Executive Order 493

The official title of the United States Board on Geographic Names is changed to United States Geographic Board.

In addition to its present duties, advisory powers are hereby granted to this board concerning the preparation of maps compiled, or to be compiled, in the various bureaus and offices of the Government, with a special view to the avoidance of unnecessary duplications of work; and for the unification and improvement of the scales of maps, of the symbols and conventions used upon them, and of the methods of representing relief. Hereafter, all such projects as are of importance shall be submitted to this board for advice before being undertaken.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

August 10, 1906.

Notes

Amends

• Executive Order 27-A, September 4, 1890

Amended by

• Executive Order 3206, December 30, 1919 (second paragraph revoked; its functions transferred to Board of Surveys and Maps)

See Related

• Executive Order 399, January 23, 1906
• Executive Order 6680, April 17, 1934 (abolished the Board)
• Public Law 80-242 − 61 Stat. 456, Chap. 330, [S. 1262], 80th Congress - Sess. I, July 25, 1947