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Modification of Executive Order No. 8055 dated February 23, 1939, transferring jurisdiction over certain lands on the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior.
Whereas, by Executive Order No. 8055, dated February 23, 1939, jurisdiction over 2,565 acres of land on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, acquired under authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195, 200), in connection with the Milk River (LA-MT2) Land Utilization Project of the Department of Agriculture, was transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior, and
Whereas, 320 acres described as the W ½ of section 33, township 32 north, range 43 east, Montana Meridian, purchased in connection with the said Milk River Project, was inadvertently omitted from Executive Order No. 8055.
Now, therefore, by virtue of authority vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943, Executive Order No. 8055, dated February 23, 1939, is hereby modified so as to include under the provisions thereof 320 acres of land described as the W ½ of section 33, township 32 north, range 43 east, Montana Meridian.
ABE FORTAS,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
