Executive Order 1115

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Executive Order 1115 by President of the United States Amending Sec. 149 of the Laws of the Canal Zone, Concerning Penalties for Murder in the First Degree

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Signed by President  William H. Taft  July 30, 1909

2 Canal Record 414, No. 52, August 25, 1909

Under authority vested in me by law, it is ordered:

That Section 149 of Act No. 14 of the Laws of the Canal Zone is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 149. Every person guilty of murder in the first degree shall suffer death, or if there be extenuating circumstances, confinement in the penitentiary for life; and every person guilty of murder in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than ten years.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

July 30, 1909.

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