07/19/1940
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"By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, it is ordered that the following-described tract of land on Ediz Hook Spit, Port Angeles Harbor,..."
"It is ordered that the Executive Order of March 28, 1924, creating Reservoir Site Reserve No. 16, be, and it is hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Federal Power Commission to issue..."
"The Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized to confer a competitive classified civil service status."
"I hereby exempt the said William E. Yates from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending July 31, 1941."