Executive Order 1975

Relating to Certain Duties of the Clerk of the District Court and his Assistant.

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

Section I. The Clerk of the District Court is ex officio Registrar of Property of the Canal Zone and, as such, is required to perform the duties heretofore exercised by, and imposed on the Registrar of Property, under preexisting laws of the Canal Zone; and the Assistant Clerk of the District Court shall have and exercise like powers in the name of his principal. The acts heretofore performed as Registrar of Property by the Clerk of the District Court, or by his Assistant, are hereby declared to be valid and binding.

Section II. The Clerk of the District Court, and his Assistant, are authorized to perform the duties heretofore imposed on the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of the Canal Zone, in respect to the issuing and recording of marriage licenses, and other matters relating thereto. All marriage licenses heretofore Issued by the Clerk of the District Court, or by his Assistant, are hereby declared valid and binding.

Section III. This order shall take effect from and after this date.

Woodrow Wilson.

The White House, 3 July, 1914.