Executive Order 1989

Authorizing the Board of Admeasurement to administer oaths to witnesses and to compel their attendance.

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

Section 1. The Board of Admeasurement of the Canal Zone, and the respective members thereof, are hereby authorized to administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the Board, or before any member thereof, to testify in matters within the jurisdiction of the Board; and upon application to the District Judge the Board may obtain process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers. Any person who fails to obey the process of the Court, or who refuses to be sworn, or who refuses to answer any material or proper questions, after being duly sworn, shall be punished in the manner prescribed in the Penal Code for contempt of Court.

Section 2. This order shall take effect on and after this date.

Woodrow Wilson.

The White House, 9 July, 1914.