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Executive Orders Disposition Tables


Executive Order 7784-A
Designating the Architect of the Capitol as a Member of the Alley Dwelling Authority

  • Signed: January 5, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 63, January 12, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6868, October 9, 1934
  • Amended by: EO 8033, January 11, 1939; EO 9344, May 21, 1943
  • See: EO 9916, December 31, 1947; EO 11401, March 13, 1968; EO 11571, December 8, 1970

Executive Order 7785
Amendment of Executive Order No. 6928 of December 24, 1934

  • Signed: January 8, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6928, December 24, 1934
  • Superseded by: EO 7972, September 15, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7786
Amendment of Executive Order No. 4601 of March 1, 1927, Prescribing Regulations Pertaining to the Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross

  • Signed: January 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 49, January 11, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4601, March 1, 1927
  • Amended by: EO 7962, August 22, 1938
  • See: Transfer Order 14 of the Secretary of Defense, dated July 22, 1949 (14 FR 49008)

Executive Order 7787
Power-Site Restoration No. 487. Partial Revocation of Executive Order of June 8, 1909, Creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 20 and Executive Order of July 2, 1910, Creating Power-Site Reserve No. 20, Montana

  • Signed: January 10, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 63, January 12, 1938
  • Amends: Executive Order of June 8, 1909 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of July 2, 1910 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order 7788
Exemption of Joseph J. McGuigan from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: January 11, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7789
Exemption of David H. Hahn from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: January 11, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7790
Amendment of Executive Order No. 7302 of February 21, 1936, Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Virgin Islands

  • Signed: January 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 99, January 15, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7302, February 21, 1936; EO 7686, August 5, 1937
  • Amended by: EO 8103, May 2, 1939; EO 8201, July 11, 1939

Executive Order 7791
Exemption of Edward B. Russ from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: January 13, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8047, February 11, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7792
Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior, New Mexico

  • Signed: January 18, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 161, January 21, 1938
  • See: EO 7530, December 31, 1936; EO 7557, February 19, 1937; Public Land Order 276, April 30, 1945 (10 FR 5380)

Executive Order 7793
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 6644 of March 14, 1934, Withdrawal of Public Lands, Colorado

  • Signed: January 20, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 225, January 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6644, March 14, 1934

Executive Order 7794
Correcting Description of Parcel of Land Contained in Executive Order No. 6050 of February 27, 1933

  • Signed: January 20, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 225, January 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 605, February 27, 1933

Executive Order 7795
Establishing the Huron Migratory Bird Refuge, Michigan

  • Signed: January 21, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 225, January 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4430, April 23, 1926
  • Revokes: EO 357-D, October 10, 1905

Executive Order 7796
Amending Executive Order of January 17, 1873 To Permit Certain Employees of Department of the Interior to Hold State, Territorial, and Municipal Offices, etc.

  • Signed: January 21, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 226, January 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 9, January 17, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 11408, April 25, 1968 (in part)

Executive Order 7797
Documents Required of Bona Fide Alien Seamen Entering the United States

  • Signed: January 26, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 253, January 28, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 6722, May 26, 1934
  • Revoked by: EO 8429, June 5, 1940

Executive Order 7798
Transferring a Portion of the Boise Barracks Military Reservation, Idaho, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veteran's Administration

  • Signed: January 26, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 253, January 28 1938
  • Amended by: Public Land Order 5783, November 28, 1980 (45 FR 80291)

Executive Order 7799
Enlarging Lower Souris Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, North Dakota

  • Signed: January 27, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 261, January 29, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7170, September 4, 1935
  • See: Public Land Order 817, April 14, 1952 (17 FR 3495)

Executive Order 7800
Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Cuba

  • Signed: January 27, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 262, January 29, 1938
  • Amends: Executive Order of January 9, 1904 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order No. 7801
Establishing Black Coulee Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Montana

  • Signed: January 28, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 271, February 1, 1938

Executive Order 7802
Exemption of Nathan C. Grover from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: January 29, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7803
Withdrawing Public Land for Forest Lookout Station, Washington

  • Signed: February 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 307, February 4, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6964, February 5, 1935
  • Amended by: Public Land Order 1684, July 21, 1958 (23 FR 5634)

Executive Order 7804
Reserving Public Land for the Use of the Lighthouse Service, Department of Commerce, Hawaii

  • Signed: February 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 307, February 4, 1938

Executive Order 7805
Correcting Description of Lands Contained in Executive Order No. 6897 of November 7, 1934

  • Signed: February 5, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 327, February 8, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6897, November 7, 1934

Executive Order 7806
Fort William D. Davis Military Reservation

  • Signed: February 5, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 327, February 8, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 3203, December 22, 1919; EO 6848, September 15, 1934
  • Superseded by: Canal Zone Order 18, July 14, 1949 (14 FR 6151)

Executive Order 7807
Power-Site Restoration No. 486, Oregon. Partial Revocation of Executive Order of April 28, 1917, Creating Power-Site Reserve No. 621

  • Signed: February 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 379, February 10, 1938
  • Amends: Executive Order of April 28, 1917 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order 7808
Power-Site Restoration No. 488, Oregon. Partial Revocation of Executive Order of December 12, 1917, Creating Power-Site Reserve No. 661

  • Signed: February 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 379, February 10, 1938
  • Amends: Executive Order of December 12, 1917 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order 7809
Amending Paragraph 13, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: February 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 379, February 10, 1938

Executive Order 7810
Revoking the Establishment of Baird Fish Hatchery on McCloud River, California

  • Signed: February 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 379, February 10, 1938
  • Revokes: Executive Order of December 9, 1875 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order 7811
Amendment of Regulation VIII of Regulations Governing Appointment of Unclassified Laborers

