Executive Order 7493—Placing the Administrative Acts of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration Under the Control and Supervision of the Secretary of the Interior Until Further Order

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115) and the Act entitled 'An Act to provide that funds allocated to Puerto Rico under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 may be expended for permanent rehabilitation, and for other purposes', approved February 11, 1936 (Public No. 442, 74th Congress), it is ordered that the administrative acts of the Administrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, in the exercise and discharge of the functions, duties, and authority conferred upon the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration by Executive Order No. 7057 of May 28, 1935, and Executive Order No. 7180 of September 6, 1935, or otherwise, be, and they are hereby, until further order, made subject to the control and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.

Executive Orders No. 7057 of May 28, 1935, and No. 7180 of September 6, 1935, are hereby amended accordingly.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 14, 1936.