Approved, April 12, 1886.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 20, 1886_.
Under the provisions of section 4 of the act approved March 3, 1883, it
is hereby ordered that the several Executive Departments, the Department
of Agriculture, and the Government Printing Office be closed on Monday,
the 31st instant, to enable the employees to participate in the
decoration of the graves of the soldiers who fell during the rebellion.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _July 3, 1886_.
_To Heads of the Government Departments_:
Inasmuch as the 4th of July of the present year falls upon Sunday and
the celebration of Independence Day is to be generally observed upon
Monday, July 5, it is hereby ordered that the several Executive
Departments, the Department of Agriculture, and the Government Printing
Office be closed on Monday, the 5th instant.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, July 14, 1886_.
_To the Heads of Departments in the Service of the General Government_:
I deem this a proper time to especially warn all subordinates in the
several Departments and all officeholders under the General Government
against the use of their official positions in attempts to control
political movements in their localities.
Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. Not only
is their time and labor due to the Government, but they should
scrupulously avoid in their political action, as well as in the
discharge of their official duty, offending by a display of obtrusive
partisanship their neighbors who have relations with them as public
officials.
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