ral elections shail be held biennially in uesday following the first Monday in 4 natural disaster or other Act of God, ie election on the foregoing date, the of the Secretary of the Interior, may ected election district or districts, All 1 such procedures as this order and the e. Legislators shall be chosen by secret pective district.” 9. 2882 is hereby amended to read as mnacted by the Congress of Micronesia f funds in excess of such amounts as are o the tax laws and other revenue laws of me derived from the provision of air and nts from public works sales and services, r, power, sewerage and communications of providing those services andshall not : meaning of this Order. Prior to his final WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States fas authorized the expenditures of appropriations available for the administration of the Trust Territory for the purchase, charter, maintenance, and operating of aircraft and surface vessels for official and for commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary of the Interior to be necessary, 43 U.S.C. (1964 Ed.) 1687; NOW, THEREFORE, effective upon the date of publication of this Order, the following powers and authorities are hereby reserved to the Secretary of the Interior or his delegate and hereafter may only be exercised by the Secretary or his specifically thereunto authorized delegate: 1. The power and authority, on behalf of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, to enter into contracts for the purchase, charter, maintenance, or operation of aircraft and surface vessels and for services associated therewith, and to grant franchises for such operations and services for both official and commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary or his delegate to be useful, beneficial and necessary. 2. The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islandsis designated as the authorized delegate to exercise the power and authority reserved hereunder. [Interior of requests for Federal funds (Signed) Kenneth Holum Acting Secretary of the Interior ital functions in the Trust Territory, the ninary budget plan. Heshall submit such in joint session for its review and h portions as relate to expenditures of the Congress of the United States. With iary budget plan, the High Commissioner he Congress as he may deem appropriate, f the Interior all recommendations he has December 22, 1967 ORDER NO. 2902, Amendment No. 1 (Signed) Stewart L. Udall Secretary of the Interior Subject: Authority Reserved to the Secretary of the Interior or his Delegate — Trust Territory WHEREAS, bySecretarial Order No. 2902, published November 22, 1967, November 15, 1967 Secretary of the Interior or his Dele; 6 and 8 of the Trusteeship Agreement curity Council of the United Nations, the and regulate the means of transportation -and Appendix B 32 F.R. 16058, there was reserved to the Secretary of the Interior or his delegate the power and authority, on behalf of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, to enter into contracts for the purchase, charter, maintenance, or operation of aircraft and surface vessels and for services associated therewith, and to grant franchises for such operations and services for both official and commercial transportation purposes found by the Secretary or his delegate to be useful, beneficial and necessary; and WHEREAS, only the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was designated as the authorized delegate to exercise the power and authority reserved therein; Fiscal Year 1968 149 mt eee to rag