EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
As it is desirable that uniform usage in regard to geographic nomen¬ 
clature and orthography obtain throughout the Executive Departments 
of the Government, and particularly upon the maps and charts issued 
by the various Departments and bureaus, I hereby constitute a Board 
on Geographic Names and designate the following persons, who have 
heretofore co-operated for a similar purpose under the authority of 
the several Departments, bureaus, and institutions with which they are 
connected, as members of said Board: 
Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall, United States Coast and Geodetic 
Survey, chairman. 
Andrew H. Allen, Department of State. 
Capt. Henry L. Howison, Light-House Board, Treasury Department. 
Capt. Thomas Turtle, Engineer Corps, War Department. 
Lieut. Richardson Clover, Hydrographic Office, Navy Department. 
Pierson H. Bristow, Post-Office Department. 
Otis T. Mason, Smithsonian Institution. 
Herbert G. Ogden, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
Henry Gannett, United States Geological Survey. 
Marcus Baker, United States Geological Survey. 
To this Board shall be referred all unsettled questions concerning 
geographic names which arise in the Departments, and the decisions 
of the Board are to be accepted by these Departments as the standard 
authority in such matters. 
Department officers are instructed to afford such assistance as may 
be proper to carry on the work of this Board. 
The members of this Board shall serve without additional compen¬ 
sation, and its organization shall entail no expense on the Government. 
Benj. Harrison. 
Executive Mansion, 
September If., 1890. 
It is hereby ordered that there be added to the duties of the United 
States Board on Geographic Names, created by Executive order, dated 
September 4,1890, the duty of determining, changing, and fixing place 
names within the United States and insular possessions, and it is 
hereby directed that all names hereafter suggested for an}^ place by 
any officer or employee of the Government shall be referred to said 
Board for its consideration and approval before publication. 
In these matters, as in all cases of disputed nomenclature, the deci¬ 
sions of the Board are to be accepted by the Departments of Govern¬ 
ment as the standard authority. 
Theodore Roosevelt. 
The White House, 
January 23, 1906. 
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