EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 
As it is desirable that iinifonn usage in regard to geographic 
nomenclature 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 follow- 
ing persons, who have heretofore cooperated for a similar purpose 
under the authority of the several departments, bureaus, and insti- 
tutions 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 Depart- 
ment. 
Capt. Thomas Turtle, Engineer Corps, War Department. 
Lieut. Richardson Clover, Hydrographic Office, Navy Depart- 
ment. 
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 stand- 
ard 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 Govern- 
ment. 
Benj. Harrison. 
Executive Mansion, 
September 4, 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 
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