FDR: “By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of March 26, 1934, 48 Stat. 466 (U.S.C., title 5…”

“By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of March 26, 1934, 48 Stat. 466 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 118c), the list of basic rates of exchange established by section 4 of Executive Order No. 7972 of September 15, 1938, as amended, prescribing regulations for the payment of losses sustained by officers, enlisted men, and employees of the United States in foreign countries on account of the appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, is hereby amended, effective January 1, 1941, by the inclusion under the Netherlands possessions of Surinam, at the basic rate of 40.19 cents to the florin.”