Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8323—Abolishing Customs Collection District No. 43 (Tennessee), Revoking the Designations of Memphis, Chattanooga, and Nashville, Tennessee, as Customs Ports of Entry, and Extending the Limits of Customs Collection District No. 42 (Kentucky) and Customs Collection District No. 45 (Saint Louis)

January 22, 1940

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1914, 38 Stat. 609, 623 (U.S.C., title 19, sec. 2), it is ordered that the following changes be, and they are hereby, made in the customs field organization:

1. Customs Collection District No. 43 (Tennessee) is abolished.

2. The designations of Memphis, Chattanooga, and Nashville, Tennessee, as customs ports of entry are revoked.

3. The limits of Customs Collection District No. 42 (Kentucky) are extended to include the State of Tennessee.

4. The limits of Customs Collection District No. 45 (Saint Louis) are extended to include the State of Arkansas.

This order shall become effective thirty days from the date hereof.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 22, 1940.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8323—Abolishing Customs Collection District No. 43 (Tennessee), Revoking the Designations of Memphis, Chattanooga, and Nashville, Tennessee, as Customs Ports of Entry, and Extending the Limits of Customs Collection District No. 42 (Kentucky) and Customs Collection District No. 45 (Saint Louis) Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/368406

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