322 GENERAL INFORMATION 



General Election Day, being the Tuesday after the first 

 Monday of November in every year when such elections 

 are held is a holiday in Arizona, California, Florida, 

 Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, 

 Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ore- 

 gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South 

 Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, 

 Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 



Sundays are holidays, and also any day appointed by 

 the governor in any of the several states as a fast day, 

 or a day for prayer. There are no statutory holidays in 

 Mississippi, but by common consent the Fourth of July, 

 Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas are observed as such. 

 In Kansas the only legal holidays by legislative enact- 

 ment are February 22, May 30, first Monday of Septem- 

 ber, and Thanksgiving Day, but by common consent 

 New Year's Day, Fourth of July, and Christmas are also 

 observed. 



Saturday, after 12 o'clock noon, is a legal holiday 

 throughout the year in Connecticut, District of Columbia, 

 Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

 Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 

 Island, and Washington; in Louisiana and Missouri, in 

 cities of 100,000 inhabitants and over; in Ohio and Vir- 

 ginia, in cities of 50,000 inhabitants and over; in Dela- 

 ware, in the city of Wilmington and in Newcastle 

 county, except St. George's Hundred, where Saturdays 

 from June to September only are holidays; in South 

 Carolina, in Charleston county; and in Colorado, in 

 Denver during June, July, and August. 



Holidays falling on Sunday are observed the day be- 

 fore in Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, Vermont, and West 

 Virginia, and on the same day in Louisiana; but else- 

 where in the United States, on the following Monday. 



In Canada the following are legal holidays in all the 

 provinces: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Mon- 

 day, Christmas Day, the birthday of the reigning sov- 

 ereign, any day appointed by proclamation for a public 



