referring by number and date, if with leave, to the dispatch granting it. Every such application must state specifically whether the applicant wishes to come to the United States. (Paragraph 470.) Leaves of absence are not cumulative. In case of leave not being asked or granted in any one calendar year, the term for which such leave might have been granted can not be added to the leave of a subsequent year. 470. Leave with permission to visit the United States. Leaves of absence are of two kinds-simple leave and leave with permission to visit the United States. Both classes of leave are subject to the statutory conditions explained above. (Paragraphs 465-467.) In case leave is asked and granted to return to the United States, the term for which it is granted is computed from the day of the arrival in the United States to the day of departure therefrom on the return of the officer to his post; but a reasonable time in addition is allowed for going to and returning from his place of residence, provided a visit to his residence is made, but not otherwise. The transit periods prescribed in paragraph 478 are maximum allowances to cover delay through sickness or other unavoidable cause. It is not contemplated that the whole time so allotted shall be ordinarily employed in the transit, nor is it permissible that an officer proceeding on leave to the United States in a shorter time than that given in the schedule, and returning to his post in the same way, can thereby accumulate or add time to the leave prescribed by the statute. 471. Simple leave does not give permission to return to the United States. The granting of a simple leave of absence does not give permission to return to the United States also. Should a consular officer desire to revisit the United States, he must ask express permission to do so, in order to entitle him to the benefit of the statutory allowance. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR VICE-CONSULAR OFFICERS AND SUBORDINATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. 472. Vice-consular officers.-When the chief consular officer is at his post and in charge of the office, he may grant leave of absence to his vice-consular officer, reporting the fact to the Department of State. When the vice-consul is in charge of the office, he should apply for leave in the same manner as the consul, and should give the name and authenticated signature of the person he desires shall be left in charge of the office during his absence. The vice-consul receives pay only while he is in charge of the office, and he can receive nothing when on leave. 473. Deputy consular officers and clerks.-Deputy consular officers and office clerks may be granted leave by the principal officer. 474. Consular agents.-Consular agents should apply for leave of absence to the principal officer, who will forward the application to the Department of State in the usual manner, with the name and authenticated signature of the person whom it is proposed to put temporarily in charge of the consular agency. In case of an emergency which compels the consular agent to leave his post before permission to do so can be obtained from the Department of State, the principal consular officer is authorized to grant the agent the requisite leave of absence, reporting the fact to the Department of State, and sending the name and authentic signature of the person placed temporarily in charge of the consular agency. 475. Consular clerks.-Consular clerks should apply for leave of absence to the Department of State, their applications being indorsed favorably or unfavorably by the chief consular office. at the post where they are serving. 476. Interpreters and marshals.-Interpreters and marshals should apply for leave of absence through the consular officer in charge of the post. There is no provision of law for appointment by the consular officer of a substitute to perform the duties of the absent interpreter or marshal and receive his salary. Bowler's 1st Comp. Dec., 168; 2 Comp. Dec., 455. MAXIMUM TIME OF TRANSIT. 477. Not to be exceeded. The Secretary of State is authorized to establish, determine, and make public the maximum amount of time actually necessary to make the transit between each consular post and the city of Washington, and vice versa, and from time to time revise his decision in this respect; and the allowance for time actually and necessarily occupied by each consular officer who may be entitled to such allowance shall in no case exceed that for the time thus established and determined, with the addition of the time usually occupied by the shortest and most direct mode of conveyance from Washington to the place of residence in the United States of such officer.-18 Stat. L., 70, sec. 4. 478. Maximum transit periods established. The following is established, determined, and made public as the maximum amount of time actually necessary to make the transit between each consular post in the countries named and the city of Washington, going or coming: Argentine Republic, forty-five days. Belgium, twenty days. Brazil, forty days. Chile, forty-five days. China (except Chung-King), fifty days. Chung-King, ninety days. Colombia: Barranquilla, sixteen days. Bogota, thirty-five days. Colon, sixteen days. Panama, sixteen days. Costa Rica, thirty days. St. Thomas, fifteen days. Ecuador, forty-five days. French possessions: Algeria, thirty days. Martinique, twenty-five days. Tunis, thirty days. St. Pierre, twenty days. Germany, twenty-five days. Great Britain and Ireland, twenty days. British possessions: Aden, forty days. Antigua, thirty days. Australia, fifty days. Barbados, twenty days. Bermuda, ten days. Bombay, sixty days. Calcutta, sixty days. Canada (except Gaspé Basin, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Victoria, and Winnipeg), three days. Cape Town, fifty-five days. Ceylon, fifty days. Demerara, forty days. Falkland Islands, seventy days. Fiji Islands, seventy days. Gaspé Basin, six days. Gibraltar, twenty-five days. Hongkong, fifty days Kingston, Jamaica, twenty days. Malta, thirty days. Mauritius, ninety days. Nassau, fifteen days. New Brunswick, six days. Great Britain and Ireland-Continued. Prince Edward Island, six days. Turks Island, twenty days. Winnipeg, fifteen days. Greece, thirty-five days. Guatemala, thirty days. Haiti, fifteen days. Hawaiian Islands, thirty-five days. Honduras, thirty days. Italy, thirty days. Japan, forty days. Kongo State, fifty days. Korea, sixty days. Liberia, forty days. Madagascar, seventy days. Maskat, sixty days. Mexico: Acapulco, twenty-five days. Durango, fifteen days. Guaymas, twenty-five days. Matamoros, twelve days. Merida, twenty days. Mexico City, eighteen days. Nuevo Laredo, twelve days. Netherlands, twenty days. Batavia, Java, sixty days. Nicaragua, thirty days. Persia, sixty-five days. |