Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 9039—Authorizing Sick and Rest Leave for Alien Employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company

January 24, 1942

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 81 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended by section 3 of act July 9, 1937, c. 470, 50 Stat. 487, the Governor of The Panama Canal is hereby authorized to grant, under such regulations as he may prescribe, sick and rest leave to alien employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company who are not entitled to leave privileges under the conditions of employment prescribed by Executive Order No. 1888 of February 2, 1914, as amended by Executive Order No. 2514 of January 15, 1917, and Executive Order No. 3232 of February 20, 1920: Provided, however, that the combined sick and rest leave which may be granted to any such alien employee shall be exceed 15 days in any one year, and that such leave shall not be cumulative in excess of 60 days.

Executive Order No. 2993 of November 14, 1918, authorizing the granting of sick leave to alien employees of The Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company, is hereby revoked.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 24, 1942.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9039—Authorizing Sick and Rest Leave for Alien Employees of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210769

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