Executive Order 7300—Exemption of Henry C. Stuart from Compulsory Retirement for Age
Whereas section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 382, 404 (5 U.S.C., sec. 715a), provides:
"On and after July 1, 1932, no person rendering civilian service in any branch or service of the United States Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia who shall have reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, applicable to such person, shall be continued in such service, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary: Provided, That the President may, by Executive Order, exempt from the provisions of this section any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires * * *";
And Whereas the public interest requires that Henry C. Stuart, assistant collector of customs, Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, New York, New York, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of 1 year by Executive Order No. 6932, of December 28, 1934, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until March 1, 1937:
Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt Henry C. Stuart from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until March 1, 1937.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
February 21, 1936.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7300—Exemption of Henry C. Stuart from Compulsory Retirement for Age Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362797