Executive orders 6,939 on file, 1937 to 2026

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Order Title President Issued
8019 Exemption of George M. Lewis From Compulsory Retirement for Age Franklin D. Roosevelt December 2, 1938
8018 Amendment of Executive Order No. 7972 of September 15, 1938 Revoked Amends 7972 Franklin D. Roosevelt December 2, 1938
8017 Revocation of Executive Order No. 6672 of April 7, 1934, Withdrawing Public Lands; Wyoming Franklin D. Roosevelt December 2, 1938
8016 Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States Revoked Franklin D. Roosevelt December 1, 1938
8015 Correcting the Description of Lands Reserved as Union Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Iowa Amends 7976 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 30, 1938
8014 Placing Certain Land Under the Control of the Secretary of the Interior; Alaska Franklin D. Roosevelt November 26, 1938
8013 Enlarging the Waubay Migratory Waterfowl Refuge; South Dakota Amends 7245 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 25, 1938
8012 Appointment of Miss Sarah Wilson Reed to a Classified Position in the Navy Department Franklin D. Roosevelt November 25, 1938
8011 Exemption of Arthur H. Chase From Compulsory Retirement for Age Amended later Franklin D. Roosevelt November 19, 1938
8010 Withdrawal of Public Lands, Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 21; Cache Creek, California Amends 6910 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 18, 1938
8009 Withdrawal of Public Lands; California, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming [Public Water Reserve No. 160] Franklin D. Roosevelt November 18, 1938
8008 Changing the Name of the Big Lake Reservation to Big Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, and Adding Certain Lands Thereto; Arkansas Amends 2230 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 17, 1938
8007 Amendment of Paragraph 6, Subdivision VII, Schedule A, Civil Service Rules Franklin D. Roosevelt November 15, 1938
8006 Inspection of Income and Excess-Profits Tax Returns by the Special Joint Congressional Committee To Make an Investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority Franklin D. Roosevelt November 14, 1938
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 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 12, 1938
8004 Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the Navy Department for Naval Purposes; California Franklin D. Roosevelt November 12, 1938
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] Franklin D. Roosevelt November 10, 1938
8002 Exemption of Harry Peale From Compulsory Retirement for Age Franklin D. Roosevelt November 7, 1938
8001 Transferring Certain Lands from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving Them as the Welaka Fish Hatchery; Florida Amends 7908 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 2, 1938
8000 Correcting and Amending Description of Boundaries of Molokai Lighthouse Reservation; Territory of Hawaii Amends 962 Franklin D. Roosevelt November 1, 1938
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 Amends 7711 Franklin D. Roosevelt October 31, 1938
7998 Establishing the Interdepartmental Committee on Printing and Processing Franklin D. Roosevelt October 29, 1938
7997 Exemption of Andrew M. Smith From Compulsory Retirement for Age Franklin D. Roosevelt October 28, 1938
7996 Exemption of Wallace Streater From Compulsory Retirement for Age Franklin D. Roosevelt October 28, 1938
7995 Exemption of William S. Garland From Compulsory Retirement for Age Amended later Franklin D. Roosevelt October 28, 1938
7994 Modification of Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge; Georgia Amends 7593 Franklin D. Roosevelt October 27, 1938
7993 Establishing Great White Heron Refuge; Florida Franklin D. Roosevelt October 27, 1938
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 Franklin D. Roosevelt October 25, 1938
7991 Exemption of P. Julian Latham From Compulsory Retirement for Age Franklin D. Roosevelt October 21, 1938
7990 Designating Aubrey Williams as Member of Interdepartmental Committee To Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities Amends 7481 Franklin D. Roosevelt October 19, 1938

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