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1899. Repealing expiration date of act relating to War Department contracts.

1902. Appointment of commissioners by Court of Claims.

1903. Amend naturalization laws in respect to residence requirements.

1909. Equitable distribution of earnings of Federal reserve banks.

1910. Clerical assistance to clerks of State courts in naturalization work.

1911. To accept bid of Mississippi Shipping Co. to carry mail.

1921. Appointment of two additional judges for northern district of Illinois.

1922. Funds for construction of building at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.

1923. Construction at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.

1924. Bridge across St. Clair River at or near Port Huron, Mich.

1925. Amend leasing act to permit unit plan of oil and gas development.

1926. Final enrollment of Indians of Klamath Indian Reservation, Oreg.

1927. Acquisition of land in Alameda and Marin counties, Calif., for air depot.

1933. Disposition of moneys of deceased inmates of St. Elizabeths Hospital.

1934. To reserve lands in Arizona for Papago Indians.

1935. Pillager bands of Chippewa Indians to submit claims to Court of Claims.

1938. Construction at military posts.

1941. District of Columbia appropriation bill, 1931.

1942. Compacts between Wyoming and Idaho with respect to boundary line.

1944. Amend resolution rel. to payment of claims of grain elevator companies.*

1945. Production of forest products, etc., in northern Minnesota.

1947. Appropriations for construction at military posts.

1948. Payment to Uintah, etc., bands of Ute Indians for lands.

1949. Repayment of certain rents and royalties on mineral lands.

1962. Exchange of lands near Whitman National Forest in Oregon.

1963. To accept lands on Government Island from Alameda, Calif.

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1964. Sale to Oregon of timberlands for recreational and scenic purposes.

1966. Reorganize Federal Power Commission.

1971. Advance planning for prevention of unemployment. pts. 1* and 2.

1975. Lighthouse tract ceded back to Dunkirk, N. Y.

1976. Bridge across Missouri River at Florence, Nebr.

1977. Bridge across Missouri River at or near Poplar, Mont.

1978. Bridge across Missouri River at or near Culbertson, Mont.

1979. Bridge across Little Calumet River at 159th street, Cook County, Ill.

1980. Distribution and promotion of line officers of Navy.

1981. To authorize exchange of lands between United States and Utah.

1983. To incorporate National Society-Army of Philippines.

1994. Amend act creating Bureau of Narcotics.

1995. Redemption of internal-revenue stamps. 2 pts.

1999. To extend road systems in national parks.

2000. To close useless streets, roads, or highways in District of Columbia.

2001. To amend act to establish code of law for D. C. rel. to corporations.

2002. Regulating erection of structures on Potomac River in D. C.

2003. Lake of the Woods condemnation cases.

2010. Disposition of useless papers in War Department.

2011. Dike or dam across Camas Slough to Lady Island, Columbia River, Wash.

2012. Bridge across Missouri River at or near Power-site Crossing, Mont.

2013. Legalizing pier constructed in Chesapeake Bay at Annapolis Roads, etc.

2014. For transfer of jurisdiction over Sullys Hill National Park.

2015. Fix salaries of members of Police and Fire Departments of D. C.

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FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

MAY 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. WILLIAMSON, from the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. J. Res. 24]

The Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, to whom was referred the bill (S. J. Res. 24) providing for the payment of certain employees of the United States Government in the District of Columbia, and employees of the District of Columbia, for March 4, 1929, the same being declared a holiday by the act of June, 18, 1888 (25 stat. 185), having considered the same, report it to the House without amendment with a recommendation that it do pass.

STATEMENT

The act of June 18, 1888 (25 Stat. 185) reads as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 993 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia, be, and the same hereby is, amended, by adding to the days therein declared to be holidays within the said District, that day upon which the President of the United States is inaugurated, otherwise called Inauguration Day, and that such day shall be a holiday for all the purposes mentioned in said section. (Approved, June 18, 1888.)

In pursuance of the above statute the Secretary of the Navy, under date of March 2, 1929, issued the following order:

1. Inauguration Day, March 4, 1929, being a legal holiday in the District of Columbia under the provision of reference, all civilian employees of the Naval Establishment in the District of Columbia shall be excused from duty on that day except those who may for special public reasons be excepted from the provisions of this order, or those whose absence from duty would be inconsistent with the provisions of existing law.

2. The time of employees excused under the provisions of this order shall be charged to leave with pay if accrued and due, otherwise to leave without pay.

The purpose of making Inauguration Day a legal holiday is to enable all Government employees to attend the inauguration ceremonies of the President-elect. As a result of this law all Government employees were discharged from service on March 4, 1929, including the employees of the Government Navy Yard and a few in the custodial and other services of the Government.

All other employees in the Government services, including the per diem employees of the Government Printing Office and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, are taken care of by existing law and they received full pay_notwithstanding that they are excused from work on Inauguration Day.

The committee feels that those per diem employees adversely affected should receive the same consideration as other employees throughout the District of Columbia. There is no essential difference between the character of their employment and that of other civilservice employees in the District who work upon a monthly basis as the work of per diem employees is continuous throughout the year. It is well to remember also that civil-service employees, as a rule, work only 42 hours per week, and are entitled to 30 days' leave in addition to 30 days' sick leave while the workers in the navy yard work 48 hours per week and have no allowance for sick or other leave so that they are already placed at a disadvantage as compared with those who are paid upon a monthly or annual basis.

The total number of employees in the navy yard is in the neighborhood of 4,500, and they receive a per diem salary of $6 per day. Employees outside of this group who are affected are small in number.

The resolution meets with the approval of the Navy Department as is shown by a letter from the Secretary of the Navy dated October 15, 1929, which is appended hereto and made a part of this report.

The CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS,

NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, October 15, 1929.

United States Senate, Washington, D. C.

MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Replying further to the committee's communication dated April 30, 1929, transmitting Senate Joint Resolution 24, "For the payment of certain employees of the United States Government in the District of Columbia and employees of the District of Columbia for March 4, 1929," and requesting the views of the Navy Department relative to this measure, I have the honor to advise you as follows:

The purpose of this proposed legislation is to provide that employees of the United States Government in the District of Columbia and the employees of the District of Columbia who come within the provisions of the act approved June 18, 1888, and who, under the provisions of said act, were excused from work on Monday, March 4, 1929, a holiday, shall be entitled to pay for said holiday. It appears from the records of the Navy Department that commencing March 4, 1901, each and every inaugural day has been regarded as a holiday with pay, and employees of the Washington Navy Yard have been paid for all inaugural days up to but not including March 4, 1929. A decision rendered by the Comptroller of the Treasury to the Secretary of the Navy on August 19, 1904 (11 Comp. Dec. 97), stated that per diem employees of the Washington Navy Yard are entitled to pay for Saturday afternoons, Labor Day, and inaugural day, although not performing work thereon, provided they are excused from work on such days by Executive order.

The reason for not granting March 4, 1929, as a holiday without loss of pay or time appears to have been due to the absence of an Executive order to cover the matter. It is understood that all Government departments, including their

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