THE SOLICITOR. 



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Special Order. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C, March 10, 1911. 



It is hereby ordered, That there be, and there is hereby established, in the Bureau of 

 Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, a laboratory to be known as 

 the physical-chemistry laboratory. This laboratory shall be charged with the study, 

 from the physical-chemical point of view, of the action of enzymes. 

 This order shall take effect on March 16^ 1911. 



James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



General Order No. 145. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Office op the Secretary, 

 Washington, D. C, April 25, 1911. 



An officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture, transferred from one official 

 station to another for permanent duty, in addition to actual traveling expenses pro- 

 vided for in the fiscal regulations of the department, may hereafter, witbm the discretion 

 and_ under the written instructions of the chief of the bureau, service, or independent 

 division or office in which the officer or employee serves, be allowed freight and dray- 

 age charges for the transfer of his household effects, and of other personal property used 

 by such officer or employee when transferred, in official work, not exceeding in all 

 3,500 pounds: Provided, That saddle and other animals will be transported at Govern- 

 ment expense only when used in official work. (Agricultural appropriation act, Mar. 

 4, 1911; Public No. 478.) 



Shipments under the provisions of the foregoing paragraph must be made on depart- 

 ment bills of lading, and each account must be accompanied by the letter of instruc- 

 tions and the certificate of the officer best qualified to make it that the property so 

 shipped consists of the household goods of the officer or employee transferred and is 

 exclusively his property, that all other personal property transported is to be used ia 

 official work, and that the transportation was furnished on the occasion of his permanent 

 transfer to a new official station. 



This order supersedes all orders and regulations heretofore issued on this subject. 



James Wilson, 



Secretary. 



General Order No. 145a. 



Department op Agriculture, 



Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, June 1, 1911. 



General Order No. 145, dated April 25, 1911, is hereby amended so as to permit the 

 Forester to authorize the district foresters to issue written instructions under which 

 transferred employees may be allowed freight and drayage charges for the transporta- 

 tion of their household effects and other personal property, as provided in the said 

 general order, with the same effect as if the instructions had been issued in person by 

 the Forester. 



James Wilson, 



Secretary. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Washington, D. C, June 2S, 1911. 

 Special Order: 



It is hereby ordered that Arthur F. Kreuger, clerk in the Bureau of Statistics, act as 

 and perform the duties of chief clerk of that bureau on July 1, 1911, and to continue 

 such duties until further order. 



James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



