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[CITE: 25USC275]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                     CHAPTER 7--EDUCATION OF INDIANS
 
Sec. 275. Leaves of absence to employees

    On and after August 24, 1912 teachers in schools operated by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs may be allowed, in addition to annual leave, 
educational leave not to exceed thirty workdays per calendar year, or 
sixty workdays in every alternate year, for attendance at educational 
gatherings, conventions, institutions, or training schools, if the 
interest of the Government requires, under such regulations as the 
Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; and no additional salary or 
expense on account of such leave of absence shall be incurred.

(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 519; Aug. 24, 1922, ch. 286, 
42 Stat. 829; May 8, 1928, ch. 510, 45 Stat. 493; Pub. L. 85-89, July 
10, 1957, 71 Stat. 282.)


                               Amendments

    1957--Pub. L. 85-89 substituted ``Teachers in schools operated by 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs'' for ``Teachers of the Indian schools and 
physicians of the Indian Service''.
    1928--Act May 8, 1928, made section applicable to physicians of the 
Indian Service.
    1922--Act Aug. 24, 1922, increased educational leave allowance from 
15 to 30 days.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