  • Signed: February 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 393, February 11, 1938

Executive Order 7812
Revocation of Executive Order No. 6179 of June 16, 1933, Withdrawing Public Lands

  • Signed: February 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 443, February 16, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 6179, June 16, 1933

Executive Order 7813
Amendment of Rule 16 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters

  • Signed: February 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 443, February 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4314, September 25, 1925

Executive Order 7814
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 4430 of April 23, 1926, as Modified Withdrawing Public Lands

  • Signed: February 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 447, February 17, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4430, April 23, 1926

Executive Order No. 7815
Amending Paragraph 10(a), Subdivision IV, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: February 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 447, February 17, 1938

Executive Order 7816
Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska

  • Signed: February 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 448, February 17, 1938
  • Amends: EO 1733, March 3, 1913; EO 5243, December 19, 1929; EO 6044, February 23, 1933
  • Superseded by: EO 8786, June 14, 1941

Executive Order 7817
Designating Honorable Martin Travieso as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States of Puerto Rico

  • Signed: February 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 489, February 19, 1938

Executive Order 7818
Designating Port St. Joe as a Customs Port of Entry, Florida

  • Signed: February 17, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 503, February 22, 1938

Executive Order 7819
Exemption of George W. Patterson from Compulsory Retirement Age, U.S. Naval Power Factory

  • Signed: February 17, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8049, February 15, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7820
Exemption of Dr. J. Davis Bradfield from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: February 17, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7821
Designating Emory S. Land as Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission

  • Signed: February 18, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 503, February 22, 1938

Executive Order 7822
Limiting the Importation of Red Cedar Shingles From Canada During the First Six Months of 1938

  • Signed: February 25, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 547, March 1, 1938

Executive Order 7823
Amending the Order To Permit Joseph M. Watkins To Hold a Federal and State Office

  • Signed: February 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 9, January 17, 1873
  • Revoked by: EO 11408, April 2, 1968 (in part)
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7824
Exemption of Louis A. Simon from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: February 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7581, March 19, 1937
  • Amended by: EO 8046, February 11, 1939; EO 8369, March 7, 1940; EO 8747, April 28, 1941
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7825
Exemption of Harry H. Little from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: February 26, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7826
Amendment of the Consular Regulations

  • Signed: February 28, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 561, March 2, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7729, October 16, 1937
  • Revoked by: EO 9521, February 13, 1945

Executive Order 7827
Appointing Thomas D. Quinn Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: March 2, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7828
Placing Certain Islands in the Pacific Ocean Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior

  • Signed: March 3, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 609, March 8, 1938

Executive Order 7829
Revocation of Executive Order No. 5428 of August 20, 1930, Withdrawing Land for Classification and in Aid of Legislation

  • Signed: March 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 641, March 10, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 5428, August 20, 1930

Executive Order 7830
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 5341 of May 2, 1930, Withdrawing Public Lands

  • Signed: March 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 641, March 10, 1938
  • Amends: EO 5341, May 2, 1930

Executive Order 7831
Amendment of Executive Order No. 7293 of February 14, 1936, Prescribing Regulations Concerning the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men

  • Signed: March 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 641, March 10, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7293, February 14, 1936
  • Amended by: EO 8107, May 3, 1939; EO 8440, June 12, 1940

Executive Order 7832
Revocation of Executive Order No. 5923 of September 20, 1932, Withdrawing of Public Lands

  • Signed: March 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 641, March 10, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 5923, September 20, 1932

Executive Order No. 7833
Establishing the Hewitt Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Montana

  • Signed: March 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 641, March 10, 1938

Executive Order 7834
Exemption of Charles W. Franks from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: March 8, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7835
Revocation of Executive Order No. 2184 of April 27, 1915, Withdrawing Public Lands

  • Signed: March 11, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 655, March 15, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 2184, April 27, 1915

Executive Order 7836
Public Water Restoration No. 80

  • Signed: March 11, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 655, March 15, 1938
  • Amends: Executive order of May 25, 1921 (unnumbered series); April 4, 1922; November 27, 1922; December 5, 1913

Executive Order 7837
Cash Relief for Certain Employees of the Panama Canal

  • Signed: March 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 667, March 16, 1938

Executive Order 7838
Establishment of a Supply Fund for the Works Progress Administration, Supply Fund for the Procurement, Distribution, and Use of Materials, Supplies, and Equipment for Projects Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937

  • Signed: March 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 667, March 16, 1938
  • See: EO 7034, May 6, 1935; EO 7396, June 22, 1936; EO 6166, June 10, 1933;EO 7649, June 29, 1937

Executive Order 7839
Transferring Certain Housing or Slum-Clearance Projects to the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration

  • Signed: March 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 668, March 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7732, October 27, 1937

Executive Order 7840
Extending the Limits of the Customs Port of Entry of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Signed: March 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 687, March 18, 1938

Executive Order 7841
Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the Alaska Railroad, Alaska

  • Signed: March 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 687, March 18, 1938

Executive Order 7842
Exemption of James Robertson From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: March 15, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7613, April 27, 1937
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7843
Exemption of William J. Marlee from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: March 16, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7844
Exemption of John G. Honey from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: March 18, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7845
Prescribing Regulations Relating to Annual Leave of Government Employees

  • Signed: March 21, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 715, March 23, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 7409, July 9, 1936; EO 8226, August 24, 1939
  • Amended by: EO 7879, May 9, 1938
  • Superseded by: EO 8384, March 29, 1940 (in part)

Executive Order 7846
Prescribing Regulations Relating to Sick Leave of Government Employees

