Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-14
|lq PENSION LIST.
,, aet,sFlT OF ALL CIVIL sERv- ICE EMPLOYEES.

|al BENEFIT oF AL CIVIL eEHV-
 ICE EMPLOYEES.
 .am to Be Inaugurated-How .,,.ctions Have Been Met and Put " s,,.orted by the Different Heads srtmsnts.
 com,s civil service employees ',af the country will be greatly ,itb a measure soon to be re- <, inc house committee on re- < .so civil service. It looks to the of q great civil pension system. & 'amittee has lately been giving l.',tiop to the question of provid- .;rod list for superannuated em- B Y, and has about agreed upon a ! which, it is believed, will over ss ~ nrinoipa1 objections which v s.ofore been raised against this ||,,slief for government employees. niuor details are yet to be per ir snt all the general features have reed upon. ,suaral scheme contemplates the of fund to be deducted from .,as of the clerks, from which | <'.. will be made to civil service l,ss who become unfit for further Recognizing the objection to a X ist which will mean a drain sa United States treasury, the nd has endeavored to so formu- 'msnre as to make it evident that Al be no additional expense upon ,ral government. It is estimated svessment of 3 per cent on the [hriss received by each employee |k,te q fund sufficiently large to 2 the demands that may be made I bv retirements under the pro- E.
 h experiment. it was first pro- 0nfne the proposed law to em- in the government departments ADaton. but the civil service auon took hold of the matter. and st it is now deemed practicable smmittee to apply it to the en-
 service throughout the eoun- sbursing clerks will be required
 from the salary of each em- s5per cent of the amount that |iue to him each month. In order
 good nucleus to start with 1t ad that these assessments shall
 i0ce. but that there shall be no |stS before 1900. With this fund
 and subsequent assessments 1t Id the entire expense of tho re- M for many years to come will A without any probability of Id States treasury being drawn forms of retirement will be
 for. There will be disability
 t, voluntary retirement after
 seryiee, and compulsory retire
 Q years of age. Those retiring Ill be allowed to draw three Eli M,.i6 4 the pay they received while ;ervice. The rates for volun-
 disability retirements have not ]. determined upon.
 the protests of those em- iii ho do not expect to remain saleg!EIly in the civil service or may n;danIgiyings as to their tenure of |h proposed to allow each person 5f5 lave the service for any cause |af9 scome eligible for retirement th' from the government the
 Aat has been actually deducted < salary, with 4 per cent inter
 emuch as the government will K se of the money received by
 ihly assessments, it is argued
 an we'll afford to pay interest
 peeially as the amount so re-
 be used to pay the current 515 the government, thus avoid 4 aessity of paying interest on
 posed measure has the support '3s ds of the respective depart
 civil service commission and
 les of civil service reform
 the country. One of the guments used toconvert those Ngho have been reluctant to
 reduction of their salaries is l sessment will be only 1 per
 than they were formerly re-
 ay in the shape of political
 This, in addition to the to pay back with interest to may leave the service before eligible for retirement the
 aich they have been assessed. sd practically the entire civil
 to the proposition, and pe-
 pe thousands for the adoption sn have been pouring in on
 Sion and the civil service { ',| q Congress. Chicago Times
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