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COPY X-6834 S.471 (Public Ho. 783, 71st Congress) SEV2HTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA At the Third Session, Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the f i r s t day of December, one thousand nine hundred and t h i r t y . M ACT Providing for Saturday half holidays for certain Government employees. Be i t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and a f t e r the e f f e c t i v e date of t h i s Act four hoursj exclusive of time for luncheon, shall constitute a day's work on Saturdays throughout the year, with pay or earnings for the day the same as on other days when f u l l time i s worked, for a l l c i v i l employees of the Federal Government and the D i s t r i c t of Columbia, exclusive of employees of the Postal Service, employees of the Panama Canal on the Isthmus, and employees of the Interior Department i n the f i e l d , whether on the hourly, per diem,' per annum, piecework, or other b a s i s : Provided, That i n a l l cases where for special public reasons, to be determined by the head of the department or establishment having supervision or control of such employees, the services of such employees can not be spared, such employees shall be e n t i t l e d to an equal shortening of the workday on some other day: Provided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not deprive employees of any leave or holidays with pay to which they may now be e n t i t l e d under e x i s t i n g laws. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH Speaker of the House of Representatives GEORGE H. MOSES President of the Senate, Pro tempore Approved March 3, 1931 HERBERT HOOVER
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