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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 2

1934 c f T

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NUMBER 145

Washington, Thursday, July 29, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, E xecutive O rder THE CANAL ZONE JUDICIARY

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934 48 Stat.
1122, and otherwise, I hereby prescribe the following order relating to the Canal Zone Judiciary:
S ection 1. Definitions.As used in this order:
a District Court shall mean the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone.
b Code shall mean the Canal Zone Code approved June 19, 1934 48 Stat. 1122.
c Governor shall mean the Governor of The Panama Canal.
" Cross-Reference For statutory provisions relating to the Canal Zone Judiciary, see Code, title 7, sections 1 to 62.
S ection 2. Boundaries of divisions of District Court.The two divisions of the District Court shall be known, respec tively, as the Balboa Division and the Cristobal Division.
The Balboa Division shall include all th at part of the Canal Zone which lies easterly of a line extended through the Canal Zone 5-mile boundary monument 40 on the east ern boundary, and monument 148% which is also a 100foot contour monument on the western boundary. The said line, extending through the monuments 40 and 148%
and bearing S. 3946 W. true, crosses the Panama Rail road at a point 11 feet southerly from track-span bridge numbered 22-10, and crosses the Panama Canal at station 1339 plus 13 feet which crossing point is 2721 feet northerly along the Tabernilla Reach from the Tabemilla P. L , and is as shown on Panama Canal drawing 6103-35, filed with the records of the Panama Canal in the Canal Zone.
The Cristobal Division shall include all th at part of the Canal Zone which lies westerly of the above-described line.
For the purposes of this section the Canal Zone shall be deemed to include all lands and lands under water over which in connection with the construction, maintenance, op eration, sanitation, and protection of the Panama Canal, thq United States now possesses and exercises, or shall hereafter possess and exercise, sovereign rights, power, and authority.
Cross-Reference Authority of President to determine boundaries of divi sions of District Court, see Code, title 7, section 22.
S ection 3. Subdivisions of Canal Zone.The Canal Zone is hereby divided into two subdivisions, one to be known as the Balboa Subdivision and the otheras the Cristobal Subdivision.
The Balboa Subdivision shall be coterminous with the Balboa Division of the District Court, and the Cristobal Subdivision shall be coterminous with the Cristobal Division of the District Court.

Cross-Reference Authority of President to divide the Canal Zone into subdivisions, see Code, title 2, section 4.
S ection 4. Towns of the Canal Zone.The town of Balboa shall include the town site of th at name at the Pacific ter minus of the Canal, and all other settlements within the Balboa Subdivision of the Canal Zone; and the town of Cristobal shall include the town site of that name, and all other settlements within the Cristobal Subdivision of the Canal Zone.
Cross-Reference Authority of President to determine what towns shall exist, see Code, title 2, section 4.
S ection 5. Places for holding sessions of District Court.
The Governor shall provide a suitable place in each of the towns of Balboa and Cristobal for the holding of the sessions of the District Court.
S ection 6. Privileges, allowances, and facilities of District Court and its personnel.The District Court and its person nel shall continue to receive the perquisites, privileges, and allowances to which they were entitled and were receiving prior to November 4, 1933, the effective date of the transfer from the Secretary of War to the Department of Justice of the function of supervision over the said Court, as provided for by section 6 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933; and The Panama Canal shall continue to furnish as theretofore to the court and to its personnel all necessary office quarters, equipment; and facilities, and all necessary travel facilities within the Canal Zone; and The Panama Canal shall not require payment from the Department of Justice for such quarters, equipment, and facilities.
S ection 7. Designation of Marshal as disbursing officer;
bond.The Marshal of the District shall disburse all funds under the control of the Department of Justice required for the maintenance and operation of the District Court, and shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as may be fixed by the Attorney General.
Cross-References Establishment of office of Marshal of the District, see Code, title 7, section 40.
Powers and duties of Marshal generally, see Code, title 7, section 41.
S ection 8. Leave of absence of District Judge, District A t torney, and Marshal.The leave of absence allowed the Dis trict Judge, District Attorney, and Marshal by Section 42 of title 7 of the Code shall be reckoned by calendar years. If the office involved is held by two or more persons in one calendar year, the leave shall be prorated to such persons in proportion to the time that they have held office during th a t year. Any portion of the leave of absence accruing in any one calendar year and not used in th at year may be accumulated and used in succeeding calendar years: Pro vided, th at leave may not be accumulated in excess of 120
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