Executive Order 2770

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Executive Order 2770 (1917)
by President of the United States

Supplemental to Executive Order of October 12, 1917, Vesting Power and Authority in Designated Officers and Making Rules and Regulations Under Trading with the Enemy Act and Title VII of the Act Approved June 15, 1917572501

Executive Order 2771

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See the Notes section for a list of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.

Signed by President Woodrow Wilson Friday, December 7, 1917

U.S. Official Bulletin No. 180, p. 4, December 10, 1917. External Information about this EO

572501Executive Order 2770 — Supplemental to Executive Order of October 12, 1917, Vesting Power and Authority in Designated Officers and Making Rules and Regulations Under Trading with the Enemy Act and Title VII of the Act Approved June 15, 19175725011917President of the United States

By virtue of the authority vested in me by ‘‘An act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy and for other purposes,’’approved October 6, 1917, I hereby make the following orders, rules and regulations:

I hereby prohibit any and all foreign insurance companies from doing business within the United States after February 1, 1918, unless such companies shall first obtain from the Secretary of the Treasury licenses to do business.
I further hereby vest in the Secretary of the Treasury the power and authority to issue at any time, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem proper and as are not inconsistent with law, or to refuse, a license to any foreign insurance company to do business within the United States through agencies, branch offices, or otherwise.