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other tiine.s as may Ix' nuitually agreed upon })y the employee and the chief of his 

 dei>artment. When mure than two weeks' time i.s lost, inclusive of holidays, a 

 corresponding ri'dnction of pay will J>e matle. Employees engaged by the month 

 for six months or longer will be permitted to lose such of these holidays as may 

 occur during their term of service without reduction of pay. 



The holidays referred to are as follows: The first day of January, the twenty- 

 second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the first 

 Monday in September, the day set apart by llie govenidr df the State for thanksgiving, 

 and the twenty-lifth day of December. 



(4) fSniokiiKj (tiid the uae of inloxicntirui drinks. — Smoking when on duty, and the 

 use of intoxicating drinks or visiting of liquor saloons at any time, whether on or off 

 duty, are positively prohibited. 



(5) Proirrtlon of rrrordx (ind propcrti/. — It shall 1ie the duty of every employee of 

 the station carefully to guard it.s work, records, and property; to 2)revent interference 

 with stakes, labels, or other records; to prevent the taking of fruit or property with- 

 out the consent of a chief of department, and to report promptly to his chief any 

 accident, mistake, or interference that may affect the results of an experiment. 



(0) Any infraction of the provisions of this article, tlu' liabitual use of profane or 

 obscene langui\ge, or the commission of any other act contrary to the statutes of Ohio 

 by any employee of the station, shall be sufficient cause for the immediate dismissal 

 of such employee from the station's service. 



OKIjAITOIMA. 



Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Stillwater. 

 Department of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechani(!al College. 



The C)klahoma Station is governed by the board of regents of the college, which 

 consists of the governor of the Territory, ex officio, and five members appointed by 

 him, with the approval of the Territorial council, for a term of two years, or until 

 their successors are appointed. The law nvjuires four regular meetings during the 

 year. 



The director of the station is held responsible by the board for the work of the 

 station and the projier management and expenditures of its funds. P^ach year, at the 

 June meeting of the board of regents, the director i)resents a statement of the lines of 

 investigation proposed for the next fiscal year. This statement, together with 

 financial estimates, is prepared after consultation with the individual members of the 

 station staff, and nn its being approved by the board becomes the basis of next year's 

 work. 



All purchases are made on orders issued by the director. No fixed appropriations 

 are made to each of the departments in the station, for tlie reasons that in many cases 

 twof>r more departments are concerned in the same investigation, and it is the jiolicy 

 of tiie station to encourage its officers to regard the work of the station as a unit 

 rather than an aggregation of disconnected parts. 



No meetings of the station staff are held, but in all cases the director consults with 

 the members affected by any subject under consideration. The effort is to conduct 

 the station's affairs as nearly as may be in the same manner as a corporation dependent 

 on its success for its existence would be conducted. 



ORKGON. 



Oreg'on Experiment Station, Corvallis. 



Department of Oregon State Agri(;ultural College. 



The governing board of the Oregon Station is the board of n^ent.s of the colh^ge, 

 which consists of the governor, secretary of state, sujx'rintendent of public instruc- 



