tion.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 13, 1900._

By virtue of the authority vested in the President of the United States
by Section 3141, Revised Statutes of the United States, I hereby order

That the county of Greer, which was formerly a part of the State of
Texas, and as such was specifically declared a part of the 4th Internal
Revenue District of Texas by Executive Order of June 29, 1881, be
transferred to and made a part of the Internal Revenue District of
Kansas, said county having been declared by the United States Supreme
Court in decision rendered at the October term of 1895 to be a part of
the Territory of Oklahoma, which Territory was added to the District of
Kansas by Executive Order of March 30, 1886, prior to the date of the
judicial decision above cited.

This order to take effect on the first day of November, 1900.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 29, 1900._

It is hereby ordered that lot 5 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, section 31,
township 6 south, range 11 west, Florida, be, and it is, hereby reserved
for light-house purposes.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _November 20, 1900._

The United States Civil Service Commission is directed to render such
assistance as may be practicable to the Civil Service Board created
under the act of the United States Philippine Commission, for the
establishment and maintenance of a necessary and efficient civil service
in the Philippine Island, and for that purpose to conduct examinations
for the Civil Service of the Philippine Islands upon the request of the
Civil Service Board of said Islands, under such regulations as may be
agreed upon by the said Board and the said United States Civil Service
Commission.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 7, 1900._

Whenever upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the
army happen to join or do duty together and an official of the Marine
Corps or the militia shall command the whole pursuant to the 122d
article of war, such officer shall report his action and the operations
of the force under his command through military channels to the
Secretary of War as well as to his superiors in his own branch of the
service.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 13, 1900_.

_To the Secretary of the Treasury_:

The sum of $200,000 is hereby allotted and set apart from the
appropriation made for the benefit and government