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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Charles Mix County, South Dakota, consisting of 365 acres, more or less, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided, That any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States:

T. 96 N., R. 64 W., sec. 5: (1) That part of the S½N½ lying south of a line described as follows: Beginning at the quarter-section corner of secs. 5 and 6, thence: N. 52°35' E., 7.50 chs.; N. 75°31' E., 8.14 chs.; N. 75°51' E., 4.97 chs., N. 55°34' E., 11.11 chs.; N. 88°01' E., 4.23 chs.; S. 63°36' E., 8.93 chs.; N. 81°38' E., 12.12 chs.; S. 79°24' E., 8.23 chs.; S. 76°03' E., 3.69 chs.; S. 13°41' E., 3.86 chs.; S. 67°41' E., 3.50 chs.; S. 7°30' E., 4.85 chs. to a point on the east and west center line of sec. 5, 11.73 chs. west. of the east quarter-section corner; N½SW¼. (2) That part of the S½SW¼ lying north of a line described as follows: Beginng at the center south sixteenth-section corner of sec. 5, thence: S. 85°40' W., 8.32 chs.; S. 85°03' W., 10.01 chs.; S. 87°50' W., 7.54 chs.; S. 79°27' W., 7.58 chs.; S. 71°29' W., 6.69 chs. to a point on the line between secs. 5 and 6, 5.24 chs. south of the south sixteenth-section corner; N½SE¼ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1936