J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1181

cumulated up to thirty working days, which shall be available to such
employee for vacation 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 accumu-
lated 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.

Such annual vacation leave credits shall accrue to the employee
after his first six months of State service, on a prorata basis, and
shall be available to him for such purpose at any time thereafter,
with the approval of the head of the department. Sick leave credits
shall accrue from the beginning of the employee's State service, on a
prorata basis, and shall be available to him for such purpose as
earned, providing that whenever the employee must be absent from
work because of a death in his immediate family, such absence may
be charged against either earned annual vacation or earned sick
leave, at the option of the employee.

(b)    Forfeiture for dismissal for moral turpitude.—Whenever
any classified employee shall be dismissed from the classified service
for any cause involving moral turpitude, such employee shall forfeit
all unused vacation time and compensation for all unused vacation
leave. Whenever the services of any classified employee shall be
terminated within six (6) months from the date of his original ap-
pointment to the classified service, such employee shall not be en-
titled to any vacation leave or compensation for vacation leave.
Subject to the exceptions hereinbefore set forth, every classified
employee, upon the termination of his service as a classified em-
ployee, shall be entitled to receive a sum equivalent to one four-
teenth of his established biweekly amount of compensation at the
time his employment terminates, multiplied by the number of days
of his unused vacation leave.

(c)    Extended leaves may be granted.—The Commissioner may
by rule provide for granting 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
respective employment; and shall make such rules as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(d)    Compensation for extra service.—The head of any depart-
ment shall have authority to compensate at the regular rate of pay
any employee for any days of extra service rendered by reason of
any vacation or weekly leave which he may waive, beginning Janu-
ary 1, 1942, when funds are available for making such payments.

(e)    Extension of leaves because of incapacities.—In case any
employee who has been continuously in the State service for not
less than ten years shall suffer an illness or injury which would
result in his absence from duty for a period of time exceeding that
provided in subsection (a) with pay, such employee may, with the
approval of the head of the department or agency of the State in