Executive Order 3249

I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under authority conferred upon me by "An act authorizing the President to coordinate or consolidate executive bureaus, agencies, and offices, and for other purposes, in the interest of economy and the more efficient concentration of the Government," approved May 20, 1918, and by virtue of all other powers thereto me enabling do hereby order and direct:

 That upon the signing of the agreements between the miners and the operators specified in the award of the United States Bituminous Coal Commission the members of that commission be relieved of their duties.

Effective immediately, all files, records, and property of the United States Bituminous Coal Commission shall be transferred to the custody of the Council of National Defense, whose disbursing officer has acted as disbursing officer of this commission, and any and all obligations incurred by the said commission shall be liquidated by the said council from the funds appropriated by the Congress for the expenses of said commission upon voucher approved by the Director of the Council of National Defense, and that to defray such expenses the unexpended balance of the appropriation for said commission shall be transferred to the said Council of National Defense.

The files and records of the United States Bituminous Coal Commission shall be transferred, effective June 30, 1920, to the Department of the Interior and consolidated with the files of the United States Fuel Administration, which were transferred to the Department of the Interior under the Executive order signed by me dated July 22, 1919. 


 * March 24, 1920.