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On the recordApril 19, 1931
I do hereby direct that all items above enumerated under Class One be, and the same are hereby transferred permanently to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for use in the administration of the government of the Virgin Islands.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 5602—Placing Certain Government Property in the Virgin Islands Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior

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