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pack outfits, etc., be furnished reserve officers. The cost of any 

 reserve equipment that can not satisfactorily be accounted for 

 will be deducted from the salary of the officer to whom charged. 



SUPERVISORS' ACCOUNTS. 

 SALARY VOUCHERS. 



(1) After July 1, 1906, all accounts on Form 3, Form 4, or 

 Form A will not be submitted in duplicate. All salary vouchers 

 of forest supervisors, rangers, and guards must be prepared, signed, 

 and certified upon Form 3. Supervisors will not certify their own 

 salary vouchers, since they are certified in Washington. They 

 will certify their subordinates' salary vouchers when the number 

 of days for which payment is claimed is correct. When the num- 

 ber of days' service claimed is not correct, they will forward the 

 salary vouchers uncertified and accompanied by a statement on 

 Form 647 of the days for which salary is not due and the reason 

 for its disallowance. 



(2) The Fiscal Regulations of the Department of Agriculture 

 provide that if pay be at an annual or monthly rate, Sundays and 

 legal holidays (January 1, February 22, May 30, July 4, the first 

 Monday of September, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25) 

 will be included in the period of service. In accordance with 

 this regulation, no deductions in the pay of forest rangers or other 

 officers of the Forest Service (on a monthly or annual rate of com- 

 pensation) will be made merely on the ground that no work was 

 performed on these days. If the best interests of the reserve will 

 not surfer from the absence of a forest ranger from his district on 

 any particular Sunday or holiday, he may be permitted to ornit 

 his regular duties or leave the reserve for that day if he so desires, 

 and his pay vouchers may be certified without deduction. On the 

 other hand, if the best interests of the reserve demand that he be 

 in his district and on active duty on any particular Sunday or 

 holiday, and if he refuses to work or leaves his district under 

 these circumstances, certification should be withheld. 



After the words "For service rendered as," only the title of the 

 forest officer, such as ranger or supervisor, should be inserted. 



