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the same hereby is, amended, by adding to the days therein declared 

 to be lioli(hivs within the said District, that day upon which the 

 President of the United States is inaugurated, otlierwise called 

 Inauguration Day, and that such day shall bo a holiday for all the 

 purposes mentioned in said section. 



Act June IS. J8SS, c. 393, 25 Stat. 185. 



ACT AUGUST 1. 1888, c. 723. An act making May thirtiotli a holiday in the 

 District of Columbia. (25 Stat. 353.) 



Decoration Day a legal holiday in District of Columbia. 



That the thirtieth day of May in each year, usually called " Decora- 

 tion Day,'- shall be. and hereby is, made a holiday within the District 

 of Columbia as fully in all respects as are the days mentioned as 

 holidays in section nine hundred and ninety-three of the Revised 

 Statutes of the District of Columbia. 



Act August 1, 1888, c. 723, 25 Stat. 353. 



ACT JUNE 28. 1894. c. 118. An act making Labor Day a legal holiday. (28 

 Stat. 9Ci.) 



Labor Day a legal holiday. 



That the first ^Monday of September in each year, being the day 

 celel^rated and known as Labor's Holida}', is hereby made a legal 

 public holiday, to all intents and purposes, in the same manner as 

 Christinas, the first day of January, the twenty-second day of Feb- 

 ruar}', the thirtieth day of May, and the fourth day of July are now 

 made by law public holidays. 



Act June 28, 1894, c. 118, 28 Stat. 96. 



ACT DECEMBER 20, 1881, c. 2. An act to amend section nine hundred and 

 ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of 

 Columbia, and an act entitled "An act to amend section nine hundred and 

 ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of 

 Columbia." approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy- 

 nine. (22 Stat. 1.) 



Legal holidays in District of Columbia falling on Sunday. 



That whenever any day set apart as a legal holiday within the 

 District of Columbia shall fall on the first day of the week, commonly 

 called Sunday, then and in such event the day next succeeding shall 

 be a holiday within the District of Columbia, * * * 



Act December 20, ISSl, c. 2, 22 Stat. 1. 



RES. JANUARY 6, 1885, No. 5. Joint resolution providing for the payment 

 of laborers in Government employ for certain holidays. (23 Stat. 516.) 



Holidays allowed to per diem employees. 



That the employees of the Navy Yard, Government Printing OflBce, 

 Bureau of Printing and Engraving, and all other per diem employees 

 of the Government on duty at Washington, or elsewhere in the United 

 States, shall be allowed the following holidays, to wit : The first day 

 of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of 

 July, the twenty-fifth day of December, and such davs as may be 

 designated by the President as days for national thanksgiving, and 

 shall receive the same pay as on other days. 



Res. January 6, 1885, No. 



