Executive Order 2040
To Repeal the Executive Order of September 8, 1911, Establishing the Postal Savings System in the Canal Zone.
By virtue of the authority vested in me, I hereby establish the following order for the Canal Zone:
Section 1. The Executive Order of September 8, 1911, establishing the Postal Savings System in the Canal Zone, is hereby repealed: Provided, That accounts opened in accordance with that order, and the regulations established thereunder, shall continue as prescribed in said order and regulations until they are finally closed by the withdrawal of the deposits.
Section 2. For the accommodation of persons desiring to deposit their savings in the post offices of the Canal Zone, money orders may be issued in the Canal Zone payable to the purchaser at the office of issue, for which no fee shall be charged.
Section 3. This order shall take effect from and after October 1, 1914.
Woodrow Wilson.
The White House, 5 September, 1914.
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