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THE GYPSY MOTH. 



General Rules. 



1. No person will be employed or retained who is known to 

 use intoxicating liquors as a beverage. 



2. Smoking is strictly prohibited during hours of labor. 



3. Courteous and considerate conduct is required of all agents 

 and employees of this Board. 



4. All agents and employees (unless otherwise ordered by the 

 director) must wear at all times during working hours the uniform 

 caps and badges issued by the quartermaster. 



5. Employees must provide themselves with the uniform pre- 

 scribed by the State Board of Agriculture and said uniform must 

 be worn during working hours. 



6. No employee shall sign the pay-roll for another unless he 

 has a written order from the person for whom he signs. Said 

 order must be made out on one of the blanks furnished by the 

 Board and must be sent with the pay-roll to the director's office. 



7. Superintendents and inspectors are empowered to recom- 

 mend men for employment, promotion or discharge. Delinquents 

 should be sent with a sealed note of explanation to the office. 



8. If an employee is unsatisfactory in any way, the inspector 

 or other officer immediately in authority over him should inform 

 him at once of the fact and note it on the report of that day. 



9. If men are delayed in getting to work by the lateness or 

 negligence of an inspector or a teamster, or if any inspector shall 

 order or allow his men to cease work before the regular hour, said 

 inspector or teamster will have the hours lost by himself and the 

 men deducted from his time, and superintendents shall report the 

 facts of the case. 



10. Employees before signing receipts for tools should assure 

 themselves that the numbers on the tools and receipts agree. 



11. If a transfer of tools from one employee to another is made 

 in the field, the tools will remain charged to the man who took 

 them from the storehouse, unless a record of such transfer is taken 

 in or mailed to the office within twenty-four hours of the time of 

 such transfer. Unless such notice is received, the employee to 

 whom the tools were originally charged will be held responsible 

 for them. 



12. Inspectors may use time cards, when necessary, as a 

 medium for ordering tools. 



13. Drivers and owners of wagons are responsible fou tools 

 committed to their charge. 



14. An employee leaving the service of this Board must at 

 once return to the quartermaster all property of the Commonwealth 



