Evening star., 1898-05-28
LEAVES OF Absence.


W.
Department.
The Treasury Department has issued
rules regarding leaves of absence. which
provide that hereafter leaves of absence
will be granted to onleers. clerks and en-
ployes In the service OF that department.
during any calendar year. as follows:
At any time during the months Of Janu-
ary, February, March. April. May and
June. for any number Of days which does
not exceed. at.-the rate OF two and a half
days per month. the humber OF days ac-
crued and unused ct the date of request
for leave. "a ~
At any time aftef' July i, In any cal
endar year, the fuH Thirty days may be
granted. or such bSftiRh as may be yet
In special cases. 2hefe the applisa ton
for leave is accoppaaisd by a written
statement by the head an office. giving
good and sufficient fea3Spns a3pn therefor. the
vided, that In no case shall principal off,
GERS recommend or alloy leave OF absence
when to grant it viii eai5se embarrassment
to the conduct of the. .pHblic service.
sde there must on Of saeh anp
cation the amount Of tine charged against
the applicant for Stiffness or other causes
prior to date Of appIiea1ion. -. ., y.
oaes nsaps and ants gate the ssta heads Of
ID
the case may be, shall bal Keep a daily, record
ssssS a rs fsft oslsrfs IA sapieass q Seas
under Their official chiArse, ahd, forward to
month a cohsolidafed report showing the
absence. or presence daily, OF each officer,
clerk or eYnofoye. ~ -.
When desired and practicable, a medical
officer Of the marine hospital service will
be directed to Investigate and report to the
department In any case of sickness SO re-
corded.
Record must be made of all absence for
fractional parts Of a day. and when such
fractional parts aggregate a day, a days
absence must be charged and. reported On
the time reports. . ~
In continuous absence which exceeds
three days, the Sundays, If any. interven-
Ing must be charged and reported on the
time reports.
Employees must report to their respective
offices not later than O'clock pm. the
fact that they were unabia to report for
duty, on account of sickness or otherwise
on such days as they may be absent
Attention is called to the following
change, made by act approved March Is,
1898. IN the law Regulating annual leave Of
absence. and which Will be applied to all
branches of service Under the control CT
the Treasury Department, to wit:
That the head of any department may
grant thirty days annual leave. with pay.
in any one year to each clerk or einploye
And provided further. That where some
member of the immediate family of a clerk
or employe Is afflicted with a contagious
disease and Ieauires the care and attend
ance Of such empioye. or where his or her
presence In the department would leopard
tze the health of fellow clerks. and in ex-
eeptional and meritorious cases. where a
clerk or employe is personally Ill, and
where to limit the annual leave to thirty
days In any one calendar year would work
peculiar hardship. 1t may he extended. in
tne discretion Of the head of the depart
ment, with pay, not exceeding thirty days
In any one case or In any one calendar
year.
This section shall not be construed to
mean that so long as clerk or employe is
borne upon the .polls of the department in
excess OF the time herein pr3Yid ID for or
granted that he or she shall be entitled to
Fay during the period OF such excessive
absence. but that the pay shall stop upon
the expiration of the granted leave.
It will be observed that the annual leave
OF thirty days can only be extended ''in
the discretion Of the head of the depart.
ment. with pay. not exceeding thirty days
IN any one ease or in any ,ene calendar
year."