absence
from duty without pay, the same to be their formal application therefor.
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Captains will be notified of the number of days that each member not on extended leave of
absence must lay off during each month in order to keep the salary roll for such month
down to the amount allowed, and they shall arrange the lay-off of each man,
together with the vacation of three days per month that is allowed with pay, in such a
manner as to keep seven men on duty at all times in Engine Companies, Nine men in Truck
Companies and three men in Chemical Companies.
Members desiring an extended leave of absence in any month shall apply for the same at
least one week before the beginning of the month, otherwise they will be required to
furnish substitutes at their own expense.
Members who are laid off without pay in their regular turn can act as substitutes for other
members who may lay off out of their turn, and in such cases shall be paid by the members
whose places they take for the time they act as substitutes.
When substitutes are required, members of the Department who are laid off shall be given
the preference for work over substitutes who are not members.
The above orders will be in force on and after July 1, 1906, at 8 o'clock A.M.
By order,
P.H. Shaughnessy
Chief of Department
San Francisco,
June 26, 1906
To Battalion Chiefs and Acting-Battalion Chiefs,
San Francisco Fire Department.
In order that the provisions of Section 5 of Rule 16 of the Rules and Regulations of the
Department may be continued to be observed in Engine Companies wherein but seven
members will be on duty it will be required that the Engineers thereof be assigned by the
Captains to one of the two late watches, and you are hereby directed to see that his order is
put into effect by said Captains of your respective Companies on and after July 1st, 1906.
By order,
P.H. SHAUGHNESSY,
Chief of Department
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