Executive Order 2120

By virtue of the authority vested in me it is hereby ordered:

 Pursuant to the provision contained in paragraph 17 of the Executive order of February 2, 1914, fixing the conditions of employment governing employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama, a charge will be made for rent, fuel and electric current on and after March 1,1915.

The rental will be based on a percentage of the value of the quarters occupied, the rate percentum to be the same for all quarters, and the value of the quarters to be appraised by the Governor of the Panama Canal. The amount to be collected should be sufficient to defray the cost of maintenance of the quarters and grounds, maintenance and renewal of furniture, collection and disposal of garbage, and for bachelor quarters janitor service. No charge will be made for water.

Fuel will be sold to employees at cost delivered at quarters.

<li>The charge for electric current will be based on the cost of the current delivered to the quarters. When practicable the current used will be measured by meters; otherwise a charge will be made for each lamp or other device installed.<BR/><BR/></li>

<li>Where employees for the good of the service are required to live in certain designated quarters, one-half the rental will be remitted.<BR/><BR/></li>

<li>When an officer of the Army or Navy is detailed for duty with the Panama Canal, and the amount of extra compensation of the position he occupies over and above his official salary as an officer of the Army or Navy is not sufficient to cover his rent, he will not be charged for rent, but will receive no extra compensation.<BR/><BR/></li>

<li>The Governor of the Panama Canal is charged with the duty of issuing such instructions as may be necessary to carry out this order and to fix and change from time to time if necessary the rates and charges herein outlined subject to the general instructions provided.<BR/><BR/></li>

<li>The free use of quarters, free fuel and free electric current are not, under the conditions of employment now governing, a vested or contract right of employees but revocable privileges, which it has been considered advisable to continue until the permanent force was organized. The revocation of these privileges shall not be made the basis for increasing salaries or wages or otherwise increasing compensation.<BR/><BR/></li></ol>

, January 15, 1915.