Executive Order 8373—Designating the Honorable Angel R. de Jesus as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 41 of the act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917, as amended by section 2 of the act of March 26, 1938, 52 Stat. 118 (U.S.C., title 48, sec. 863), I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable Angel R. de Jesus, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and to sign all necessary papers and records as Acting Judge of the said Court, without extra commission, during the absence, illness, or other legal disability of the Judge thereof during the current calendar year.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 9, 1940.