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On the recordSeptember 15, 1931
Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, pursuant to the power and authority conferred on me by law, do order and direct that all the records, files, and other papers of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement heretofore held in the custody of said commission, be transferred and delivered to and shall be preserved by the Department of Justice as custodian thereof, until the completion of a building to be used for the permanent housing of Government records, when the Department of Justice shall deliver all said records, files, and other papers into said building and into the custody of the official in charge thereof.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Executive Order 5716—Transfer of Records, etc., of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement to the...

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