Executive Order 2455

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 42 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September 7, 1916, it is hereby ordered:

1. That the administration of the Act entitled, "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes," approved September 7, 1916, so far as employees of The Panama Canal and of the Panama Railroad Company are concerned, is hereby transferred to the Governor of The Panama Canal.
2. That in the case of compensation to employees of The Panama Canal, or of the Panama Railroad Company, for temporary disability, either total or partial, the Governor of The Panama Canal is hereby authorized to waive, at his discretion, the making of the claim required by section eighteen of said Act.
3. That in the case of alien employees of The Panama Canal, or of the Panama Railroad Company, the minimum limit established by section six on the monthly compensation for disability, and the minimum limit established by clause (K) of section ten on the monthly pay on which death compensation is to be computed, is hereby removed.
4. That the Governor of The Panama Canal is hereby authorized to pay the compensation provided by said Act, including the medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies provided by section nine and the transportation and burial expenses provided by sections nine and eleven, out of the appropriations for The Panama Canal, such appropriations to be reimbursed for such payments by transfer of funds from the employees' compensation fund.

Woodrow Wilson⁠

The White House,

15 Sept., 1916.