  • Signed: March 21, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 717, March 23, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 7410, July 9, 1946
  • Amended by: EO 7880, May 9, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8385, March 29, 1940

Executive Order 7847
Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the Navy Department

  • Signed: March 21, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 719, March 23, 1938
  • Superseded by: EO 8786, June 14, 1941 (in part)

Executive Order 7848
Designating the Secretary of the Treasury as the Official To Receive Certain Capital Stock From the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration

  • Signed: March 22, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 739, March 25, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8219, August 7, 1939

Executive Order 7849
Authorizing the Inspection of Income, Excess Profits and Capital Stock Tax Returns, Estate and Gift Tax Returns Filed After June 16, 1933, and Returns Under Title IX of the Social Security Act

  • Signed: March 25, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 751, March 29, 1938

Executive Order 7850
Revocation of Executive Order No. 6087 of March 28, 1933, Withdrawing Public Lands

  • Signed: March 26, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 751, March 29, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 6087, March 28, 1933

Executive Order 7851
Designation of Charles V. McLaughlin as Member of Interdepartmental Committee To Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities

  • Signed: March 26, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7481, October 27, 1936
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7852
Amending Paragraph 5, Subdivision XI, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: March 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 777, March 31, 1938

Executive Order 7853
Amending Paragraph 4, Subdivision III, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: March 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 777, March 31, 1938

Executive Order 7854
Revocation of Executive Order No. 6055 of February 28, 1933, Withdrawing Public Lands

  • Signed: March 30, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 799, April 2, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 6055, February 28, 1933

Executive Order 7855
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 5089 of April 9, 1929, Withdrawing Public Lands for Classification and in Aid of Proposed Legislation

  • Signed: March 30, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 799, April 2, 1938
  • Amends: EO 5089, April 9, 1929

Executive Order 7856
Rules Governing the Granting and Issuing of Passports in the United States

  • Signed: March 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 799, April 2, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 5860, June 22, 1932; EO 6650, March 23, 1934
  • Superseded by: EO 11295, August 5, 1966 (in part)

Executive Order 7857
Transferring to the People of Puerto Rico Certain Lands No Longer Needed for the Purposes of the United States

  • Signed: March 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 806, April 2, 1938

Executive Order 7858
Authorizing the Attorney General To Reject Bids for Certain Property Offered for Sale at Savannah, Georgia, Pursuant to the Trading With the Enemy Act, as Amended

  • Signed: March 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 806, April 2, 1938

Executive Order 7859
Exemption of Edward M. Kennard from Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: April 5, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7574, March 9, 1937
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7860
Reservation of Land for River and Harbor Purposes, Minnesota

  • Signed: April 6, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 855, April 9, 1938
  • Revokes: Executive order of March 13, 1854 (unnumbered series); Executive order of April 6, 1938 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order 7861
Exemption of Clarence E. Alderman From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: April 6, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7862
Modification of Executive Order No. 7387 of June 15, 1936, Reserving Naval Station, Balboa, Canal Zone

  • Signed: April 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 863, April 12, 1938
  • See: Canal Zone Order 44, July 7, 1956 (21 FR 6914)

Executive Order 7863
Exemption of Frank B. Bourn From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: April 7, 1938
  • See: EO 8106, May 3, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7864
Establishing Pea Island Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; North Carolina

  • Signed: April 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 863, April 12, 1938

Executive Order 7865
Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States

  • Signed: April 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 885, April 14, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 6986, March 9, 1935
  • Superseded by: EO 8029, December 27, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8430, June 5, 1940; EO 8766, June 3, 1941

Executive Order 7866
Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the Department of Agriculture; Arkansas

  • Signed: April 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 899, April 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6964, February 5, 1935

Executive Order 7867
Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the Department of Agriculture; Louisiana

  • Signed: April 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 903, April 19, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6964, February 5, 1935

Executive Order 7868
Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior

  • Signed: April 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 903, April 19, 1938
  • See: EO 7530, December 31, 1936; EO 7557, February 19, 1937; Public Law 92-480 (86 Stat. 795), October 9, 1972

Executive Order 7869
Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Special Committee To Investigate Lobbying Activities, United States Senate

  • Signed: April 18, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 921, April 20, 1938

Executive Order 7870
Revocation of Executive Order No. 3345 of October 23, 1920, Withdrawing Public Lands for National Monument Classification; Arizona

  • Signed: April 19, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 931, April 21, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 3345, October 23, 1920

Executive Order 7871
Exemption of Thomas G. Shearman From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: April 19, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7872
Amendment of Subdivision I, Schedule B, Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: April 20, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 939, April 23, 1938

Executive Order 7873
Exemption of Edwin C. E. Lord From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: April 21, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7874
Waiver of Time Limitations Contained in Civil Service Rule IX To Permit the Reinstatement of Mrs. Jessie Scott Arnold to a Position in the Classified Service

  • Signed: April 22, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7875
Transferring Certain Land to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Treasury Department; New Mexico

  • Signed: April 25, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 965, April 27, 1938
  • Amends: EO 5389, July 7, 1930

Executive Order 7876
Exemption of Charles J. Carlton From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: April 22, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7877
Revocation of Executive Order No. 6814, Dated August 9, 1934, and Executive Order No. 6895-A, Dated November 2, 1934

  • Signed: April 28, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 998, April 30, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 6814, August 9, 1934; EO 6895-A, November 2, 1934

Executive Order 7878
Amending Paragraph 7, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: April 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1005, May 3, 1938

Executive Order 7879
Amending Section 6 of Executive Order No. 7845 of March 21, 1938, Prescribing Regulations Relating to Annual Leave of Government Employees

  • Signed: May 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 5 FR 1075, May 11, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7845, March 21, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8384, March 29, 1940

