Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-01
THE TAWNEY BILL
Favorably Reported by a House
Subcommittee.
CLERKS TO Be RETIRED ON ANNUIfIES
Signal Service Clerks of the United
States Army Included.
RIB ATE WITH INTEREST

agreed upon the revised Tawney bill for
the retirement of government employees,
and will report 1t to the next meeting of
the full committee. The bill it has been
agreed upon by the subcommittee is as
follows:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America In Congress assembled, That be-
ginning on the lst day Of July, 1896, there
shall be withheld each month from the
salaries of all employees in the service Of
the government heretofore or hereafter ap-
pointed under and in pursuance OF an act
entitled An act to improve and regulate
the civil service of the United States,
approved January IL, 1888, or who now
holds his position in the public service
under the provisions of said act and whose
salary is fixed by law, except retired olii-
GERS and enlisted men OF the army or navy,
who are excluded from the provisions of
this act, three per centum or so much
thereof the Secretary of the Treasury
may on the lst day of July of each year
determine to be necessary for the purposes
herein specified; said sum so withheld to
be deposited in the treasury Of the United
States to the credit of the civil service
retirement fund as SPECIAL deposit, TO
be expended for the benefit of the employees
who shall be retired upon the plan and
under the provisions Of this act: Provided,
That on all moneys 50 withheld from the
salaries of such employees the government
Shall pay interest at the rate Of four per
ccntum per annum, payable sem-annually,
which interest shall be deposited to the
credit of the said civil service retirement
fund, and be expended in the same manner
and for the same purpose as herein speci-
fled for the expenditure of other moneys
in said fund.
Sec. =. That on and after The first day
of July, 1900, employees in the government
service who are subject to the provisions of
this act, shall be retired from such service
and paid annuity equal to 65 per CEN
tUm Of the average annual salary they
have received while in such service, pay
able monthly, provided tnat no retired em-
ploye shall receive more than 81 so per an
mum. Such retirement shall be made un-
der and subject to the following condi-
tons
First. All such employees who have
reached the age of fifty years and who
have been employed in the government ser
vice for period of twenty years and " no
disabled for the performance of their
ordinary duties because of any disability
not the result of their own vicious habits,
may he retired upon their own request and
shall be paid the annuity authorized by
this act
Second. That all those who have reach
ed the age of sixty years and who have
been employed in the government service
for a period of thirty years may, upon
their own request, be retired, and shall h
paid the annuity authorized by this act
Third. All those who have reached the
age OF nfty-nVe years and who have been
employed in the government service for
abled for the performance of their ordi-
nary duties because of any disability not
the result of their own vicious habits shall
be compulSorily retired, and shall De paid
the annuity authorized by this act
Fourth. All those " no have reached the
age OF seventy years ard who have been
employed in the government service for a
period of thirty years shall lie compuIsorily
retired and shall be paiG the annuity au-
thorized by this act: Provided, That in all
CASES where employees have heretofore vol
unfairly left the government service and
have been out of ouch service for a period
OF one year, or where they may hareafte
voluntarily leave such service for any time
and withdraw from the civil service retire
ment fund the amount to which they are
entitled III der the provisions of this act
and thereafter re-entered or re-enter said
service they shall not be entitled to the
benefit OF the time they may have served
prior to the time of leaving such service: ::
And provided further, That aby employe
who may have been or may hereafter be
removed f, ON the service through no de-
linquency or misconduct on his part, and
who was or shall be renstated ore year
after the date of such renewal shall be
deemed to have been in continuous service
provided he has not withdrawn from said
civil service retirement fund the amount to
which ne was entitled at the date of such
removal.
'"Sec. g. That from the annuity to be paid
to employees who are retired or who avail
themselves of the provisions of this act
prior to the 1st day of July 1906. there
shall be withheld the sum of 5 percentum
OF such a. nuity, said sums to be retained
in the civil service retirement fund and
paid out a.; other moneys in said fund are
authorized to ba expended.
Sec. 4. That the periods of employment
specified in section shall apply to such
employees in the several executive depart
ments who were formerly general service
clerks enlisted for service in the executive
departments, members Of the signal serv-
ice, United States amy lcounting the said
period f,om the date of their enlistment in
the signal servce), and who now. or
may hereafter become. employees in the
service of the government as herein pro-
vided: Provided, That such service In the
signal service and in the executive depart
n,ents shall have been continuous. And
provided further, That in fixing the an
nuity to be paid to the employees mentioned
in this section the salary received by them
while serving as such general service
clerks as members of the signal service
United States army, shall be excluded.
Sec. 5. That any employe who has con-
tributed to the civil service retirement fund
hereby authorized, and who shall die be-
fore retirement, shall have paid to his es-
tate the amount of salary withheld during
his term OF office and deposited in said
fund.- together with the accrued interest
thereon; and any employe who shall be
dismissed or who may resign at any time
within five years from the date of his ap-
rointment shall have paid to him the
amount of salary withheld and deposited in
said fund during his term of office: Pro-
vided. That in case any enploye before
retirement is deprived of employment by
| reason of any legislative enactment or be
eau Of failure of Congress to appropriate
money for the payment of his salary, or
whose dismissal is due to reduction of
the force in the government service the
amount withheld from the salary of such
employe and deposited with said civil re-
tirement fund, shall be paid to him from
said fund. together with the accrued In
terest thereon.
Sec. G. That every employe placed upon
the retired list under the provisions of this
act shall be paid monthly out of the civil
| service retirement fund by the Secretary
Of the Treasury and in accordance with
such rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe.
"Sec. I. That all applications for retire.
ment under this act shall be made in.writ-
| ing to the civil service commission, stating
all the facts upon which such application is
based, and all retirements, both compulsory
and voluntary, shall be made by said com
mission and certified to the Secretary Of the
Treasury under such rules and regula tions
as the said commission may prescribe.
Sec. s. That the amount withheld from
| the salary of employees and deposited in the
civil service retirement fund under this act
shall be exempt from execution or levy by
! attachment. garnishment or other process. !"