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 116 2 Uniform administra- tion. March 14,1936. [H. R. 8459. [Public, No. 472 .] Sick leave to Govern- m ent e mplo yees. Exceptions. Cum ul ati ve provi- sion ; maximum. Temporary employ- ees. Proviso. Cert ific ates to be f ur- nished. Ad van ce beyond ac- crued leave permitted. Post Omce Depart- ment not affected ; ex- ceptions. Service ou tsi de con- tinental limits. Federal, etc ., corpo- rations. Uniform administra- tion . 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. 11. CHS. 140, 141 . MARCH 14, 1936. SEC. 7. The leave of absence herein provided for shall be admin- istered under such regulations as the President may prescribe, so as to obtain, so far as practicable, uniformity in the application of this Act. Approved, March 14, 1936. [CHAPTER 141 .] AN ACT To standardize sick leave and extend it to all civilian employees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representativies o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That a fter J anu- ary 1, 1936, except as provided in section 4 hereof, all civilian offi- cers and employees of the United States wherever stationed and of the government of the District of Columbia, other than teachers and librarians of the public schools of the District of Columbia and officers and members but not the civilian personnel of the police and fire departments of the District of Columbia and other than officers and employees of the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad on the Isthmus of Panama, shall be entitled to sick leave with pay regardless of their tenure, as described herein. SEc. 2. On and after January 1, 1936, cumulative sick leave with pay, at the rate of one and one-quarter days per month, shall be granted to all civilian officers and employees, the total accumula- tion not to exceed ninety days. Temporary employees, except tem- porary employees engaged on construction work at hourly rates, shall be entitled to one and one-quarter days sick leave for each month of service : Provided, That all such employees shall furnish certificates satisfactory to the head of the appropriate department or independent establishment. SEc. 3. Administrative officers may advance thirty days sick leave with pay beyond accrued sick leave in cases of serious disability or ailments and when required by the exigencies of the situation. SEC. 4. Nothi ng in this Act shall a ffect the P ostmaster G eneral and officers and employees in or under the Post Office Department except tho se ser ving i n the departm ental servic e and in the Mail E quip- ment Shops of such Department. SEC. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the con- tinuance of any existing leave differential now obtaining for the ben efit o f empl oyees of the Federa l Gove rnment statio ned ou tside the continental limits of the United States. SEC. 6. The employees of any corporation created under authority of an Act of Congress which is either wholly controlled or wholly owned by the United States Government, whether or not the employees thereof are paid from funds appropriated by Congress, s hall be inc luded with in the prov isions of t his Act. SEc. 7. The leave of absence herein provided for shall be admin- istered under such regulations as the President may prescribe, so as t o obtain, s o far as pr acticable, uniformity in the app lication of this Act. Approved, March 14, 1936.