“ Washington, D. C., March 4, 1907.⁠ John F. Stevens is hereby appointed Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, vice Theodore P. Shonts, resigned, to take effect this day.
Lieut. Col. George W. Goethals, U. S. Army Engineers, is hereby appointed a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, vice John F. Stevens, appointed Chairman thereof.
These appointments are made after the adjournment of Congress and are recess appointments.
Chairman Stevens will receive no other salary than that which he now receives as Chief Engineer, to wit, $30,000 a year. ”