WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 13, 1900_.
_To the Secretary of the Treasury_:
The sum of $200,000 is hereby allotted and set apart from the
appropriation made for the benefit and government of Puerto Rico by the
Act of March 24, 1900 (31 Stat., p. 51), to be used for the extension of
public education in Puerto Rico, including building and equipping of
school houses in said Island.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 14, 1900._
By virtue of the authority vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States of America, I hereby empower the
Naval officer in command at the Island of Guam to act as Collector of
Customs for said Island, with authority to appoint a deputy if
necessary.
I further direct that any authority heretofore exercised under the
direction of the commandant at said Naval Station in respect to the
collection of customs be approved as if direct mention of such authority
had been included in the Executive Order of February 1, 1900.
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