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VOLUME 18

AIITEO

NUMBER 218

Washington, Friday, November 6, 1953

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10498
D elegating to the S ecretaries of the M ilitary D epartments and the S ecre tary of the T reasury Certain Author
ity Vested in the P resident B y the U niform C ode of M ilitary J ustice
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Article 140 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice 64 Stat. 107, 145, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
The authority vested in the President by Articles 71 a and 74 a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to remit or suspend any part or amount of the unexecuted portion of any sentence ex tending to death which, as approved by the President, has been commuted to a less punishment, is hereby delegated to the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, as to persons convicted by military tribunals under their jurisdiction.
D wight D. E isenhower T he W hite H ouse,
November 4, 1953.
IP. R. Doc. 53-9427; Plied, Nov. 4, 1953;
2:28 p. m .

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10499
D elegating F unctions C onferred U pon the P resident by S ection 8 of the U niformed S ervices C ontingency O p
tion Act of 1953

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
S ection 1. Except as otherwise pro vided in this order, the Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized and em powered to perform, without the ap proval, ratification, or other action of the President, the functions vested in the President by section 8 of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953, approved August 8,1953 Public Law 239,
83d Congress, hereinafter referred to as the Act. The Secretary of Defense, after appropriate consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, and Health, Education, and Welfare, shall prepare for each fiscal year a con solidated report on operations and fi nancing of the benefits authorized by the Act and shall present such report to the President not later than four months following the close of the fiscal year, for transm ittal by the President to the Congress.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare are hereby severally au thorized and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the func tion vested in the President by section 8
of the Act of prescribing regulations for the administration of the Act; provided that the regulations prescribed by any such Secretary shall relate only to the Department of which the Secretary is the head.
Sec. 3. The regulations prescribed by the said Secretaries under section 2 of this order shall be subject to the ap proval of the Secretary o Defense; shall be designed to achieve the uniform, equitable, and economical administra tion of the Act; shall include uniform tables of actuarial equivalents and pro vision th at term insurance values shall be computed by uniform methods pre scribed by the Board of Actuaries pro vided for in section 8 of the Act; and, to the extent deemed necessary, shall in clude a procedures for informing per sonnel of their rights, for submitting elections and claims, and for reconsid eration of déterminations, and b def initions of terms.
S ec. 4. Functions under section 8 of the Act with respect to the selection of a member of the Board of Actuaries from among the membership of the Society of Actuaries and the fixing of his com pensation are reserved to the President.
Sec. 5. The meaning of the terms functions and perform as used in this order shall be the same as the meanContinued on p. 7005

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Orders
P&ge
Delegating functions conferred upon the President by Section 8 of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953_ 7003
Delegating to the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Secretary of the Treasury certain authority vested in the President by the Uniform Code of Military Justice_____ _____ 7003
Designation of the Power Au thority of the State of New York and establishment of the U. S.
Section of the St. Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers- 7005
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See Production and Marketing Administration.
Air Force Department
Delegation to Secretary of certain authority vested in the President by the Uniform Code of Mili tary Justice see Executive Order 10498.
Army Department
Delegation to Secretary of certain authority vested in the President by the Uniform Code of Military Justice see Executive Order 10498.
Civil Aeronautics Administra tion
Notices:
Aviation Safety District Office, San Juan, P. R.; conversion to International Field Office___ 7016
Civil Aeronautics Board
Notices:
Flying Tiger-Slick merger case;
oral argument____________
Commerce Department
See Civil Aeronautics Administra tion.
Defense Department
Delegation of authority to Secre tary with regard to disposal of portion of water distribution system, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia see General Services Administration.
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