SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTIM N0, 
192
PARTIES: BROTHLRHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS,
 
FREIGHT HAID)LERS., EXPRESS AND STATION E1,1PLOY~
 
and
THE BALTIMORE ANT) OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
AWARD IN DOCKET N0. 
19
STATEMENT Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood that:
OF CLAIM:
(1) Carrier violated the National Vacation Agreement
as revised on August 
21, 1954s 
effective with January 1.,
1951s., copy 
of which is in the hands of your Honorable
Boards and
(2) That E. Saunders~ T, H. Poles and Dorothy E. Ballman
be compensated for a day's pay at the pro rata rate for
the holiday that was charged against them during their
vacation periods in 
1954.
The sole issue in this docket is whether or not the Carrier violated the
August 21,, 
19511 
Vacation Agreement in charging July 
51 1954 
(Independence Day) and
Monday September 
6s 1954 
(Labor nay) against vacation credits under the National
Vacation Agreement as amended by the August 
21~ 1954 
Agreement.
The employes contend that the retroactive feature of the August 
21., 1954
Agreement does not permit taking vacation credit for days which were not formerly
so considered when vacation had already been scheduled and granted in accordance
with the earlier vacation agreement. We see no merit in this contention since the
1954 
Vacation Agreement clearly provided for amending the December 
17p 1941 
Agreement in this respect effective January 1, 
1954. 
This same conclusion has been
reached in Awards of Special Boards of Adjustment and of the Third Division NRAB.
AWARD
Claims (1), (2) denied.
E. 
iro 
Hoffman
Employee Member
Dated at Baltimore, Maryland, this
18th day of Februarys 
1959.
 
J Robertson
RECCIIssJ. Robertson Chairman
/s/ To So Woods
  
To 5o Woods
 
Carrier Hember