Executive Order 7880
Amending Section 9 of Executive Order No. 7846 of March 21, 1938, Prescribing Regulations Relating to Sick Leave of Government Employees

  • Signed: May 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1075, May 11, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7846, March 21, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8385, March 29, 1940

Executive Order 7881
Power Site Restoration No. 489, Partial Revocation of Executive Order of June 30, 1916, Creating Power Site Reserve No. 533; Washington

  • Signed: May 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1084, May 12, 1938
  • Amends: Executive order of June 30, 1916 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order 7882
Establishing the Tybee Migratory Bird Refuge; Georgia

  • Signed: May 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1084, May 12, 1938

Executive Order 7883
Withdrawal of Public Lands To Provide Material for the Construction and Maintenance of Public Roads and Other Public Projects; California

  • Signed: May 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1085, May 12, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6910, November 26, 1934
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 2913, January 30, 1963 (28 FR 1144) (in part)

Executive Order 7884
Reestablishing the Toiyabe National Forest; Nevada

  • Signed: May 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1085, May 12, 1938
  • See: Public Land Order 1487, September 9, 1957 (22 FR 7309)

Executive Order 7885
Placing Certain Land Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury; Alaska

  • Signed: May 11, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1099, May 13, 1938

Executive Order No. 7886
Revocation of Executive Order No. 4061 of August 12, 1924, and Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 4844 of March 23, 1928, Withdrawing Public Lands; New Mexico

  • Signed: May 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1131, May 18, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4844, March 23, 1928
  • Revokes: EO 4061, August 12, 1924

Executive Order No. 7887
Extending the Provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act to Employees Appointed Under Authority of Section 10 of Civil Service Rule II

  • Signed: May 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1131, May 18, 1938

Executive Order No. 7888
Withdrawal of Public Land for Classification, Etc.; Alaska

  • Signed: May 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1131, May 18, 1938
  • See: EO 8979, October 16, 1941; Public Land Order 487, June 16, 1948 (13 FR 3462); Public Land Order 929, November 24, 1953 (18 FR 7642)

Executive Order No. 7889
Revocation of Executive Order No. 7520 of December 18, 1936, Withdrawing Lands for Use of the War Department as a Target Range for the Arizona National Guard; Arizona

  • Signed: May 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1131, May 18, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 7520, December 18, 1936

Executive Order No. 7890
Exemption of Stanley Searles From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: May 16, 1938
  • Note: This Executive Order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7891
Restoring Certain Lands to the Territory of Hawaii for Highway Purposes

  • Signed: May 18, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1159, May 20, 1938

Executive Order No. 7892
Exemption of George F. Bowerman From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: May 18, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7893
Restoring Land to Territory of Hawaii for Aeronautical Purposes and Reserving Land for Military Purposes; Territory of Hawaii

  • Signed: May 21, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1177, May 25, 1938
  • See: EO 10414, November 25, 1952

Executive Order 7894
Delegating Certain Powers to the Attorney General Under the Trading With the Enemy Act

  • Signed: May 23, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1189, May 26, 1938

Executive Order No. 7895
Enlarging the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge; Oregon

  • Signed: May 23, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1189, May 26, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7523, December 21, 1936

Executive Order No. 7896
Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Officers and Employees of the Police or Prison Departments of the Territorial and Municipal Governments of the Virgin Islands To Be Appointed as Deputies or Employees in the Office of the United States Marshal for the Virgin Islands

  • Signed: May 24, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1199, May 27, 1938
  • Amends: Executive order of January 17, 1873 (unnumbered series)
  • Revoked by: EO 11408, April 25, 1968 (in part)

Executive Order 7897
Partial Revocation of the Executive Order No. 5894 of July 26, 1932, Withdrawing Public Lands; Colorado

  • Signed: May 24, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1199, May 27, 1938
  • Amends: EO 5894, July 26, 1932

Executive Order No. 7898
Withdrawal of Public Land Authorities To Be Added to the Yosemite National Park; California

  • Signed: May 26, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1224, May 28, 1938

Executive Order No. 7899
Authorizing the Appointment of Miss Amy G. Maher to a Position on the Social Security Board Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: May 26, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7900
Designating John Monroe Johnson and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., To Act as Secretary of Commerce

  • Signed: May 28, 1938
  • Superseded by: EO 8541, September 17, 1940
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7901
Authorizing the Attorney General To Sell Upon Public Exchanges Without Prior Advertisement Certain Property Held Under the Trading With the Enemy Act

  • Signed: May 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1255, June 2, 1938

Executive Order No. 7902
Establishing the Tamarac Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; Minnesota

  • Signed: May 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1255, June 2, 1938

Executive Order No. 7903
Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior; Rhode Island

  • Signed: May 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1257, June 2, 1938
  • See: EO 7496, November 14, 1936

Executive Order No. 7904
Exemption of Charles H. Hastings From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: May 31, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7755, November 26, 1937
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7905
Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Lucile Ensminger to a Classified Position in the Navy Department Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: May 31, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7906
Further Modification of Executive Order No. 7709-A of September 16, 1937, Abolishing the National Emergency Council

  • Signed: June 6, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1358, June 9, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7709-A, September 16, 1937

Executive Order 7907
Establishing the Back Bay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; Virginia

  • Signed: June 6, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1358, June 9, 1938

Executive Order No. 7908
Transferring Certain Lands to the Secretary of Agriculture for Use, Administration, and Disposition Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act


Executive Order 7909
Terminating the Powers, Rights, and Duties of the Special Mexican Claims Commission

  • Signed: June 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1422, June 16, 1938

Executive Order No. 7910
Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over a Portion of the District of Columbia

