Executive Order 577½

, Washington, D. C., March 4, 1907. John F. Stevens is hereby appointed Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, vice Theodore P. Shonts, resigned, to take effect this day.

Lieut. Col. George W. Goethals, U. S. Army Engineers, is hereby appointed a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, vice John F. Stevens, appointed Chairman thereof.

These appointments are made after the adjournment of Congress and are recess appointments.

Chairman Stevens will receive no other salary than that which he now receives as Chief Engineer, to wit, $30,000 a year.

Lieutenant-Colonel Goethals will receive compensation at the annual rate of $15,000 a year, including his pay as a Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers. The difference between $15,000 and his pay as a Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers will be paid out of the appropriation for the construction of the Panama Canal.

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