships 9, 10, 15 and all of Township 16.
Range 17: Fractional Townships 13, 14 and 15 and all of Township 16.
Range 18: Townships 12 to 16 inclusive.
Range 19: N ½ and Section 24 of Township 11 and all of Townships 12 to 16 inclusive.
Range 20: N ½ of Township 11 and all of Townships 12 to 16 inclusive.
Range 21: Fractional Townships 12 to 16 inclusive.
It is further hereby ordered that said Indian withdrawal order of July 8, 1931 is hereby cancelled as to the above described lands, and New Mexico Grazing District No. 7 is hereby established. The exterior boundaries of said district shall include the federally-owned lands within that portion of the Navajo-Indian withdrawal hereinabove described and cancelled, and fractional Township 17 North, Ranges 14 to 21 West, inclusive.
The rules and regulations for the administration
of grazing districts issued by the Secretary of the Interior March 2, 1936, and subsequently amended, shall not be effective as to the lands embraced within this recreated district but said lands shall be subject to administration under rules promulgated as of this date.
By virtue of and pursuant to the provisions of the Act approved July 14, 1939 (Public No. 173, 76th Congress), amending the Act of June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), I hereby declare that misuse of the range, coupled with drought conditions, has created an emergency which necessitates this modification of the boundaries of New Mexico Grazing District No. 2 and the promulgation of grazing rules for New Mexico Grazing District No. 7, hereby established, without prior consultation of the advisory board of said Grazing District No. 2.
HAROLD L. ICKES,
Secretary of the Interior.
