Executive Order 5156—Designating Harvey M. Hutchison as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico

Under the authority delegated to me in Section 41 of the Act of March 2, 1917, I hereby designate the Honorable Harvey M. Hutchison, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico, as acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico for the months of September and October, 1929, during the absence on vacation of Honorable Ira K. Wells, Judge of the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico.

During the incumbency of Judge Harvey M. Hutchison, and in accordance with said Section 41 of the Act of March 2, 1917, he is fully authorized and empowered to perform the duties of said office, and to sign all necessary papers and records as the acting Judge of said Court, without extra compensation.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
July 13, 1929.