District. Headquarters. Territory included in district. Seventh... Post office, Chicago, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the coun ties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, Dupage, Ford, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, and Woodford in the State of Illinois. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the counties of Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Ef fingham, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Logan, McDonough, McLean, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Mason, Massac, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, St. Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Tazewell, Union, Vermillion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson in the State of Illinois. Louisiana and Texas. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- California, Nevada, Arizona, New The commission is represented in Alaska by the secretary, board of civil-service examiners, office of United States surveyor general, Juneau; in Hawaii, by the secretary, board of civil-service examiners, cus tomhouse, Honolulu; in Porto Rico, by the chairman, Porto Rican civil-service commission, San Juan; in the Canal Zone, by the secretary, board of civil-service examiners, Balboa Heights; in the Philippine Islands, by the director of civil service, Manila. POSITIONS NOT UNDER THE DISTRICT SYSTEM. 88. Temporary Field Appointments not Under District System.—Temporary appointments to positions in the field not under the district system may be made without prior authority of the Civil Service Commission as follows: (1) For a temporary period not exceeding 30 days from the receipt of a certification for regular appointment. (2) Appointments not exceeding 30 days for job service in which temporary job employments for periods not to exceed three months are permissible under specific general authority granted by the Civil Service Commission. (3) Extension for an additional period not to exceed three months of an original appointment made through certification or authorized by the commission for three months in the absence of eligibles. 89. Authority for Temporary Appointments and Extensions. The prior authority of the Civil Service Commission is required for the following: (1) Any temporary appointment which will exceed 30 days' duration. (2) The extension of any temporary appointment beyond a total period of six months. 90. Recommendations for Temporary Appointments. When field officials are authorized to recommend temporary appointments to positions not under the district system, such recommendations shall be forwarded direct to the chief of bureau. 91. Regular Appointments to be Filled from CivilService Certificates.-Regular appointments to positions not under the district system must be filled from certificates issued by the Civil Service Commission in Washington, upon requests prepared in the office of the appointment clerk. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. GENERAL. 92. Applications for Leave.—Applications for leave of absence shall be made upon printed forms applicable to all bureaus of the department. The application shall specify the beginning and ending of the period for which leave is desired. All previous absences of the applicant during the current calendar year will be indicated on the blank by the time clerk of the bureau. The application must bear the signature of the applicant, the recommendation of the official in charge of the division or office in which the applicant is serving, and the approval of the chief or chief clerk of the bureau. When the application for leave is on account of sickness for a period of two days or less, and is not accompanied by a certificate of an attending physician, the certificate on the back of the form must be executed by the applicant and sworn to before a notary public; if the application is for leave on account of sickness for a period exceeding two days, the certificate of the attending physician on the back of the form must be secured, in which case certificate of notary is not required. The form shall provide for approval by the chief clerk of the department for sick leave exceeding 15 days previously granted, or leave without pay. 93. Leave Confined to Current Calendar Year.Leave of absence is not cumulative. The unused leave of one calendar year may not be taken in a subsequent year. Leave may not be granted to be used in one year and charged to a subsequent year. 94. Leave of Absence not a Right but a Favor.Leave of absence may be granted in accordance with these regulations only when such leave can be taken without detriment to the service. Leave of absence is a privilege and not a legal right. 95. Leave Revocable.-Leave of absence may be revoked at any time and the employee required to return to duty without expense to the department should the exigencies of the service require such action. 96. Leave Which May Be Allowed on Separation from the Service. On separation from the department by resignation, transfer, or any other termination of appointment without prejudice, employees may, in meritorious cases, be granted accrued leave at the rate of 2 days for each month of service since the first of the calendar year for employees in the District of Columbia and 14 days for employees outside of the District of Columbia, except in such field offices as enjoy equal privileges under the law with employees in the District of Columbia. As a rule more than accrued leave will not be granted at the time of such separation, but the Secretary will consider a recommendation for the waiver of this limitation when the employee concerned has been in the executive civil service for three years or more, or when there are especially meritorious reasons why an exception should be made. Whether employees dismissed from the service for cause shall be allowed accrued leave is a matter to be determined by the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the chief of bureau concerned, according to the circumstances in each case. An employee dismissed from the service for cause may be required, in the discretion of the Secretary, to make refund from his salary for leave already taken in excess of accrued leave. 97. Sundays and Holidays. In the adjustment of leave records the following principles will be applied to Sundays or holidays for the whole or part of a day or both: (a) When such days occur at the beginning of a leave period, they will be counted as leave only when the period is without pay and the employee was not actually on duty immediately preceding the Sunday or holiday. (b) When such days occur within a period of leave they will be counted as leave unless the period is one of annual leave. (c) When such days occur at the conclusion of a leave period, they will be counted as leave only when the period is one of leave without pay. An employee on leave without pay can not be restored to a pay status prior to his actual return to duty. 98. State or Local Holidays.-At field headquarters where the permanent force consists of two or more employees, the supervising official may excuse such employees from duty on any State or local holiday which prevents the transaction of official business with the public if the condition of work is such that employees may be spared without detriment to the service otherwise. The additional time thus granted will not be counted in the annual leave of employees |