  • Signed: June 6, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1437, June 18, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8378, March 18, 1940

Executive Order 7911
Transferring to the Territory of Hawaii Title to Certain Public Lands

  • Signed: June 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1437, June 18, 1938

Executive Order No. 7912
Exemption of John H. Thomas From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: June 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7637, June 19, 1937
  • Note: This Executive orer was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7913
Authorizing the Extension of Appointments of Certain Employees of the General Accounting Office

  • Signed: June 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7630, June 8, 1937
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7914
Exemption of David A. Brodie From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: June 16, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7915
Amendment of Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: June 24, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1519, June 28, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 9830, February 24, 1947

Executive Order 7916
Extending the Competitive Classified Civil Service

  • Signed: June 24, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1526, June 28, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 5612, April 25, 1931
  • Revoked by: EO 9830, February 24, 1947
  • See: EO 7956, August 19, 1938; EO 7975-A, September 16, 1938; EO 8044, January 31, 1939; EO 8045, February 8, 1939; EO 8283, November 9, 1939; EO 8467, July 1, 1940; EO 8699, March 1, 1941

Executive Order 7917
Postponement of Effective Date of Certain Provisions of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933

  • Signed: June 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6166, June 10, 1933
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7918
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 7181 of September 6, 1935, Excepting From Competitive Civil Service Requirements the Initial Appointments to Certain Positions in the Bureau of Motor Carriers, Interstate Commerce Commission

  • Signed: June 25, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7181, September 6, 1935
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7919
Appointment of Mrs. Eleanor J. Townsend to a Classified Position Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: June 25, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7920
Appointment of Mrs. Irene M. Mort to a Classified Position Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: June 29, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7921
Extending the Existence of the Quetico-Superior Committee, Created by Executive Order No. 6783 of June 30, 1934

  • Signed: June 30, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1625, July 6, 1938
  • Superseded by: EO 11342, April 10, 1967
  • See: EO 6783, June 30, 1934; EO 10134, June 28, 1950

Executive Order 7922
Directing the Secretary of the Treasury To Assemble Annually a Coast Guard Personnel Board

  • Signed: June 30, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8443, June 14, 1940
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7923
Establishing Ruby Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; Nevada

  • Signed: July 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1639, July 7, 1938
  • See: Public Land Order 1878, June 12, 1959 (24 FR 4959)

Executive Order No. 7924
Revocation of Executive Order No. 6908 of November 21, 1934, Withdrawing Public Lands; Alaska

  • Signed: July 5, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1639, July 7, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 6908, November 21, 1934

Executive Order No. 7925
Enlarging the Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge; Oklahoma

  • Signed: July 5, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1639, July 7, 1939
  • Amends: EO 6964, February 5, 1935

Executive Order No. 7926
Establishing Wheeler Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; Alabama

  • Signed: July 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1669, July 12, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 9790, October 14, 1946
  • See: Public Land Order 1988, September 21, 1959 (24 FR 7787)

Executive Order No. 7927
Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1749, July 19, 1938

Executive Order No. 7928
Designating St. Petersburg, Florida, as a Customs Port of Entry

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1749, July 19, 1938

Executive Order 7929
Exemption of Ernest P. Rands From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7930
Exemption of William H. Griffin From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7667, July 17, 1937
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7931
Exemption of Marlon C. Hargrove From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7932
Exemption of Ulysses Shewmaker From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7933
Transferring Funds From the Department of Commerce to the Civil Aeronautics Authority

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7933-A
Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives

  • Signed: July 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1943, August 9, 1938

Executive Order No. 7934
Transferring to the United States Housing Authority Custodial and Maintenance Employees in the Field Service of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Engaged on Federal Housing Projects

  • Signed: July 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7732, October 27, 1937
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7935
Exemption of J. Humbird Smith From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: July 16, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7936
Exemption of Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr., From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: July 30, 1938
  • See: EO 8142, May 25, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7937
Establishing West Sister Island Migratory Bird Refuge; Ohio

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1943, August 9, 1938
  • Amends: Executive order of February 16, 1838 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order No. 7938
Correcting Description of Land Reserved by Executive Order No. 3406 of February 13, 1921, for Lighthouse Purposes

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1944, August 9, 1938
  • Amends: EO 3406, February 13, 1921

Executive Order No. 7939
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 5886 of July 12, 1932, Withdrawing Public Lands; Wyoming

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1944, August 9, 1938
  • Amends: EO 5886, July 12, 1932

Executive Order No. 7940
Transferring Certain Lands Within the Coronado National Forest to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Treasury Department

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1944, August 9, 1938
  • Amends: Proc. 682, November 6, 1906

Executive Order No. 7941
Establishing the Fort Tyler Migratory Bird Refuge; New York

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1945, August 9, 1938
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 1152, May 23, 1955 (20 FR 3701)

Executive Order No. 7942
Authorizing the Employment of Certain Examiners and Other Experts Paid From Funds Authorized by Public Resolution No. 113, 75th Congress, Without Compliance With the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1945, August 9, 1938

Executive Order No. 7943
Certain Persons Continued in Positions in the National Bituminous Coal Commission Without Regard to Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: August 2, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7944
Amendment of the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, Relating to the Holding of State or Local Offices by Federal Officers and Employers

  • Signed: August 4, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1945, August 9, 1938
  • Amends: EO 9, January 17, 1873
  • Revoked by: EO 11408, April 25, 1968 (in part)

Executive Order 7945
Exemption of Edward M. Weeks From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: August 4, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7413, July 10, 1936; EO 7635, June 16, 1937
  • Amended by: EO 8231, August 31, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7946
Limiting the Importation of Red Cedar Shingles From Canada During the Last Six Months of 1938

