Executive Order 9065—Amendment of Section 11 of the Regulations Governing Highways, Vehicles, and Vehicular Traffic in the Canal Zone

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 5 and 321 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, it is ordered that section 11 of Executive Order No. 7242 of December 6, 1935, prescribing regulations governing highways, vehicles, and vehicular traffic in the Canal Zone, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

Sec. 11. Governor authorized to make regulations. The Governor is hereby authorized to make, alter, and amend, from time to time, rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this order, and in time of war in which the United States is engaged or when in the opinion of the Governor war is imminent, the Governor is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of Executive Order No. 8232 of September 5, 1939, to amend, modify, supplement, or suspend this order, or any provision thereof, for the duration of any such period, when in his judgment such action is necessary in the public interest.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 17, 1942.