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FIFTY—ElGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 1758, 1759. 1904. 429 CHAP. 1758.—-An Act To provide for the temporary government of the Canal ·\p1‘H28.19f¤4. Zone at Panama, the protection of the canal works, and for other purposes. , [S 53**2] _ _ ' Public, No. 190. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Rqzwesentatiees cftbe United [ 1 States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the President is hereby 0¤¤¤1 Zone at authorized, upon the acquisition of the property of the New Panama Paxgiiéioo and oo- Canal Company and the payment to the Republic of Panama of the f;f,{’,““°Y °‘· ““"’°" ten millions of dollars provided by article fourteen of the treaty ' between the United States and the Republic of Panama, the ratiiica— P""' p‘2°38‘ tions of which were exchanged on the twent ·sixth day of February, ninetwn hundred and four, to be paid to the latter Government, to take possession of and occupy on behalf of the United States the zone of land and land under water of the width of ten miles, extending to the distance of live iniles on each side of the center line of the route of the canal to be constructed thereon, which said zone begins in the Caribbean Sea three marine miles from mean low-water mark and extends to and across the Isthmus of Panama into the Pacific Ocean to the distance of three marine miles from mean low-water mark, and also of all islands within said zone, and in addition thereto the group of islands in the Bay of Panama named Perico, Naos, Culebra, and Flamenco, and, from time to time, of any lands and waters outside of said zone which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of the said canal, or of any auxiliary canals or other works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said enterprise, the use, occu tion, and control whereof were granted to the United States by articleutwo of said treat . The said zone is p¤n.p.z¤s4. hereinafter referred to as “the Canal Zone." ¥1`he payment of the Pay;nenttoPanama. ten millions of dollars provided by article fourteen of said treaty shall Pvd. p. ans. be made in lien of the indefinite appropriation made in the third sec- vox. sz, p. 482. tion of the Act of June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and Appropriation. is hereby appropriated for said purpose. SEO. 2. That until the expiration of the Fifty-eighth Congress, mf’;3g;¥jr,f,f,€,Q$’j?g{ unless provision for the tem rary government of the Canal Zone be edinrhe President. sooner made by Congress, allxthe military, civil, and judicial powers as well as the power to make all rules and regulations necessary for PM- P·12*6· the government of the Canal Zone and all the rights, powers, and authority granted by the terms of said treaty to the United States shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President shall direct for the government of said Zone and maintaining and protecting the inhabitants thereof in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. Approved, April 28, 1904. ‘ CHAP. 1759.-—An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post—Ofiice Arp-ues, 1904. Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, _ [ ·R· 13**21-] 8D(l fOr Oth€l' PUTPOBOS. [P\1bllC, N0. 191.] Be it enacted by the Semzte and House of Representat2?ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the followin sums be, p§g§fg,§S*f"i°°“PP’° and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Oiiice Department, in conformit with the Act of July second, eighteen hun- V<>1-5·1>-S0 dred and thirty-six, as follows: ormcn or run rosrnssrnn-GENERAL. P°“°“‘““'“°°“°"‘l‘ For advertising, five thousand dollars. A(lv€mmg` For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, two M‘*°°“““‘*°“5· thousand dollars.