Executive Order 11857—Amending Executive Order Nos. 11803, 11837, and 11842 to Provide Authority to Increase the Number of Members of the Presidential Clemency Board

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by Section 2 of Article II of the Constitution of the United States, Section 1 of Executive Order No. 11803 of September 16, 1974, is hereby amended as follows:

By adding the following at the end of the last sentence, "The President may appoint such additional members to the board as he shall from time to time determine to be necessary to carry out its functions."

GERALD R. FORD

The White House,

May 7, 1975.