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FEDERAL
VOLUME 6

1934

NUMBER 56

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Washington, Friday, March 21, 1941
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER
Amendment of C hapter X III of E xecu tive O rder N o . 4314 of S eptember 25, 1925, E stablishing R ules G overning N avigation of the P anama Canal and Adjacent W aters
By virtue of and pursuant to the au thority vested in me by section 9 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19,1934, Chapter X III of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25,1925, establish ing rules governing the navigation of the Panama Canal and adjacent waters, is hereby amended to read as follows:
C hapter XIIIRADIO COMMUNICA
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R ule 171. Radio communication de fined. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "radio communication means the transmission by radio of writing, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds, including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services among other things the receipt, forwarding, and delivery of communications incidental to such transmission.
R ule 172. Control by Governor; exer cise through Naval Shore Stations. The Governor of the Panama Canal shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, have entire control of radio communica tion in the Canal Zone so far as con cerns or affects vessels in th e harbors and other waters of the Canal Zone or the navigation of such waters, except vessels owned or operated by the United States Army or the United States Navy.
In the exercise of such control the Gov ernor may in his discretion utilize the shore radio stations owned by the United States and operated by the Navy De partment, which stations are hereinafter referred to as the shore stations.
R ule 173. Communication by vessels approaching Canal. Vessels approach ing the Panama Canal shall communi cate by radio to the Port Captain con cerned, through the shore station which
shall be designated, such information relative to their Canal business as the Governor may by regulation prescribe.
R u l e 174. Operation of vessel radios in conformity with treaties. While in Canal Zone waters, vessels equipped with radio shall be required to operate such equipment at all times in conformity with the principles and rules stipulated in the treaties or conventions to which the United States is a party.
R u l e 175. Radio communication be tween vessels in Canal Zone and other vessels or places. Except as authorized by authority of the Governor, and except as regards vessels operated by the United States Army or the United States Navy, all radio communication between vessels in the Canal Zone and other vessels or places whether within or without the Canal Zone shall be carried on by for warding through the shore station which shall be designated; and, with such ex ceptions, no vessel in the Canal Zone, or person on board any such vessels, shall do any radio broadcasting, or shall, other wise than by forwarding through the des ignated shore station, transm it any radio communication.
R ule 176. Restrictions on vessel radios as to power and testing and tuning. Ex cept as authorized by authority of the Governor, vessels within the fifteen-mile limit of the Canal Zone shall transm it only with low power and shall do no testing or tuning.
R u l e 176a. Operator on watch during transit. All vessels equipped with radio, except those whose radio equipment has been sealed in Canal Zone waters in ac cordance with orders issued by competent authority, shall, after leaving the ter minal harbor to pass through the Canal, keep a radio operator on watch, on such frequency as the shore stations shall di rect, until arrival at the farther terminal harbor: Provided, th at in cases where the vessel has only one radio operator serving on board, the radio watch shall be required only while the vessel is under way between Gatun Locks and Pedro Miguel Locks.
R ule 176b. Precedence of messages rel ative to vessels movements and Canal
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Orders:
National Defense Mediation Board established________
Panama Canal and adjacent waters, rules governing navigation amended--------RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS

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T itle 7A griculture:

Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration:
Applications for parity pay ments, amendment____ - 1533
T itle 24H ousing C redit :
Federal Works Administrator:
Defense Housing, discrimina tion in work on------------ 1533
T itle 31M oney and F inance :
T reasury :

Bureau of Accounts:
Delivery of checks and war rants to addresses outside United States, its terri tories and possessions__ 1534
T itle 32N ational D efense :
Administrator of Export Con trol:
Export control schedule No. 1_ 1536
T itle 38P ensions , B onuses , and V eterans R e l ie f :

Veterans Administration:
Dependents claims, allowance for posthumous child----T it l e 47T e l e c o m m u n ic a t io n :
Federal Communications Com mission :
A v i a t i o n services, rules am ended____ ________ General rules and regulations, Appendix B amended__
T it l e 50W il d l if e :
Fish and Wildlife Service:
Alaska commercial fisheries correction___________
Department of Agriculture:
Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration:
Meagher County, Mont., range conservation programs, 1940 and 1941 2 docu ments _______________
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