MAY 7, 1892.
Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following:
In the Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Ichthyologist and editor, one scientific assistant, captains, officers, ships writers and crews on vessels of the Commission, and pilots.
BENJ. HARRISON.
SEPTEMBER 16, 1892.
In order that the members of the Grand Army of the Republic employed in the public service in the city of Washington may have the opportunity of joining in the parade arranged for Tuesday, the 20th of September instant, and that all others may unite with the citizens of the District of Columbia in showing honor to the Union soldiers and sailors to be gathered in the national capital on that occasion—
It is hereby ordered, That the several Executive Departments and the Public Printing Office be closed on that day.
By the President:
BENJ. HARRISON.
AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.