GENERAL REGULATIONS 
All persons entering the service of the Museum in any 
capacity shall have their names, addresses and references duly 
entered at once in the office of the Assistant Secretary. 
No purchases or expenditures of any kind shall be made by 
any one without the approval of the President or the Director, 
and no order obligating the Museum in any way shall be 
issued, except on a regular order blank, duly signed by the 
Director, the Assistant Secretary or the Bursar. The 
Museum will not hold itself responsible for any order or 
payment that has been made in anticipation of formal approval, 
and it will not reimburse any one who has advanced money in 
violation of this regulation. 
No one shall use the name of the Museum in a personal 
application for specimens, books, railroad transportation, or 
otherwise, without the approval of the Director. 
All officers and employees are requested to enter and leave 
the building by the south basement door. 
The hours of attendance, with an intermission of one hour 
for luncheon, shall be as follows: 
The administrative officers, namely, the Director, the 
Assistant Secretary, the Bursar, the Registrar and the Heads 
of Scientific Departments, to a.M. to 5 P.M.; Associate and 
Assistant Curators, the Superintendent of Building and Chief 
of Construction, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; scientific assistants and 
clerical assistants, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.; technical assistants, 8:30 
A.M. to 5 P.M.; mechanical force, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.; attend- 
ants, 7:30 A.M. to 5 p.M. week days, and Sundays, 12:30 P.M. 
to 5 P.M., also on such evenings as the Superintendent of 
Building may require. 
The official vacations allowed employees who have been 
one year or more connected with the Museum shall be as 
follows: 
Administrative Officers and Heads of Scientific Depart- 
ments, one month. Associate and Assistant Curators, Chief 
of Construction, Chief Engineer and Heads of Divisions, three 
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