STATE OF LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

 

General Circular No. 001567

 

To:                   Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

 

Subject:            Legal Holiday – National Memorial Day

 

Issue Date:       May 3, 2004

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA

 

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

 

BATON ROUGE

 

PROCLAMATION NO. 12 KBB 2004

 

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Legal Holiday – National Memorial Day

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WHEREAS,               the last Monday in May has been federally established as the day to celebrate 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 Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:

 

SECTION 1:              National Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2004, is declared a legal holiday in the state of Louisiana and shall be observed as a day of rest.

 

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, 36 U.S.C. Section 170, 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 31, 2004, as a day of rest.  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 Baton Rouge, on this 22^nd day of April, 2004.

 

 

s/Kathleen Babineaux Blanco               

GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA

ATTEST BY

THE GOVERNOR

 

s/Fox McKeithen                     

SECRETARY OF STATE

 

Sincerely,

 

 

s/Allen H. Reynolds

Director