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LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 

 LEAVE WITH PAY. - 



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REG. 77. Leave with pay not to exceed fifteen days in 

 one calendar year may be allowed to all officers of the . 

 Forest Service on an annual rate of compensation and per- 

 manently stationed outside the District of Columbia. La- f j 

 borers serving on a daily or monthly rate can not be given 

 leave with pay. (Appendix, p. 164.) 



Officers whose service is continuous may receive the full fifteen 

 days' leave of absence at any time during the year, provided it is 

 still due them and they have been in the service twelve months. 

 At any time during their first twelve months' employment they 

 are entitled only to the leave which has accrued, at the rate of one 

 and one-fourth days a month. 



Officers whose service is periodical, including forest guards and 

 rangers employed only during the summer, are entitled at any 

 time only to leave which has accrued during their service in the 

 current year. 



Sundays and legal holidays are not charged against leave when 

 included in the period of absence from duty. Thus, but two 

 days' leave is required to cover Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. 



When it will not be detrimental to the interests of their re- 

 serves, supervisors may grant their subordinates leave under the 

 above regulations, in every case attaching a report thereof upon 

 Form 647 to the pay voucher of the officer for the month in 

 which the leave is taken. No subordinate officer may take leave 

 without permission from the supervisor. No supervisor may take 

 leave without instructions from the Forester. 



SICK LEAVE. 



REG. 78. Fifteen days' sick leave with pay may be 

 granted to forest officers appointed by the Secretary if 

 they are ill and unable to perform their official duties. 



Sick leave may be granted by the supervisor at any time during 

 the year, but not to exceed a total of fifteen days in any one cal- 



