Executive Order 2118

by President of the United States

Amending Sections 1 and 2 of the Executive Order of April 15, 1913, entitled ‘‘An Executive Order to Provide Maritime Quarantine Regulations for the Canal Zone and the Harbors of the Cities of Panama and Colon, Republic of Panama.’’

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

1. That the first paragraph of section 1 of the above-mentioned Executive Order is hereby amended to read as follows:
   
   

   BILLS OF HEALTH.

   ‘‘Section 1. Masters of vessels clearing from any foreign port or from any port in the possessions or other dependencies of the United States for a port in the Canal Zone or for the ports of Panama or Colon, Republic of Panama, or for passage through the Panama Canal, must obtain an original bill of health in duplicate from the officer or officers authorized by the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States to sign such certificates for vessels entering the ports of the United States. The following form is prescribed for such bills of health:’’
   
   
2. That the first paragraph of section 2 of the above-mentioned Executive Order is hereby amended to read as follows:
   
   
   ‘‘Section 2. Vessels clearing from any foreign port or from any port in the possessions or other dependencies of the United States for a port in the Canal Zone or for the ports of Panama or Colon, Republic of Panama, or for passage through the Panama Canal, and entering or calling at intermediate ports, must procure at all said ports a supplemental bill of health in duplicate, from the officer or officers authorized by the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States to sign such certificates for vessels entering the ports of the United States. If a quarantinable disease has appeared on board the vessel after leaving the original port of departure, or other circumstances presumably render the vessel infected, the supplemental bill of health should be withheld until such sanitary measures have been taken as are necessary. The following form is prescribed for supplemental bills of health:’’
   
   
3. This amendment shall take effect from and after the date upon which the Panama Canal is officially and formally opened for use and operation, by proclamation of the President of the United States.
   
   

Woodrow Wilson.

The White House, 11 January, 1915.

Notes

Amends:

• Executive Order 1761, April 15, 1913

Revoked by:

• Executive Order 3255, March 31, 1920