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 BRANCH OF GRAZING. 



Protection of Stock and Game 



Hereafter all correspondence and reports dealing with the enforcement of laws or 

 regulations for the protection of stock and game, including the extermination of preda- 

 tory wild animals, and with the appointment of Forest officers as Deputy Game 

 Wardens, will be handled in the Branch of Grazing. All reports made by Inspectors 

 should include these subjects in Section IV, Grazing, instead of in Section IX, Pro- 

 tection, Paragraphs 3 and 11, as hitherto. 



The Section of Boundaries in the Office of Lands will continue to act upon all mat- 

 ters relating to the creation of game preserves or to changes in their boundary lines, 

 but the Branch of Grazing will act upon all matters pertaining to their administration. 



BRANCH OF OPERATION. 



OFFICE OF ACCOUNTS. 



Temporary Employees in the Field 



The Civil Service Commission rules that the designation "Laborer," generally 

 applied to temporary employees, is not sufficient to enable the Commission properly 

 to classify such employees. " Hereafter all accounts for the services of temporary 

 employees must include a definite statement of the character of the labor performed, 

 how the services were applied, and the period of service, with dates of beginning 

 and termination. Such a loose statement as From Ma;/ 10 to 25, five days, at $2.00, 

 should not be given. The exact datee of service should be specified. 



Food Supplies 



Reimbursement for meals and lodging of officers in charge of stations and serving 

 at headquarters is unauthorized under Fiscal Regulation 16. When such officers 

 purchase food supplies, they should not fail to state on the sub voucher accompany- 

 ing Form 4, or on the face of Form A, the fact either that Food supplies were used'bi/ 

 me (or by regularly appointed subordinates, giving name or names) while absent from 

 headquarters on official business (giving dates), or that Food supplies were used exclu- 

 x/'/v/// by temporary employees, giving the number of employees and inclusive dates of 

 employment. This is in accordance with Fiscal Regulation 9 (e). 



Reimbursement Accounts 



The Comptroller of the Treasury has decided that reimbursement for advances of 

 private funds to meet other than purely personal expenses is contrary to law, and 

 that reimbursement accounts must not include expenses incurred by subordinates 

 or amounts paid to temporary employees for services, except in emergency cases. 



In view of this decision, subordinates will hereafter submit their own accounts for 

 reimbursement of their expenses incurred under proper authority. The account will 

 be initialed by the supervisor to indicate his approval, and will be forwarded by him 

 with Form 99. This applies equally to chiefs of parties and their subordinates 

 engaged upon investigative work. 



All charges for services of temporary laborers, for purchase of supplies ( in excess of 

 $10), or for rent of offices should be submitted on Form A vouchers. If the super- 

 visor is also a temporary disbursing agent he can, when authorized, pay temporary 

 employees on Form A, to obviate delay. But it* he is not a disbursing officer he 

 should not include such payment for* services in a reimbursement account, except 

 when immediate payment is demanded by the temporary employee, and then the 

 fact should be fully and clearly shown when the account is submitted for settlement. 



Forest officers submitting accounts for reimbursement on Form 4 are required to 

 certify that the payments have actually been made as stated. This statement would 

 obviously be false if reimbursement is claimed before payment is actually made. 

 Such falsification is covered by paragraph 11 of the Fiscal Regulations. 



