Executive Order 1704

by President of the United States

By virtue of the authority vested in me I hereby order that all that area of land in the Canal Zone known as Las Sabanas be excepted from the provisions of the Executive Order of December 5, 1912, directing the Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission to take possession on behalf of the United States of all privately owned lands in the Canal Zone, the said area being bounded on the south by the present limits of the City of Panama, on the southeast by the Pacific Ocean, on the northeast by the boundary line of the Canal Zone from monument 99 for a distance of four thousand seven hundred and forty-four and five-tenths (4744-5/10) meters to monument marked "F", on the northwest by a line extending from said monument F south 63 degrees 32 minutes west for a distance of two thousand and eight and sixtenths (2008-6/10) meters to the intersection of said line with the Curundu River, and on the west by the Curundu River from said point of intersection to the point where said river crosses the present boundary line of the City of Panama.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

February 18, 1913.