August 28, 1937
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of August 1, 1914, 38 Stat. 609, 623 (U.S.C., title 19, sec. 2), it is ordered that Nome, Alaska, be, and it is hereby, abolished as a customs port of entry in Customs Collection District No. 31 (Alaska), effective thirty days from the date of this order.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
August 28, 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7699—Abolishing Nome, Alaska, as a Customs Port of Entry Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/369013