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  4962		OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC	    25 May 1923
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	O F F I C I A L   P A R T
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ACT relating to the amendment of the legal time set by the Act of March 9, 1911.

  The Senate and the Chamber of deputies have adopted,
  The President of the Republic promulgates the law with the following content:

  Art. 1. — Legal time, established by the law of March 9, 1911, shall
be advanced each year, subject to the terms and conditions set out in
Articles 2, 3, and 4, by sixty minutes, from the last Saturday in March
at 11:00 p.m. to the first Saturday in October at 12:00 p.m.
However, in the event of an agreement with neighboring allied nations,
the Government may postpone the first date to the third Saturday in
April and the second to the third Saturday in September.

  Art. 2. — The Minister of Public Works shall make, on public interest
networks, any changes to the schedules of early and late-day trains,
workers' trains, and food trains, made necessary by the time change and
compatible with general railway service. It shall also make the
necessary changes to the opening and closing hours of low-speed train
stations.

  Art. 3. — In municipalities that so request, prefects shall set the
opening and closing hours of schools in such a way as to take into
account local customs and the interests of rural populations.

  Art. 4. — Prefects shall set the opening and closing hours of fairs
and markets, municipal halls and public markets, as well as the
timetables of local railways and bus services, in such a way as to
ensure the supply of these fairs and markets, as well as the shipment of
the products sold, taking into account the needs of rural life.

  This law, deliberated and adopted by the Senate and the Chamber of
Deputies, shall be executed as a law of the State.
  Done at Paris, May 24, 1923.
						A. MILLERAND.
			By the President of the Republic:

The President of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
						R. POINCARÉ.
The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice,
						MAURICE COLRAT.
The Minister of the Interior,
						MAURICE MAUNOURY.
The Minister of Labor,
						ALBERT PEYRONNET.
The Minister of Public Education and Fine Arts,
						LÉON BÉRARD.
The Minister of Hygiene, Social Welfare and Social Security,
						PAUL STRAUSS.
The Minister of Public Works,
						YVES LE TROQUER.
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