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Executive Order 7896: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Officers and Employees of the Police or Prison Departments of the Territorial and Municipal Governments of the Virgin Islands To Be Appointed as Deputies or Employees in the Offic…

Executive Order 7896, "Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Officers and Employees of the Police or Prison Departments of the Territorial and Municipal Governments of the Virgin Islands To Be Appointed as Deputies or Employees in the Offic…", was signed on May 24, 1938.

Signed: May 24, 1938
Official source: National Archives ↗
Last checked: October 31, 2026

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Reference number: eo-7896
Permanent link: https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7896
Official source: National Archives ↗
Last checked: October 31, 2026Executive-order archive last refreshed from the Federal Register and National Archives

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 31). Executive Order 7896: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Officers and Employees of the Police or Prison Departments of the Territorial and Municipal Governments of the Virgin Islands To Be Appointed as Deputies or Employees in the Offic… [Executive order record]. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7896

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 7896: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Officers and Employees of the Police or Prison Departments of the Territorial and Municipal Governments of the Virgin Islands To Be Appointed as Deputies or Employees in the Offic…." Last modified October 31, 2026. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7896.

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@misc{votefiles_eo_7896,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 7896: Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Officers and Employees of the Police or Prison Departments of the Territorial and Municipal Governments of the Virgin Islands To Be Appointed as Deputies or Employees in the Offic…}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7896}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-7896; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1938.html; last checked October 31, 2026; accessed November 1, 2026}
}

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