Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-30
PAYMENTS TO employees.
Instructions Issued to Disbursing Of
ficers by Controller Tracewell.

An important circular relating to the new
method of salary payments has been sent
to disbursing officers by the controller of
the treasury. The circular, which will be
of interest to every government employe,
is follows:
Section of the act making appropria-
items for sundry civil expenses of the gov
eminent for the fiscal year ending June 80
1905, and for other purposes, provides:
That the annual compensation of officers
agents and employees of the United States
for services rendered subsequent to June
80 1904 shall be divided into twelve equal
installments, one Of which shall be the pay
for each calendar month"; and in making
payments for a fractional part of month,
one thirtieth of one of such installments,
or of monthly compensation, shall be the
rate to be paid for each day.
For the purpose of computing such COM
pensation each and every month shall be
held to consist of thirty days, without re-
gard to the actual number of days In any
month, thus excluding the 31st day of any
month from the computation, and treating
February as if 1t actually had thirty days.
This act becomes operative relative to
payments for all services rendered after
July ], 1904, and applies only to annual
and monthly compensations; per diem COM
pensations will be paid as heretofore.
/ "In case of annual compensations one
twelfth of each said compensations will be
paid for each full calendar months service
rendered by the same person, without re-
gard to the actual number of days In said
month.
t'For the purposes of payment of annual
or monthly compensations where there Is
no break of service, the 31st day of any
month will be treated as dies non. Inc
last day of February will be counted as
three days and in leap year as two days
in making payments for fractional
part of a month, where service has been
performed therein by two or more persons
holding the same office or place, one-thir.
tieth of one months installment of annual
compensa ton, or of any monthly compen-
sa ton. shall be the rate paid for each day
sof service except for the 31st day of any
month"; for which nothing can be paid pro-
vided the full salary is taken up in making
payments for service accruing before the
31st.
''To illustrate: A person serving during
the whole of a thirty-one-day month will
receive the full monthly salary and no
more or the one-twelfth of annual
salary, and no more.
"a person serving during the whole of
February, twenty-eight-day month, shall
likewise receive the full monthly salary,
or the. one-twelfth of the annual salary.
"A person appointed on the 31st day of
month will receive no salary or compensa-
ton for said days service. If the full salary
has been earned by his predecessors.
"a person serving from the 1st to and in
Guiding the 18th day of February will re-
eeive the hfteen-thirtieths of months
ga larry.
"A person succeeding him on the 10th
day of February and holding until and sin
GLIDING the 2Sth day of February will re-
ceive thirteen-thirtieths OF a months sal
airy, and In leap year fourteen thirtieths, II
he serves on the GOTH