SERVICE NOTES FOR JULY. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information to forest officers, and 

 will therefore be carefully read and kept on file for reference. 



OFFICE OF THE FORESTER. 



JULY 1, 1912. 

 Attendance at Meetings or Conventions 



GENERAL ORDER No. 155. 



Attention is invited to the following provision in the act approved June 26, 1912, 

 making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes: 



SEC. 8. No money appropriated by this or any other act shall be expended 

 for membership fees or dues of any officer or employee of the United States or 

 of the District of Columbia in any society or association or for expenses of attend- 

 ance of any person at any meeting or convention of members of any society or 

 association, unless such fees, dues, or expenses are authorized to be paid by 

 specific appropriations for such purposes or are provided for in express terms 

 in some general appropriation. 



Hereafter, in conformity with the foregoing provision, no officer or employee of 

 the Department of Agriculture attending any convention or meeting of an asso- 

 ciation of any kind will be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in connection there- 

 with. In case officers or employees desire to attend at their own expense society 

 or association conventions or meetings which have for their object the advance- 

 ment of sciences bearing directly upon the work of the Department of Agriculture 

 or objects otherwise related to the work of the department, permission must be 

 secured in advance from the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the chief of 

 the bureau involved. When such permission is granted by the Secretary the time 

 consumed by officers or employees in proceeding to such conventions or meetings, 

 in attendance thereon, and in returning to their official duties, will be charged to 

 annual leave, with or without pay, as the Secretary may direct. 



All previous orders in conflict with the above are hereby revoked. 



JAMES WILSON, Secretary. 



Delayed Publications: General Administration Section of National Forest Manual* 

 and Circular of Instructions for Building and Maintenance of Telephone Lines 

 The General Administration and Protection section of the National Forest Manua 1 

 and the circular entitled " Instructions for the Building and Maintenance of Tele- 

 phone Lines" are in the hands of the printer. The manuscripts were ready for pub - 

 lication in June, but owing to the lack of funds work upon them had to be delayed 

 until after July 1. It is now expected that these publications will be ready for 

 distribution before the end of July. 



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