1386 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 783

22. (a) From and after January 1, 1941, every classi-
fied employee shall receive as vacation in each calendar
year a leave of absence with pay for fifteen working days,
but any employee using less than the full vacation leave
allowable beginning January 1, 1942, shall be entitled to
have such unused leave accumulated up to thirty working
days, which shall be available to such employee for vaca-
tion leave at any time, with the approval of the head of the
department. In addition to such annual vacation leave,
any employee shall be entitled to sick leave with pay for
not in excess of thirty working days in any calendar year;
provided, however, that if any employee in any calendar
year uses less than the full amount of sick leave allowable,
such unused leave shall be accumulated up to one hundred
working days and shall be available to such employee for
sick leave at any time. Any employee using three or more
consecutive days sick leave in any thirty day period shall
present a certificate from a duly licensed physician before
receiving any pay for the period of such absence.

(b) The Commissioner may by rule provide for grant-
ing leaves of absence for longer periods with pay or with
part pay to employees who may be disabled either through
injury or illness as a result of, or arising from their re-
spective employment; and shall make such rules as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(e) The head of any department shall have authority
to compensate at the regular rate of pay any employee for
any days of extra service rendered by reason of any vaca-
tion or weekly leave which he may waive, beginning
January 1, 1942, when funds are available for making such
payments.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 783.
(Senate Bill 316)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 78B of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Racing