M. VAN BUREN.
[Footnote 81: Relating to purchases of Indian lands since the
establishment of the Federal Government.]
JULY 25, 1840.
The President of the United States, in pursuance of a resolution of
the Senate of the 20th instant, herewith transmits to the honorable
Secretary of the Senate a copy of the report of Captain M.C. Perry
in relation to the light-houses of England and France.
M. VAN BUREN.
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WASHINGTON CITY, _March 31, 1840_.
The President of the United States, finding that different rules prevail
at different places as well in respect to the hours of labor by persons
employed on the public works under the immediate authority of himself
and the Departments as also in relation to the different classes of
workmen, and believing that much inconvenience and dissatisfaction would
be removed by adopting a uniform course, hereby directs that all such
persons, whether laborers or mechanics, be required to work only the
number of hours prescribed by the ten-hour system.
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