  • Signed: August 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1965, August 11, 1938

Executive Order 7947
Designating Del Bonita, Montana, as a Customs Port of Entry

  • Signed: August 9, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1965, August 11, 1938

Executive Order 7948
Exemption of Charles L. Parker From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: August 9, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7949
Exemption of Stephen W. Hamilton From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: August 9, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7950
Exemption of William H. Egberts From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: August 9, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7951
Withdrawal of Public Land for Lookout Station; Arkansas

  • Signed: August 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1995, August 16, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6964, February 5, 1935
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 3277, December 3, 1963 (28 FR 13306)

Executive Order No. 7952
Revocation of Executive Order No. 5341 of May 2, 1930, Withdrawing Public Lands; Arizona

  • Signed: August 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1995, August 16, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 5341, May 2, 1930

Executive Order No. 7953
Establishing Lake Isom Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; Tennessee

  • Signed: August 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 1995, August 16, 1938

Executive Order No. 7954
Exemption of Frank S. Smith From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: August 12, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 7955
Amendment of Executive Order No. 6928 of December 24, 1934

  • Signed: August 13, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2015, August 17, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6928, December 24, 1934
  • Superseded by: EO 7972, September 15, 1938

Executive Order 7956
Authorizing the Employment Until February 1, 1939, of Personnel With Funds Allotted Under the Public Works Administration Appropriation Act of 1938 Without Compliance With the Requirements of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: August 19, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2047, August 23, 1938
  • See: EO 7916, June 24, 1938

Executive Order 7957
Establishing Cap Meares Migratory Bird Refuge; Oregon

  • Signed: August 19, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2047, August 23, 1938
  • Amends: Executive order of May 28, 1889 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order No. 7958
Exemption of Samuel J. Gompers From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: August 19, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8252, September 14, 1939; EO 8543, September 18, 1940
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7959
Transferring Certain Personnel, Property, and Appropriations From the Department of Commerce and the Interstate Commerce Commission to the Civil Aeronautics Authority

  • Signed: August 22, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2071, August 24, 1938

Executive Order No. 7960
Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 20; Tongue River, Montana

  • Signed: August 22, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2072, August 24, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6910, November 26, 1934

Executive Order No. 7961
Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 1919 1/2 of April 21, 1914, as Amended, Withdrawing Public Lands; Alaska

  • Signed: August 22, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2072, August 24, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 1919 1/2, April 21, 1914 (in part)

Executive Order 7962
Executive Order 4601 Amended To Authorize Award of D.F.C. to Lt. Richard L. Burke

  • Signed: August 22, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4601, March 1, 1927; EO 7786, January 8, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7963
Authorizing Initial Appointments to Certain Executive Positions in the Wage and Hour Division in the Department of Labor Without Compliance With the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: August 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2105, August 30, 1938
  • See: EO 8027, December 23, 1938; EO 8316, December 27, 1939

Executive Order 7964
Instruction of Citizens of the American Republics at Educational Institutions and Schools Maintained and Administered by the Government of the United States

  • Signed: August 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2105, August 30, 1938

Executive Order No. 7965
Regulations To Give Effect to Articles I and II of the Convention Providing for the Recovery and Return of Stolen or Embezzled Motor Vehicles, Trailers, Airplanes or Component Parts of Any of Them, Concluded on October 6, 1936, Between the United States of America and the United Mexican States

  • Signed: August 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2106, August 30, 1938

Executive Order No. 7966
Establishing the Kentucky Woodlands Wildlife Refuge; Kentucky

  • Signed: August 30, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2137, September 1, 1938
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 4585, February 11, 1969 (34 FR 2252)

Executive Order No. 7967
Enlarging the Moosehorn Migratory Bird Refuge; Maine

  • Signed: August 30, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2138, September 1, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7650, July 1, 1937

Executive Order 7968
Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

  • Signed: September 3, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2185, September 8, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 3973, March 19, 1924; EO 4401, March 24, 1926; EO 4465, June 28, 1926; EO 4487, July 31, 1926; EO 4552, December 11, 1926; EO 5110, May 13, 1929; EO 5648, June 11, 1931; EO 5737, October 22, 1931; EO 5812, February 29, 1932; EO 5837, April 13, 1932; EO 5848, May 16, 1932; EO 5910, August 23, 1932; EO 6167, June 9, 1933; EO 6262, August 29, 1933; EO 6657-A, March 27, 1934; EO 6780, June 30, 1934; EO 6850, September 18, 1934; EO 6880, October 22, 1934; EO 7012, April 15, 1935; EO 7379, May 26, 1936
  • Amended by: EO 8297, December 4, 1939; EO 9303, February 11, 1943; EO 9407, December 17, 1943; EO 9507, December 20, 1944; EO 9303, February 11, 1943; EO 9591, July 21, 1945; EO 9767, August 9, 1946; EO 10743, July 22, 1953; EO 10639, October 10, 1955
  • Superseded by: Foreign Service Reg. S-6, November 6, 1945 (10 FR 13751)(in part); Foreign Service Reg. S-14, January 8, 1946 (11 FR 527)(in part)
  • Revoked by: EO 9521, February 13, 1945 (in part); EO 10697, February 6, 1957

Executive Order 7969
Partial Revocation of Executive Order of February 19, 1920, Creating Power Site Reserve No. 730; Oregon [Power Site Restoration No. 490]

  • Signed: September 10, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2233, September 14, 1938
  • Amends: Executive order of February 19, 1920 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order No. 7970
Regulations Governing the Grades and Ratings of Enlisted Men of the Regular Army for the Fiscal Year 1939

  • Signed: September 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2235, September 15, 1938

