THE SOLICITOR. 



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A furlough without pay is ordered when the services of the person furloughed are 

 temporarily discontinued in the Department for the good of the service or because of 

 the needs of the Department, and then only in accordance with General Order No. 100, 

 as follows: 



"United States Department of Agriculture, 



"Office of the Secretary, 



''Washitigto7i, D. C, July 27, 1906. 

 "General Order No. 100. 



"In the United States Department of Agriculture no leave of absence without pay 

 will hereafter be granted for a longer period than three months, except in special and 

 peculiar cases, and no furlough without pay or leave of absence without pay shall con- 

 tinue in force and effect for a longer period than one year from the date of the com- 

 mencement thereof." 



James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



S. R. BURCH, 



Chief Clerk. 



General Order No. 139. 



Department op Agriculture, 

 Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, D. C, April 4, 1910. 



All Department employees are hereby directed to return to the Department Library 

 all books and periodicals belonging to or borrowed through the Library, before leaving 

 the city for a period of more than two weeks. In case certain books are needed for use 

 by others in the same office, they must be charged to some one who will be responsible 

 for them. Also, when lea^'ing for a period of less than two weeks, employees having 

 books chained to them must place them in the care of some one who will be responsible 

 for them and who will be able to return the books if they are needed. In no case must 

 books be left at home or in locked desks at the Department. 



James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 

 F. G. Kelsey, 



Acting Chief Clerk. 



General Order No. 140. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, June 9, 1910. 



duties of the solicitor. 



The act of Congress approved May 26, 1910, contains the following provision: 

 "Hereafter the legal work of the Department of Agriculture shall be performed 



under the supervision and direction of the Solicitor." 

 To carry into effect this provision of law it is hereby ordered that the legal work 



of the various bureaus, offices, and divisions of this Department shall hereafter be 



conducted as follows: 



1. Weather Bureau. — The legal work of the Weather Bureau, including all 

 matters on which legal advice is necessary, shall be referred to the Solicitor. Tele- 

 phone and telegraph contracts, leases, and renewals of lea^^es, contracts for the erection 

 of buildings, and all other legal agreements will be prepared by the Solicitor upoa 

 request from the Chief of the Weather Bureau. 



2. BiUEAU OF Animal Industry. — The legal work of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, including the drafting of agreements and all other matters on which legal 

 advice is necci^sary, shall be referred to the Solicitor. All alleged violations of the 

 animal quarantine laws, the meat-inspection law, and the twenty-eight hour law 

 will be referred to the Solicitor to determine the action to be Uiken by the Depart- 

 ment of .\gnciilture. No recommendation relative to the legal side of any ca.-<e arising 

 undt-r the qiianintino laws, the moat-inspection law, or the twenty-eiu'ht hour law 

 ahall be made to any officer of the Department of Justice, nor shall communications, 

 oral or written, be addre.s.sed to any officer of the t^xecutive Departments regarding 



