Executive Order 8516

Executive Order 8516
by President of the United States
Suspending and Making Inoperative the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as Amended, Insofar as the United States Civil Service Commission Shall, by Regulation, Authorize Appointments to Positions Directly Concerned with National Defense

◄ Executive Order 8515

Executive Order 8517 ►

Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Thursday, August 15, 1940

Federal Register page & date: 5 FR 2881, Tuesday, August 20, 1940

See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

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By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631) and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding state, territorial and municipal offices, be, and it is hereby, suspended and made inoperative insofar as the United States Civil Service Commission shall, by regulation, authorize appointments to positions directly concerned with national defense.