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Executive Order 11313—Providing that Certain Officers May Act as Postmaster General

October 17, 1966

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3347 of Title 5 of the United States Code and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Postmaster General or during the absence or disability of the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General shall act as Postmaster General.

SEC. 2. During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, neither the Postmaster General nor the Deputy Postmaster General is available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office of Postmaster General, an Assistant Postmaster General or the General Counsel of the Post Office Department, in such order as the Postmaster General may from time to time prescribe in writing, shall act as Postmaster General. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, they shall act as Postmaster General in the order in which they shall have taken office as Assistant Postmasters General or General Counsel.

SEC. 3. The following are hereby superseded:

(1) Executive Order No. 10154 of August 22, 1950.

(2) Executive Order No. 10558 of September 8, 1954.

(3) Executive Order No. 10686 of November 1, 1956.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House,

October 15, 1966.

NOTE: Executive Order 11313 was not made public in the form of a White House press release.

Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Order 11313—Providing that Certain Officers May Act as Postmaster General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306162

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