292 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ACT JUNE 7. 1897. c. 3. ^30 Stat. 62.)- 



Expenditures for transportation of remains of deceased employees. 



* * * That, hereafter the heads of Departments shall not au- 

 thorize any expenditure in connection with transportation of remains 

 of deceased employees, except when otherwise specifically provided 

 by law. 



Act June 7. 1897. c. 3, s. 1, 30 Stat. 8G. 



This is a proviso annexed to an jipprojjriation for such expenditures iu 

 the InfliMU appropriuiion iiot for the fisc;il year 1S98. oited above. 



REV. ST. SEC. 162. 

 Hours of business. 



Sec. 162. From the first day of October until the first day of April, 

 in each year, all the Bureaus and offices in the State, War, Treasury. 

 Navy, and Post-Office Departments, and in the General Land-Office, 

 shall be open for the transaction of the public business at least ei<xht 

 hours in ea<h dav : and from the first day of April until the first day 

 of October, in each year, at least ten hours in each day; except Sun- 

 days and days declared public holidays by law. 



This section is embracerl in Title IV of the Revised Statutes, the 

 provisi(;ns of which jire made niiplicnbla to the Department of Agricul- 

 ture by act February 9, 1889, c. 122, s. 1, set forth on p. 9, ante. 



By ;i provision of act March .3, 1893. c. 211, s. 5, set forth below, not 

 less th:Mi seven hours of labor ei.ch day, except Sundays and public holi- 

 days, shall be required of all clerks and omployees of the departments. 



ACT MARCH 3. 1893, c. 211. (27 Stat. 675.) 



Closing departments on decease of ex-official prohibited. 



Sec. 4. That hereafter the Executive Departments of the Govern- 

 ment .shall not be closed as a mark to the memory of any deceased 

 ex-official of the United States. 



Act March 3, 1893, c. 211, s. 4. 27 Stat. 715. 



This is a section of the leRislntive, executive, and judicial appropria- 

 tion act for the fiscal year 1894, cited above. 



Hours of labor and leaves of absence of clerks and other employees in depart- 

 ments. 



Sec. 5. Hereafter it shall be the duty of the heads of the several 

 Executive Departments, in the interest of the public service, to re- 

 quire of all clerks and other employees, of whatever grade or class, 

 in their respective Departments, not less than seven hours of labor 

 each day, except Sundays and days declared public holidays by law 

 or Executive order: Provided, That the heads of the Departments 

 may, by special order, statinfr the reason, further extend the hours 

 of any clerk or employee in their Departments, respectively; but in 

 case of an extension it shall be without additional compensation: 

 Provided, further. That the head of any Department may grant 

 thirty days' anmial leave with pay in any one year to each clerk or 

 employee: And. provided fvrther. That where some member of the 

 immediate family of a clerk or employee is atllicted with a con- 

 tngioiis disea.se and i-oquires the care and attendance of such employee, 

 or wiiere his or her presence in the Department would jeopardize the 

 liealth of fellow-clerks, and in exceptional and meritorious cases, 

 where a clerk or employee is personally ill, and where to limit the 



