d of clause (_b_)
add the following: "nor the cashier, nor the two clerks employed as
assistant disbursing clerks in the division of accounts and
disbursements in the Department of Agriculture."

At the end of clause (_c_) add the following: "but not including
the disbursing clerk in the division of accounts and disbursements in
the Department of Agriculture."

At the end of clause (_e_) add the following: "except those of the
Weather Bureau and the Bureau of Animal Industry, in the Department of
Agriculture."

At the end of clause (_f_) add the following: "except all chiefs of
division in the Department of Agriculture."

The section as amended will read:

3. Exceptions from examination in the classified departmental service
are hereby made as follows:

(_a_) One private secretary or one confidential clerk of the head
of each classified Department and of each Assistant Secretary thereof,
and also of each head of bureau appointed by the President by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.

(_b_) Direct custodians of money for whose fidelity another officer
is under official bond; but this exception shall not include any officer
below the grade of assistant cashier or assistant teller, nor the
cashier, nor the two clerks employed as assistant disbursing clerks in
the division of accounts and disbursements in the Department of
Agriculture.

(_c_) Disbursing officers who give bonds, but not including the
disbursing clerk in the division of accounts and disbursements in the
Department of Agriculture.

(_d_) Persons employed exclusively in the secret service of the
Government.

(_e_) Chief clerks, except those of the Weather Bureau and of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, in the Department of Agriculture.

(_f_) Chiefs of division, except all chiefs of division in the
Department of Agriculture.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 28, 1895_.

_To the Heads of the Executive Departments_:

As a mark of respect to the memory of the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, late
Secretary of State, the President directs that the several Executive
Departments and the Government Printing Office, in the city of
Washington, be closed on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1895, the day
of the funeral.

HENRY T. THURBER,
_Private Secretary_.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 28, 1895_.

_It is hereby ordered_, That the several Executive Departments and
the Government Printin