Evening star., 1897-01-07
CLERKS TO RETIRE
How a Fund is to Be Created in the
Departments.
TEXT OF THE MEASURE IN FULL
The House Committee on Reform
in the Civil Service.
MR.. SIUS' WORK
MR.. SICS' WORK

The proposition to create. out of the cur
rent salaries of employees, a retirement
fund for department. employees is taking
tangible form in the House committee on
reform in the civil service. The chairman
Of the committee, Mr.. Brosius of Pennsyl-
vania, has prepared bill which will be
considered at a meeting of the committee
tomorrow. A summary of the measure WAS
published in The Star day before yester-
day The bill in full is as follows:
That, beginning with the 1st day of July,
1897. per centum of the salary Of every
employe in the classified service of the gov
eminent shall be withheld and shall be de-
Quoted from his or her monthly pay, and
shall he deposited in the treasury of the
United States to the credit of the civil serv-
ice retirement fund; and the money SO de-
posted shall constitute a fund which shall
be known as the civil service retirement
fund, and which shall be held in trust by
the Secretary OF the Treasury, to be ex-
pended for the retirement of employees in
the classified civil service of the govern
nent and for certain expenses in connection
Herewith.
Sec. 2. That at stated periods to be fixed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, at least
once annually, the unexpended balance of
money to the credit of the said civil service
retirement fund, so much thereof as in
the judgment Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury Will not be required for the purposes of
this act during the ensuing period shall be
by MIN invested in interest-bearing bonds
OF the United States, which when so pur-
chased shall become assets belonging to the
said fund and the interest or which shall
be credited to the said fund as an incre-
ment thereof: Provided, That such bonds
may be sold whenever II shall become nee
essary In the opinion of the Secretary Of
the treasury to procure funds for the pur-
poses OF this act and the proceeds of sucn
Of
said fund and shall be available for all the
purposes of this act.
Sec. 3. That on and after July l. 1901 the
employees in the classified civil service of
the government shall be retired from duty
as hereafter provided, and, when SO retired
sfaH be entitled to receive from the said
ciVil-serv:ce retirement fund. in monthly
payments, an annual retired payment equal
10 20 per centum Of the highest pay re-
celved at any time while in the civil service
OF the government.
First Every person in the classified civil
service who shall have been employed I'm
the civil service for a period of twenty
years and who shall have become physical
~ or mentally disabled for the performance
OF his Or her ordinary official duty may be
retired upon his or her application or NAV
be compulsorily retired, and when retired
shaii be entitled to receive from the said
fund the retired payment hereinbefore pro-
vided: Provided That the said period of
twenty years shall be computed from the
orig1nal employment of such person in the
eNu service OF the government, whether as
classl1ed or unclassified employe and
may include service in one or more depart-
ments or the government, and periods of
service at different times. with an interval
curing which such person was not in the
service, may be computed together so as 10
constitute total service of twenty wears.
i And provided further That in cases of
n.entaI DISABILITY an applica ton for retire
ment may be made by the next friend or
guardian of any person who shall be de-
cIared non compos mentis
Second. Every person in the classified
clVlA service who shall attain the age of
sixty years and snail have been emnlovad
In the civil service for a period of thirty
years may be retired rpon his or her an
nncatlon m ana when retired shall be entitled
TO receive from the said fund the retired
payment hereinbefore provided: Provided
Ihat the said period of thirty wears shall
oe computed in the same manner as herein
provided Tor computing the period of TWEEN
ty years In the preceding paragraph.
Ihlrd- Every rerson in the classified
clNll service who shall attain the age of
seventy years and shall have been emnloy-
ed in the civil service tllrty-five wears sbal,
be compulsorly retired, and when retired
shall be entitled to receive from the said
luId the retired payment hereinbefore pro-
Vlded: Provided That the said period of
thirty-five years shall be computed In tho
same manner as herein provided for the
period of twenty years in the preceding
paragraph next but one.
Sec 4. That applications for voluntary
retirement under the provisions of this act
shall be made to the United States civyI
service commission by the employe seeking
such retirement, or by his next friend in
his behalf in cases of mental iisab
and applications for the compulsory retire
ment of any employe shall be made to the
United States civil service commission nv
the head of the executive department in or
under which such employe shall be en-
ployed. And the said the United States
civil service commission is hereby empow-
cred, and it shall be the duty of the said
commission to hear and determine all an
plications for voluntary and compulsory
retirement and to make suitable reRula-
tions for the filing of such applications and
for the keeping of full and accurate records
OF Its action thereon. And the. said United
States civil service commission shall certify
the retirement of each person retired by it
under the provisions of this act to the head
Of the executive department in or under
which such employe shall be employed and
shall also certify the same to the Secretary
of the Treasury as the trustee of the said
civil-servfce retirement fund; and such
certifcation shall entitle the person so re-
tired to receive from the said fund the re-
tired payment hereinbefore provided and
the Secretary Of the Treasury shall forth
with cause the name of every such person
to be placed upon the retirement roll of the
said fund, and shall make monthly paw
ments from the said fund to him or her
during the remainder Of his or her natural
life.
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury
shall make all needful regulations for car
and he is hereby authorized to designate
an employe of the classified civil service as j
chief of the retirement bureau, which bu-
reau is hereby established, at a compensa-
tion Of 81, 800 per annun, and also to desig-
nate from the classified civil service such
number Of clerks, not exceeding three, as
may be necessary In his judgment TO assist
the said chief of bureau, at a compensation
of 81 200 per annum, the compensation of !
the said chief of bureau and that of his
assistants to be paid from the said civil
service retirement fund. And it shall be
the duty of the said chief Of bureau and
his assistants to keep full and accura. .e
records of all retirements which shall ;;e
certified to the Secretary of II. Treasury
by the civil 81 rvice commission as hereinbe- |
fore provided; and to keep full and acc,- |
rate accounts of all receipts Investments,
reinvestments and disbursements on ac- |
count of the said civil-service retire. |
ment fund. with proper vouchers for |
all disbursements, and such accounts |
shall be audited by the auditor for the |
Treasury Department the monetary
accounts Of the government are audit |
ed by him. and the said chief of the bureau |
of retirement may be designated by the |
Secretary of the Treasury as a disbursino