Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1919-03-31
TEXT OF DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW

Fred Harrison we gre enabled to puD- fish below the full text of the Day. light Saving Act adopted by Congress
 last year. Although adopted as war measure, the receipt of instructions
 Saturday by the local signal Corps to
 the act, indicates that the law has not
 been repealed and is. therefore. in full force and effect.
 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 Uni ted States of America in Congress as- sembled. That, for the purpose of es- tablishing. the standard time of the United States, the territory of contin- ental United States shal be divided into five zones in the manner hereinafter provided. The standard time of the first zone shall be based on the mean astronomical time of the seventy fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwhich; that of the second zone on the ninetieth degree; that of the third zone one 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 of commerce and the ex- isting junction points and division commerce between the several States and with foreign nations, and such or- der may be modified from time to time.
 Sec. ,. That within the respective zones created under the authority hereof the standard time of the zone shall govern the movement of all com- mon carriers engaged in commerce be- tween the several States or between a State and any of the Territories of the United States, or between q State or the Territory of Alaska and any of the insular possessions of the United States or any foreign country. In all statutes, orders, rules, and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of the United States. whether in the legislative, executive, or judicial bran ches 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 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be the United States which the act is to be performed.
 Sec. 3. That at o'clock antemer- idian of the last Sunday in March or each year the standard time of each zone shall be advanced one hour, and at 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 October at o'clock antemeridian in each year the standard time in each zone shall be one hour in advance of the mean astronomical time of the de- gree of longitude governing each zone, respectively. ..
 Sec. f. That the standard time of
 the first zone shall be known and de- signated as United States standard eastern time; that of the second zone
 shall be known and designated as
 United States standard central time:
 that of the third zone shall be known and designated as United tSates stan- dard mountain time; that of the fourth zone shall be known and des- ignated as United States standard Pa- cific time; and that of the fifth zone shall be known and designated as Un- Iited States standard Alaska time. Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.