Executive Order 10825

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• Publication Date: June 13, 1959
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Taken from Federal Register, Vol. 24, No. 116
Saturday, 13 June 1959
Executive Order No. 10825
Executive Order 10825
EXCUSING CERTAIN FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEES FROM DUTY ALL DAY ON
JULY 3, 1959
WHEflEAS the Fourth of July, the
anniversary of the signing of our Decla-
ration of Independence, is a day of deep-
est- significance to our Nation; and
WHEREAS it Is appropriate that we
pause from our labors to mark the be-
ginnings of our heritage of liberty and
freedom; and
WHEREAS the anniversary of our Na-
tion's birth this year falls on Saturday,
a non-workday for many, employees of
the Federal Government, it is appro-
priate that those employees who do not
regularly work on that day-be given an
alternate day in special observance of
this anniversary:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the
authority vested in me as President of
the United States, it is hereby ordered
as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) Except as provided in
section 2, employees of the several execu-
tive departments, independent establish-
ments, and other governmental agencies,
including the General Accounting Office,
the Government Printing Office, and the
field services of the respective depart-
ments, establishments, and agencies of
the Government, whose basic workweek
includes Friday, July 3,. 1959, and who
would ordinarily be excused from work
on a holiday falling within their basic
workweek, shall be excused from duty all
day on Friday, July 3, 1959, the day pre-
ceding the Fourth of July; but such day
shall not be considered a holiday within
the meaning of Executive Order No.
10358 of June 9, 1952, or,of any statutes
so far as they relate to the compensation
and 1e4ve of. employees of the United
states.
(b) Any employee of the several de
partzhtuts, establishments, and agencies
Mtntiozied, in subsection (a), whose
workday (as the term "workday" is de-
fin i see Q. 2(b) ofExecutive Order
No 10358 of June 9, 1952) covers portions
of two calendar days including Friday,
July 3, 1959, and who would ordinarily
be excused from work scheduled for the
hours of any calendar- day on which a
holiday falls, shall be excused from work
on his entire workday which coUU=ces
on July 2 or July 3, 1959, as may be cater- .
mined by the head of the department,
establishment, or agency conc;d, or
his designee.
SEC. '2. (a) This order shall -14t be
construed as excusing from duty (1)
those employees of the Department of,
State, the Department of Defense, or
other departments, establishment,, or
agencies who for national security or
other public reasons should, in the judg-
ment of the respective heads thereof; be
at their posts of duty on July 3, 195; or
(ii) those employees whose absence from
duty on July 3, 1959, would be inconsist-
ent with the provisions of existing law.
(b),, This order shall not apply to (1)
any employee who receives holiday or
premium pay or compensatory time in
lieu thereof, for work performed qn $at-
urday, July 4, 1959, or any part thereof,
or (ii) any employee whose basic Work-
week includes Saturday, July 4, #059, or
any part thereof and who is excused
from duty without loss of pay or leayg
on a workday which includes all _
'part
of that day:
SEc> 3. Any employee of the "s7!iral
departments, establishments, and agen-
cies mentioned in section 1 who,.wo l
ordinarily be excused from work- on a
holiday, but who (i) is not excuse from
duty all day on Friday, July 3, 11050, or
from duty on a workday which includes
portions of that day, or (ii) whose basic
workweek does not include July ..$, 1959,
or any portion thereof, shall be OxwUsed
from duty, without charge to leave pr
loss of pay, on one other workday`.in the
fiscal year 7.960, at such time as maybe
requested by the employee and ap-.
proved by the head of the department,
agency, or establishment concerned or
his designee.
SEC. 4. This order shall not Ue,con-
strued as providing a'basis for granting
holiday, premium, or overtime pay for
Friday, July 3, 1959, or any portion of
such day. Heads of the respective de-
partments, agencies, and
establishments are requested
bo arrange their affairs in a
manner which will permit them
to excuse employees from duty
on that day, or to grant
compensatory time in lieu
thereof, without the need for
additional appropriations.
DWIGHT D. EISENIIOWER
't'he White House,.
June 12, 1959.
(F? R. Doc. 59-4992; Filed,
June 12, 1959; 11:58 a.m.)
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