Executive Order 5353—Excusing Clerks and Employees, May 31, 1930

It is hereby ordered that the several executive departments and independent Government establishments in the District of Columbia, including the Government Printing Office and the Navy Yard and stations, be closed on Saturday, May 31, 1930, and all clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, 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, are hereby excused from duty on that day.

In view of this order the application of the provisions of Executive Order No. 4644, of May 9, 1927, relating to hours of duty on Saturdays in June, July, August, and September, will be deferred to the second Saturday in June.

This order is not to be deemed as establishing a precedent.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
May 27, 1930.