Executive Order No. 7971
Establishing Montezuma Migratory Bird Refuge; New York

  • Signed: September 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2235, September 15, 1938

Executive Order No. 7972
Prescribing Regulations Governing Payment of Losses Sustained by Officers, Enlisted Men, and Employees of the United States While in Service in Foreign Countries on Account of Appreciation of Foreign Currencies in Their Relation to the American Dollar

  • Signed: September 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2249, September 20, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 6928, December 24, 1934
  • Amended by: EO 8018, December 2, 1938; EO 8261, September 21, 1939; EO 8269, October 11, 1939; EO 8800, June 22, 1941; EO 9057, February 11, 1942; EO 9261, October 31, 1942; EO 9449, June 15, 1944
  • Revoked by: EO 9687, January 26, 1946
  • See: EO 6657-A, May 27, 1934

Executive Order No. 7973
Exemption of Alfred R. Wheat From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: September 15, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7974
Exemption of Alfred R. Gould From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: September 16, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7975
Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior

  • Signed: September 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2252, September 20, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7908, June 9, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8472, July 8, 1940

Executive Order 7975-A
Designation of Independent Establishments and Agencies Under Section 6 of Executive Order No. 7916 of June 4, 1938

  • Signed: September 16, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2271, September 22, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 9830, February 24, 1947

Executive Order 7976
Establishing the Union Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; Iowa

  • Signed: September 19, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2261, September 21, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8015, November 30, 1938

Executive Order 7977
Enlarging the St. Marks Migratory Bird Refuge; Florida

  • Signed: September 19, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2262, September 21, 1938
  • Amends: EO 5740, October 31, 1931
  • See: Public Land Order 1019, October 14, 1954 (19 FR 6810)

Executive Order No. 7978
Exemption of George Middleton From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: September 19, 1938
  • See: EO 8217, August 7, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7979
Cerro Pelado Ammunition Depot Military Reservation; Canal Zone

  • Signed: September 26, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2322, September 28, 1938

Executive Order No. 7980
Postponement of Effective Date of Certain Provisions of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933

  • Signed: September 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2359, October 4, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6166, June 10, 1933

Executive Order No. 7981
Amendment of Subdivision IV, Schedule B, Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: September 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2359, October 4, 1938

Executive Order 7982
Exemption of Herman G.A. Brauer From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: September 30, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7983
Establishing the Breton Bird Refuge; Louisiana

  • Signed: October 4, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2389, October 7, 1938
  • Amends: Executive Order of September 24, 1847 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of August 31, 1869 (unnumbered series)
  • Revokes: Executive Order of October 4, 1904 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of November 11, 1905 (unnumbered series)

Executive Order No. 7984
Extension of Trust Periods on Indian Lands Expiring During Calendar Year 1939

  • Signed: October 7, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2435, October 11, 1938

Executive Order No. 7985
Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over Certain Areas in Maryland

  • Signed: October 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2435, October 11, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 5211, October 19, 1929
  • Revoked by: EO 8961, December 6, 1941

Executive Order 7986
Transfers of National-Forest Lands; Idaho

  • Signed: October 8, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2435, October 11, 1938
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 2153, July 7, 1960 (25 FR 6566)(in part)

Executive Order No. 7987
Designating Dr. Thomas Parran as Member of Interdepartmental Committee To Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities

  • Signed: October 11, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7481, October 27, 1936
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7988
Exemption of Miss Ada Tanner From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: October 12, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7989
Exemption of Francis T. Leahy From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: October 15, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7990
Designating Aubrey Williams as Member of Interdepartmental Committee To Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities

  • Signed: October 19, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7481, October 27, 1936
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7991
Exemption of P. Julian Latham From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: October 21, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7992
Revocation of Executive Order No. 3674 of May 17, 1922, Withdrawing Lands for the Use and Occupancy of the DuBois Rifle Club for Rifle Practice

  • Signed: October 25, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2567, October 27, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 3674, May 17, 1922

Executive Order No. 7993
Establishing Great White Heron Refuge; Florida

  • Signed: October 27, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2581, October 29, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 4109, December 8, 1924 (in part); EO 6964, February 5, 1935 (in part)
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 2710, June 20, 1962 (27 FR 5987)(in part)

Executive Order No. 7994
Modification of Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge; Georgia

  • Signed: October 27, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2581, October 29, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7593, March 30, 1937

Executive Order 7995
Exemption of William S. Garland From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: October 28, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8326, January 22, 1940
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7996
Exemption of Wallace Streater From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: October 28, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7997
Exemption of Andrew M. Smith From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: October 28, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 7998
Establishing the Interdepartmental Committee on Printing and Processing

  • Signed: October 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2603, November 2, 1938

Executive Order No. 7999
Transferring to the Secretary of Commerce the Records and Property of the Office of the Administrator of the Census of Partial Employment, Unemployment and Occupations, and Authorizing the Employees of That Office Without Regard to the Competitive Requirements of the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: October 31, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2603, November 2, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7711, September 22, 1937

Executive Order 8000
Correcting and Amending Description of Boundaries of Molokai Lighthouse Reservation; Territory of Hawaii

  • Signed: November 1, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2615, November 4, 1938
  • Amends: EO 962, October 27, 1908

Executive Order No. 8001
Transferring Certain Lands from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving Them as the Welaka Fish Hatchery; Florida

  • Signed: November 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2633, November 5, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7908, June 9, 1938
  • Amended by: Public Land Order 2069, March 10, 1960(25 FR 2163)

Executive Order No. 8002
Exemption of Harry Peale From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: November 7, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8003
Partial Revocation of Executive Orders of December 5, 1913, January 13, 1915, and February 23, 1928; Wyoming, Arizona and California [Public Water Restoration No. 81]

