of Puerto Rico by the
Act of March 24, 1900 (31 Stat., p. 51), to be used for the extension of
public education in Puerto Rico, including building and equipping of
school houses in said Island.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 14, 1900._

By virtue of the authority vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States of America, I hereby empower the
Naval officer in command at the Island of Guam to act as Collector of
Customs for said Island, with authority to appoint a deputy if
necessary.

I further direct that any authority heretofore exercised under the
direction of the commandant at said Naval Station in respect to the
collection of customs be approved as if direct mention of such authority
had been included in the Executive Order of February 1, 1900.

In case the commandant shall make such appointment from civil life he
shall require of the appointee good and sufficient security for the due
performance of the duties of the office.

Any authority heretofore exercised in the premises by the Naval Officer
in command is hereby ratified as if said power to appoint had been
conferred in said Executive Order of February 1, 1900.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 19, 1900._

It is hereby ordered that the President's Order of January 9, 1884,
transferring the Fort Yuma Military Reservation to the control of the
Department of the Interior to be used for Indian purposes in connection
with the Indian reservations established by the same order, be, and the
same is, hereby revoked as to that part of said military reservation
lying south of the Colorado River.

Inasmuch as said land has been abandoned for military purposes, as shown
by executive orders of January 9, 1884, and July 22, 1884, it is further
ordered and directed that the portion of said military reservation lying
south of the Colorado River and being in the Territory of Arizona be,
and the same is, hereby placed under the control of the Secretary of the
Interior for disposition under the provisions of the Acts of Congress
approved July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., p. 103), and August 22, 1894 (28 Stat.,
p. 491).

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 2, 1900._

By virtue of the authority vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States, I hereby order and direct that that
part of Executive Order dated May 8, 1899, relating to the appointment
and creation