51), is to be devoted to
public and permanent improvements in Puerto Rico and other governmental
and public purposes therein, as provided in the said act, and it is to
be expended under the supervision and subject to the approval of the
Government and administrative authorities of the Island.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., June 21, 1901._
I hereby order and direct that Executive Order dated May 3, 1899, be
amended so as to authorize the appointment of civilians as Collectors of
Customs in the Philippine Archipelago.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., June 21, 1901_.
_To the Secretary of War_:
SIR:--Pending the cessation of conditions requiring a continuance of
Military Government in the Philippine Islands, you are authorized to
make the following order:
On and after the 4th day of July, 1901, until it shall otherwise
be ordered, the President of the Philippine Commission will exercise
the Executive Authority in all civil affairs of the Government in
the Philippine Islands, heretofore exercised in such affairs by the
Military Governor of the Philippines, and to that end, the Hon.
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