to any place in the classified service without examination, upon the
requisition of the head of the Department to which the transfer is to
be made and the certification of the Commission.

In section 2, line 1, after the word "authorized," insert the following:
"except as provided in section 1, clause (_d_)."

BENJ. HARRISON.



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

EXECUTIVE ORDER.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 29, 1889_.

_It is hereby ordered_, That the several Executive Departments and the
Government Printing Office be closed on Thursday, the 30th instant, to
enable the employees to participate in the decoration of the graves of
the soldiers who fell during the rebellion.

BENJ. HARRISON.



EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 7, 1889_.

In November, 1862, President Lincoln quoted the words of Washington to
sustain his own views, and announced in a general order that--