Executive Order 8782—Establishing a Military Reservation on Certain Islands in Gatun Lake, Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SEC. 1. The following-described islands lying in Gatun Lake, in the Canal Zone, are hereby reserved and set apart as, and assigned to the uses and purposes of, a military reservation, which shall be under the control and the jurisdiction of the Secretary of War, subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order:

(a) The island officially known as Zorra Island.

(b) The island officially known as Piedras Island.

(c) An unnamed island whose Geodetic Coordinates are: Latitude 9°17' plus 3350 feet and longitude 79°52' plus 2350 feet.

SEC. 2. The War Department shall bear all the costs incident to the establishment of this reservation, including the cost of surveys and of cancellation of any agricultural licenses or other permits which may be in force in the areas involved.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 12, 1941.