of the authority vested in me as the Commander-in-Chief of
the Army and Navy of the United States, I hereby order and direct that
during the maintenance of Military Government by the United States in
the Island of Cuba there is hereby created and shall be maintained the
office of the Auditor for Cuba, to be filled by appointment of the
Secretary of War, whose duties shall be to receive and audit all
accounts of the island.

There is hereby created and shall be maintained the office of Deputy
Auditor for Cuba, to be filled by appointment of the Secretary of
War, whose duties shall be to sign, in the name of the Auditor, such
official papers as the Auditor may designate, and perform such other
duties as the Auditor may prescribe. He shall have authority of
his superior as Acting Auditor in case of the death, resignation,
sickness, or other absence of the Auditor.

There is hereby created and shall be maintained in the office of the
Auditor the office of Chief Clerk, to be filled by appointment of the
Auditor, and the Chief Clerk shall perform such duties as may be
prescribed by the Auditor.

All rules and instructions necessary to carry into effect the provisions
of executive orders relating to Cuba shall be issued by the Secretary of
War, and such rules and instructions shall be enforced until the same
are amended or revoked by the Secretary of War.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., March 14., 1901_.

_To the Secretary of the Treasury_:

SIR:--The sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby allotted and set
apart from the appropriation made for the benefit and Government of
Puerto Rico by the Act of March 24, 1900 (31 Stat., p. 51) to be
expended in improving and grading of various roads throughout the island
of Puerto Rico such as "Neighboring Roads" between small municipalities.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., March 22, 1901_.

_To the Secretary of the Treasury_:

SIR:--The sum of six thousand dollars is hereby allotted and set apart
from the appropriation made for the benefit and Government of Puerto
Rico by the Act of March 24, 1900 (131 Stat., p. 51) to be expended by
the Treasurer of Puerto Rico upon accounts certified by the Auditor of
the Island for refunding customs duties paid by certain contractors on
materials intended for use under their contracts brought into Puerto
Rico since May 1, 1900.

WILLIA