Executive Order 9126—Transferring Cognizance of the Duties and Functions of the Hydrographic Office and the Naval Observatory From the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, to the Chief of Naval Operations

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (Public Law 354, 77th Congress), and for the more effective exercise and more efficient administration of my powers as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The duties and functions of the Hydrographic Office and Naval Observatory, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, are hereby transferred to the cognizance and jurisdiction of the Chief of Naval Operations under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy.

2. All personnel, together with the whole of the records and public property now under the cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation in the Hydrographic Office and the Naval Observatory are assigned and transferred to the Office of Chief of Naval Operations.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 8, 1942.