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REGISTER
VOLUME 11

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1934

N illO

NUMBER 98

Washington, Saturday, May 18, 1946
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9726
T ransfer of F iscal F unctions R elating to L end -L ease M atters F rom the D e partment of S tate to the T reasury D epartment
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the act of March 11, 1941, as amended, entitled An Act further ToPromote the Defense of the United States, and for Other Purposes 55 Stat. 31, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. All functions with respect to the maintenance of accounts and other fiscal records relating to lend-lease and re verse lend-lease matters under the said act of March 11, 1941 hereinafter re ferred to as the act, are transferred from the Department of State to the Treasury Department and shall be ad ministered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of the Treas ury. The Department of State shall con tinue to administer all other functions relating to the administration of the act which are now under the jurisdiction of that Department.
2. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of paragraph 1 of this order, the Treasury Department:
a Shall perform all necessary fiscal functions and maintain all necessary fiscal records and prepare all required reports pertaining to the act, except that, until such date as the .Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine, the Secretary of State shall prepare for the President the reports required under section 5 b of the act.
b Shall furnish the Department of State with such information and re ports concerning lénd-Iease opérations as may be requested by such Department, including information as to the status of funds.
, In accordance with,the request of the Secretary of State, shall make addi tional allocations to procurement agen cies of the Government of available unds, and shall bill, collect, and account for funds from foreign governments and others, under the act.

d After consultation with the De partment of State, shall revoke excess allocations in the hand of procurement agencies and return such funds to the master account.
e May act through the personnel transferred hereunder or through such other personnel of the Treasury Depart ment as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate.
3. There is transferred to the Treas ury Department so much as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall deter mine to relate primarily to the functions transferred by this order of the records, personnel, and property of the Depart ment of State and of the unexpended bal ances of the funds of the Department of State available or to be made available for use in connection with the adminis tration of the functions transferred by this order.
4. The Department of State, shall pro vide the Treasury Department with two certified copies of all agreements relat ing to lend-lease settlements and with two copies of all other documents and correspondence which in any way affect lend-lease accounting records.
5. The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time jointly recommend to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget amounts by which lend-lease appropria tions may be rescinded or placed in re serve.
6. All prior regulations, rulings, and directives relating to the functions transferred by this order shall remain in effect except as hereafter amended or revoked by the Secretary of the Treas ury. To the extent authorized by law, the Secretary of the Treasury may issue such additional regulations and instruc tions as he may deem necessary to carry out this order.
7. All provisions of prior Executive orders and of prior instructions to any Federal agency in conflict with this order are amended accordingly.
8. This order shall become effective at the close of business on May 31, 1946.
H ary S . T ruman T h e W h it e H ouse ,
May 17, 1946.
F. R. Doc. 46-8337; Filed, May 17, 1946;
11:52 a. m.

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THE PRESIDENT
E xecutive O rder :

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Fiscal functions relating to lend-lease matters, transfer from Department of State to Treasury Department__ 5437
REGULATIONS AND NOTICES
A griculture D epartm ent :

Canned fish, restrictions on 1946
pack WFO 44, Am. 19___ 5439
Skim milk, dried WFO 54, Am.
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A lien P roperty C usto dia n :

Patent applications of certain consignors or inventors, ex emption________________
Transactions involving patents and trademarks, licensing_
Vesting orders, etc.:
Askania-Werke, A. G______
Bittner, Herman Wilhelm___
Costs and expenses incurred in certain court actions;
New York____________
David, Elise______________
Kohl, Henry______________

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C ivil S ervice C o m m issio n :

Civil Service regulations, tem porary; exemptions from classification___________ 5438
C oast G uard :

Security of ports and control of vessels in navigable waters of U. S. Corr.__________

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C ustom s B u reau :

Articles conditionally free, sub ject to reduced rate, etc.;
public international organizations ______ .________

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F ederal P ower C o m m issio n :

Hearings, etc.:
Cities Service Gas Co. 2
documents________ 5445, 5446
United Gas Pipe Line Co____ 5445
Virginia Gas Transmission C o rp ________________ 5446
I nterstate C ommerce C o m m issio n :

Destruction of records of ex press companies________
Unloading:
Bagging, St. Louis, Mo_____
Commodities, St. Louis, Mo_
Gondola car, Charlotte, N. C_
Paper, Mitchell, 111_________
Prefabricated houses:
Gary, Ind______________
Joliet, 111_______________
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