50 OKGANIZATION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



(3.) Any changes in the duties of Museum employes, except those of 



low grade. 

 (4.) Any changes in the installation of cases or other objects in the 



exhibition halls. 

 (5.) Any changes in tbe color or internal arrangement of cases. 

 (6.) Any changes in the installation of collections in the exhibition 



halls or the removal of objects. 

 (7.) The making of cases, pedestals, trays, labels, blank forms, or any 



other fixtures or appliances of general Museum administration. 

 (8.) Any temporary deviation from the provisions of the rules in the 



general orders. 

 (9.) Memoranda and requisitions referring to any of the above topics 



may be filed with the Superintendent of Buildings, with the 



Assistant Director, or with the Director. They must not be acted 



upon until properly indorsed. 



DEPj'k.RT'MlElSrT OT^ ELECTRIC SERVICE. 



CXLI. 



Apparatus. — The following is a descrii^tion of the apjDaratus in the 

 Electric Eoom of the j!^ational Museum : One 50-drop annunciator with 

 29 telephone connections, of which 9 are connected with telephones in 

 the Museum building, 11 in the Smithsonian building, and 9 to instru- 

 ments at various outside points, including the central office of the tele- 

 phone exchange, through which connnection may be had with any part 

 of the city; one 100-drop annunciator to which are connected 800 win- 

 dows and 85 doors throughout the Museum building; one 81-drop 

 annunciator connected with the doors of the exhibition cases ; one large 

 watch clock for recording on paper dials the alarm signals which the 

 watchman turns in from the twelve o'clock stations throughout the buikl- 

 ing as he makes his i)atrol ; and one District telegraph alarm box. In 

 the Smithsonian building there are nine clock stations, controlled in the 

 same manner as those in the Museum building, and also a special tele- 

 phone connection with the city. 



CXLII. 



Duties of Telephone Cleric. — The Telephone Clerk is on duty from 8 

 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'clock p. m., and is to answer all calls promptly, and 

 under no circumstances is the Telephone Room to be left unattended. 

 A record is to be kept of all calls, giving the names of both the persons 

 calling and called, and also of the exact time the call was made. 



CXLIII. 



Duties of Watchman in Telephone Room. — The watchman on duty in 

 the telephone room is required to answer all telephone calls, ;ind to 

 notify the watchmen in the building of signals on the burglar annunci- 

 ator. He is alt50 required to turn in a signal to the night-watch at the 



