United States. Second Isthmian Canal Commission

Isthmian Canal Commission No. 2; established by President Theodore Roosevelt in May 1904. administrative commission which remained in existenance until 1905; Commission consisted of seven members, appointed by the President with the consent of the U.S. Senate.The Commission had the authority for digging, construction, and completion of the canal, as well as all governmental power in and over the Canal Zone. This included making surveys, borings, designs, plans, and specifications of the engineering hydraulic, and sanitary works required for construction of a canal; making and executing all necessary contracts for all kinds of engineering and construction works; making all rules and regulations for the government of the Canal Zone and for the correct administration of military, civil, and judicial affairs of its possessions; and establishing a civil service for the government of the strip and construction of the canal; replaced by the Third Istmian Canal Commission by an executive order of April 5, 1905.

appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, March 8, 1904. By Presidential order, May 9, 1904, under authority of the Panama Canal Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 481), June 28, 1902, and the Panama Canal Act of 1904 (33 Stat. 429), April 28, 1904, Secretary of War made supervisor of canal construction and second Isthmian Canal Commission vested with all Canal Zone government power.