16. Nothing in these rules and regulations shall prevent the
reappointment at discretion of the incumbents of any office the term of
which is fixed by law, and when such reappointment is made no vacancy
within the meaning of the rules shall be deemed to have occurred.
17. Appointments to all positions in the civil service not included in
the subjoined classification, nor otherwise specially provided for by
the rules and regulations, may, until otherwise ordered, be excepted
from the operation of the rules.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., May 27, 1872_.
SIR:[68] The President directs me to say that the several Departments of
the Government will be closed on the 30th instant, in order to enable
the employees of the Government to participate, in connection with the
Grand Army of the Republic, in the decoration of the graves of the
soldiers who fell during the rebellion.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
HORACE PORTER, _Secretary_.
[Footnote 68: Addressed to the heads of the Executive Departments, etc.]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, _Washington, October 11, 1872_.
The undersigned is charged by the President with the painful duty of
announcing to the people of the United States the death of an
illustrious citizen.
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