Executive Order 1938

By virtue of the authority vested in me, I hereby establish the following Order for the Canal Zone:

Section 1. The Governor of the Panama Canal is hereby empowered to grant pardons and reprieves for offenses against the laws, orders and regulations of the Canal Zone; and to commute sentences, and remit fines and forfeitures. He may establish a system for paroling prisoners, and alter or amend the same from time to time.

Section 2. The Governor may establish regulations to govern the labor and employment of prisoners, and to provide awards for their good behavior, and upon other matters affecting the welfare of the prisoners and their management in the penal institutions of the Canal Zone, and may alter and amend such regulations from time to time.

The existing rules and regulations upon the subjects mentioned in this section shall continue in force until altered or amended by the Governor.

Section 3. This order shall take effect from and after this date. ., 13 May, 1914.