EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1899.
To the Heads of the Executive Departments and the Public Printer:
It is hereby ordered that upon Wednesday, the 24th instant, the employees of the executive departments and the government printing office shall be excused from duty at 12:00 o'clock noon to enable them to participate in the Civic parade and other exercises of the Peace Jubilee on that day.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 10, 1899.
Consular court fees and fines imposed and collected by consular courts are hereby declared to be official. They are to be used to defer the expenses of consular courts, and detailed accounts of receipts and expenditures are to be rendered to the Secretary of State on the 30th of June of each year. Any surplus remaining at the end of the year after the expenses of the courts have been paid is to be turned into the Treasury.
The portions of the Executive Order of July 29, 1897, and the consular regulations in conflict with this order are hereby amended.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D.C., June 16, 1899.
Officers of the Customs in the Islands of Cuba may authorize the clearance under a permit for foreign ports, ports of the United States of vessels owned prior to June 1st, 1899 by residents of Cuba and owned at the time of clearance by citizens of Cuba under the signal and coast permit of Cuba. Such vessels may carry the American flag above the distinctive signal for the purpose of indicating that the Government of the United States pursuant to treaty has assumed and will discharge the obligations that may under International law result from the fact of the occupation of Cuba for the protection of life and property.