§ MR. O'REILLYsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, What steps had been taken by the heads of the several departments of the Civil Service, especially the Customs, Admiralty, War Office, and Inland Revenue, with regard to giving a half-holiday on Saturday as many officers in their departments as possible, in pursuance of what was stated by the late Secretary to the Treasury to be the rule laid down—namely, "that it was left to the superior officers to arrange the question of holidays the best way they could, with the understanding that leave of absence on Saturdays should be given to as many as possible in each department?"
§ MR. HUNTsaid, the rule laid down by the late Secretary to the Treasury was still in force in the several departments in the Civil Service—namely, "that it was to be left to the superior officers to arrange the question of holidays the best way they could, with the understanding that leave of absence on Saturdays should be given to as many as possible in each department."