The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-09
TEXT OF DAYLIGHT
SAVING LAW

An act to save daylight and to pro-
vide standard time for the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the I'm
tied States of American in Congress
assembled, That for the purpose of
establishing the standard time of the
United States, the territory of CONT
mental United States shall be divided
into five zones in the manneD herein
after provided. The standard time of
the first zone shall be based on the
mean astronomical time of the seven.
ty-fifth degree of longitude west from
Greenwich; that of the second zone
on the ninetieth degree; that of the
third zone on the one hundred and
fifth degree; that of the fourth zone
on the one hundred and twentieth de-
gree; and that of the fifth zone, which
shall include only Alaska, on the one
hundred and fiftieth degree. That the
limits of each zone shall be defined by
an order of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, having regard for the con-
venience of commerce and the exist
ing junction points and division points
Of common carriers engaged in COM
merce between the several States and
with foreign nations, and such order
may be modified from time to time.
Sec. 2. That within the respective
Zones created under the authority
hereof the standard time of the zone
shall govern the movement of all car
riers engaged in commerce between
the several States or between a State
and any of the Territories of the I'm
tied States, or between State or the
insular possessions of the United
States or any foreign country. In all
the statutes, orders, rules, and regu.
lations relating to the time Of per-
Torrance of any act by an officer or
department of the United States,
whether in the legis lative, executive,
or judicial branches of the Government
or relating to the time within which
any rights shall accrue or determine,
or within which any act shall or shall
not be performed by any person sub
ject to the jurisdiction of the United
States, it shall be understood and in
tended that the time shall be the
United States standard time of the
zone within which the act is to be
performed.
Sec. 3. That at o'clock anteme-
ridian of the last Sunday in March Of
each year the standard time Of each
zone shall be advanced one hour, and
at 2 o'clock antemeridian of the last
Sunday in October in each year the
standard time of each zone shall, by
the retarding of one hour, be returned
to the mean astronomical time of the
degree OF longitude governing said
zone, so that between the last Sunday
in March at 2 o'clock antemeridian
and the last Sunday in October at
2o'clock antemerdian in each year the
standard time in each zone shall be
enc hour in advance of the mean as
Economical time of the degree of Ion
gitude governing each zone, respect
lively.
Sec. 4.-That the standard time Of
the first zone shall be known and des.
ignated as United States standard
eastern time; that of the second zone
shall be known and designated as I'm
tied States standard central time; that
of the third zone shall be known and
designated as United States standard
mountain time; that Of the fourth
zone shall be known and designated
os United States standard Pacific time
and that of the fifth zone shall be
known and designated as United
States Alaska time.
Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Approved March 10, 1918.