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STATE
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE
BATON
ROUGE,
May 11, 2007
General Circular
No. 001693
To: Heads
of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors
Subject: Legal Holiday – National Memorial
Day
Issue Date: May 11, 2007
STATE OF
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
BATON ROUGE
PROCLAMATION
NO. 39 KBB 2007
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
WHEREAS, the people of
WHEREAS, National
Memorial Day provides an opportunity for remembrance of their patriotic
commitment to the democratic principles of freedom and equality;
WHEREAS, the last Monday
in May has been federally established as the day to celebrate National Memorial
Day; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 1:55(B)(2) directs that National Memorial
Day shall be annually proclaimed as a legal holiday and a day of rest in the
state of Louisiana;
NOW
THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, Governor of the state of
SECTION
1: National Memorial Day, Monday, May 28,
2007, is declared a legal holiday in the state of
SECTION
2: On National Memorial Day all state
buildings flying the flag of the United States of America shall display the
flag at half-staff until noon and shall thereafter raise the flag to the top of
the staff in accordance with guidelines of the United States Flag Code, 4
U.S.C. Sec. 1 and 36 U.S.C. Section 174, et seq.
SECTION 3: Insofar
as practicable, the appointing authorities and/or heads of all institutions,
offices and departments of the state (hereafter “appointing authority”) shall
permit the officers and employees under their control to observe National
Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2007, as a day of rest and remembrance. Nonetheless, an appointing authority shall
have discretion to require said officers or employees to work on the holiday
when, in the appointing authority’s judgment, it is required for the efficient
administration of a state facility, the operation of which is necessary and
indispensable to the citizens of this state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused
to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of
/S/Kathleen
Babineaux Blanco
GOVERNOR OF
ATTEST BY
THE GOVERNOR
/S/Al Ater____
SECRETARY OF STATE
Sincerely,
s/
Director