Executive Order 1257

It is hereby ordered that the SE. ¼ of the NW. ¼ and the SW. ¼ of the NE. ¼ of section 18, township 17 S., range 12 west, New Mexico, within the limits of the Gila National Forest as established by proclamations of the President, dated July 21, 1905, and June 18, 1908, be further withdrawn from sale or other disposition, subject to private rights, if any there be, for military purposes to protect the water supply of Fort Bayard: Provided, That this withdrawal for use by the War Department shall not revoke the withdrawal of the land as a part of the Gila National Forest made by said proclamations of July 21, 1905, and June 18, 1908, but both withdrawals shall stand together, the withdrawal for the War Department being the dominant one, and whenever the use of the land as a national forest does not interfere with the protection of the water supply of Fort Bayard, such use shall not be interfered with, but the lands shall not be subject to appropriation under any of the public land laws.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

October 22, 1910.

Notes

See related

• Proclamation 582, July 21, 1905
• Executive Order 637, May 23, 1907
• Proclamation 811, June 18, 1908
• Executive Order 919, July 23, 1908
• Executive Order 970, November 13, 1908
• Executive Order 1213, June 22, 1910