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“...islands within said described zone, and in addition thereto the
group of islands in the Bay of Panama named Perico, Naos,
Culebra, and Flamenco, and any lands and waters outside of
said limits above described which are necessary or convenient or
from time to time may become necessary or convenient for the
construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of
the said canal or of any auxiliary canals, lakes, or other works
necessary or convenient for the construction, maintenance, opera-
tion, sanitation, or protection of said canal, the use, occupancy,
or control whereof were granted to the United States by the
treaty between the United States and the Republic of Panama,
the ratifications of which were exchanged on the twenty-sixth
day of Februry, nineteen hundred and four, shall be known and
designated as the Canal Zone, and the canal now being constructed
thereon shall hereafter be known and designated as the Panama
Canal. The President is authorized, by treaty with the Republic...”
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“...or land under water so
acquired shall become part of the Canal Zone.
Sec. 2. That all laws, orders, regulations, and ordinances
adopted and promulgated in the Canal Zone by order of the
President for the government and sanitation of the Canal Zone
and the construction of the Panama Canal are hereby ratified and
confirmed as valid and binding until Congress shall otherwise
provide. The existing courts established in the Canal Zone by
Executive order are recognized and confirmed to continue in opera-
tion until the courts provided for in this Act shall be established.
Sec. 3. That the President is authorized to declare by Executive
order that all land and land under water within the limits of the
Canal Zone is necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation,
sanitation, or protection of the Panama Canal, and to extinguish,
by agreement when advisable, all claims and titles of adverse
claimants and occupants. Upon failure to secure by agreement
title to any such parcel of land or land...”
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