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Executive Order 7775

Transferring Certain Lands From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving them as the McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery, North Carolina

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on December 27, 1937.

Later amended
Signed recordDecember 27, 1937

The date the President signed it.

Publication record2 FR 3431

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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Reference number
eo-7775
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 7775: Transferring Certain Lands From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving them as the McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery, North Carolina," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7775

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 7775: Transferring Certain Lands From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving them as the McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery, North Carolina [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7775

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 7775: Transferring Certain Lands From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving them as the McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery, North Carolina." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7775.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_7775,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 7775: Transferring Certain Lands From the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce and Reserving them as the McKinney Lake Fish Hatchery, North Carolina}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7775}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-7775; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1937.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Later record

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Amended by Public Land Order 2069, March 10, 1960 (25 FR 2163)

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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