  • Signed: November 10, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2679, November 15, 1938
  • Revokes: Executive Order of January 13, 1915 (unnumbered series)(in part); Executive Order of December 5, 1913 (unnumbered series)(in part)

Executive Order No. 8004
Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the Navy Department for Naval Purposes; California

  • Signed: November 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2679, November 15, 1938
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 1149, May 11, 1955 (20 FR 3439)

Executive Order No. 8005
Authorizing the Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns, Estate and Gift Tax Returns Filed After June 16, 1933, and Returns Under Title IX of the Social Security Act

  • Signed: November 12, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2679, November 15, 1938

Executive Order No. 8006
Inspection of Income and Excess-Profits Tax Returns by the Special Joint Congressional Committee To Make an Investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority

  • Signed: November 14, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2680, November 15, 1938

Executive Order No. 8007
Amendment of Paragraph 6, Subdivision VII, Schedule A, Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: November 15, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2733, November 18, 1938

Executive Order No. 8008
Changing the Name of the Big Lake Reservation to Big Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, and Adding Certain Lands Thereto; Arkansas

  • Signed: November 17, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2747, November 19, 1938
  • Amends: EO 2230, August 2, 1915

Executive Order No. 8009
Withdrawal of Public Lands; California, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming [Public Water Reserve No. 160]

  • Signed: November 18, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2755, November 22, 1938
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 3118, June 26, 1963 (28 FR 6877)(in part)

Executive Order No. 8010
Withdrawal of Public Lands, Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 21; Cache Creek, California

  • Signed: November 18, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2756, November 22, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6910, November 26, 1934

Executive Order No. 8011
Exemption of Arthur H. Chase From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: November 19, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8287, November 18, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8012
Appointment of Miss Sarah Wilson Reed to a Classified Position in the Navy Department

  • Signed: November 25, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8013
Enlarging the Waubay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; South Dakota

  • Signed: November 25, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2783, November 29, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7245, December 10, 1935

Executive Order No. 8014
Placing Certain Land Under the Control of the Secretary of the Interior; Alaska

  • Signed: November 26, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2800, November 30, 1938
  • Amends: Executive Order of October 20, 1897 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of May 4, 1908 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of September 30, 1908 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of June 6, 1914 (unnumbered series); Executive Order of December 16, 1919 (unnumbered series)
  • Revokes: Executive Order 792, May 4, 1908 (unnumbered series)(in part); Executive Order 945, September 30, 1908 (unnumbered series)(in part); Executive Order 3198, December 16, 1919 (unnumbered series)(in part)
  • See: Public Land Order 2464, August 14, 1961 (26 FR 7776)

Executive Order No. 8015
Correcting the Description of Lands Reserved as Union Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Iowa

  • Signed: November 30, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2821, December 2, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7976, September 19, 1938

Executive Order 8016
Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

  • Signed: December 1, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2847, December 3, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 9521, February 13, 1945

Executive Order 8017
Revocation of Executive Order No. 6672 of April 7, 1934, Withdrawing Public Lands; Wyoming

  • Signed: December 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2861, December 6, 1938
  • Revokes: EO 6672, April 7, 1934

Executive Order No. 8018
Amendment of Executive Order No. 7972 of September 15, 1938

  • Signed: December 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2861, December 6, 1938
  • Amends: EO 7972, September 15, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 9687, January 26, 1946

Executive Order 8019
Exemption of George M. Lewis From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: December 2, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8020
Withdrawal of Public Land in Aid of Flood Control

  • Signed: December 2, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2861, December 6, 1938
  • Revoked by: Public Land Order 1039, December 20, 1954 (19 FR 9196)(in part)
  • See: Public Land Order 684, November 9, 1950 (15 FR 7799)

Executive Order No. 8021
Withdrawal of Public Land for Forest Lookout Station; Wyoming

  • Signed: December 5, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2883, December 8, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6910, November 26, 1934

Executive Order No. 8022
Excusing Federal Employees From Duty on December 24 and 31, 1938

  • Signed: December 6, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2883, December 8, 1938

Executive Order No. 8023
Modification of Executive Order No. 4683 of July 4, 1927, Withdrawing Public Lands for Town-Site Purposes; Alaska

  • Signed: December 6, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 2883, December 8, 1938
  • Amends: EO 4683, July 4, 1927
  • See: Public Land Order 963, May 10, 1954 (19 FR 2781)

Executive Order No. 8024
Exemption of Percy A. Baker From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: December 9, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8025
Exemption of Cloyd A. McIlvaine From Compulsory Retirement for Age

  • Signed: December 17, 1938
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8026
Postponement of Effective Date of Certain Provisions of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933

  • Signed: December 23, 1938
  • Amends: EO 6166, June 10, 1933
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8027
Authorizing Initial Appointments to Certain Executive and Policy Forming Positions in the Wage and Hour Division in the Department of Labor Without Compliance With the Civil Service Rules

  • Signed: December 23, 1938
  • Amended by: EO 8316, December 27, 1939
  • Note: This Executive order was not received for publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order No. 8028
Changing the Title of Executive Director of the National Youth Administration to Administrator of the National Youth Administration

  • Signed: December 24, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 3161, December 28, 1938

Executive Order No. 8029
Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States

  • Signed: December 27, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 3177, December 29, 1938
  • Supersedes: EO 7865, April 12, 1938
  • Revoked by: EO 8430, June 5, 1940; EO 8766, June 3, 1941

Executive Order 8030
Transfer of Lands From the Cochetopa National Forest to the Rio Grande National Forest; Colorado

  • Signed: December 29, 1938
  • Federal Register page and date: 3 FR 3187, December 31, 1938
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