Executive Order 7944—Amendment of the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, Relating to the Holding of State or Local Offices by Federal Officers and Employees

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C., sec. 631), and as President of the United States, the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions. Federal officers and employees from holding State, municipal, or other local offices, is hereby further amended so as to permit employees of the Division of Grazing, Department of the Interior, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to accept appointments as deputy fire wardens and deputy fish and game wardens under the laws of the States in which such employees may be on duty: Provided, that their services as such deputy fire wardens and deputy fish and game wardens shall be without compensation and shall not in any manner interfere or conflict with the performance of their duties as employees of the Division of Grazing.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 4, 1938.