Executive Order No. 56 (1913)
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
MANILA, July 25, 1913.
EXECUTIVE ORDER
No. 56. {
Executive Order No. 32, series of 1912, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“There has arisen a vacancy in the office of Secretary of Commerce and Police by the resignation of Charles B. Elliott, Secretary of Commerce and Police. Pursuant to the provi-sions of section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and forty-three, as amended by section one of Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-nine, Frank A. Branagan, member of the Philippine Commission, is hereby designated temporarily to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, until such time as said office shall be filled by appointment by the President, and such appoint-ment duly confirmed by the Senate of the United States.
“Beginning March 1, 1915, the said Frank A. Branagan will receive the full salary attached to the office of Secretary of Commerce and Police.”
W. CAMERON FORBES, Governor-General.