6 EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
fixing place names within the United States and insular possessions, 
and it is hereby directed that all names hereafter suggested for any- 
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 
decisions of the Board are to be accepted by the departments of 
Government as the standard authorit3\ 
Theodore Roosevelt, 
The White House, 
January 23, 1906. 
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 Govern- 
ment, with a special view to the avoidance of imnecessary duplica- 
tions 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. 
