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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 7 — Education of Indians

§ 275. Leaves of absence to employees

Statutory text

On and after 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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 62–388 § 1 · 37 Stat. 518

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 275

    Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519

  2. Pub. L. 85–89 · 71 Stat. 282

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 275

    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”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    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”.

0 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1922–1957 · 3 rounds

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 , made section applicable to physicians of the Indian Service.

1922

Act , increased educational leave allowance from 15 to 30 days.

Executive Documents

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, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1912–1957 · 4 acts
  1. 1912Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519
  2. 1922Aug. 24, 1922, ch. 286, 42 Stat. 829
  3. 1928May 8, 1928, ch. 510, 45 Stat. 493
  4. 1957Pub. L. 85–89, , 71 Stat. 282.
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(Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 388, § 1, 37 Stat. 519; Aug. 24, 1922, ch. 286, 42 Stat. 829; May 8, 1928, ch. 510, 45 Stat. 493; Pub. L. 85–89, , 71 Stat. 282.)

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