The old Panama Canal Agency was split into the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government. The Company was made responsible for the operation of the canal. and certain businesstype services. such as the steamship line. terminal. railroad. marine bunkering. hotels. shipyards. powerplants. water system. telephone. printing plants. and such employee services as commissary. clubhouses. and housing. The civil government was given the responsibility of administering the courts. immigration. and contraband control. school. police. postal service. fire department. roads and streets. customs. public buildings. libraries. sewage. as well as an extensive health and sanitary system. including a mental hospital. quarantine station. and a leprosy colony. It was believed the 1950 legislation had made clear the congressional intent to clarify and segregate the financial obligation of the tolls payers from the financial obligations of the Government. But that intent has been misinterpreted or ignored in the annual accounting under the law.
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