Executive Order 9885—Designation of the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce and the Solicitor of Commerce to Act as Secretary of Commerce

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 6), I hereby authorize and direct the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, the date of their commissions to govern the order of precedence, to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of the Secretary of Commerce and of the Under Secretary of Commerce; and I also authorize and direct the Solicitor of Commerce to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of the Secretary of Commerce, the Under Secretary of Commerce, and the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 8541 of September 17, 1940, entitled "Designation of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and the Solicitor of Commerce To Act as Secretary of Commerce."

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 18, 1947