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On the recordMarch 4, 1930
New Bern, North Carolina, and Manteo, North Carolina, are hereby abolished as customs ports of entry in Customs Collection District No. 15 (North Carolina)
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 5291—Abolishment of New Bern and Manteo, North Carolina

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