Evening star., 1897-01-05
THE CIVIL SERVICE
Two Important Measures to Be Considered
by the House Committee
Extension of the Rules to the Dis
trict Government and the Clerks'
Retirement Bill.

Next Friday the House committee on re-
form in the civil service will take up the
consideration Of the bill relating to the ex-
tension OF the civil service to the District
government. and the bill to create from
the salaries of clerks in the departments a
fund for the compulsory retirement Of such
employees.
Chairman Brosius of the committee said
today that 1t is the purpose of the COM
mittee to act at an early date upon a bill
creating retirement fund for clerks II
Is not known just what shape the legisla-
ton will take, as there are conflicting views
in the committee upon the subject, and
wide differences of opinion among mem
bers of the House generally. The bill
offered by Mr.. Tawney of Minnesota is now
before the committee, but it will not be
the only measure pending when next Fri
Gays meeting Is held. 1t is understood
that other bills will be introduced, and the
committee will then proceed to make up a
measure out OF all the measures pending.
The Tawney Bill.
The Tawney bill attracted wide attention
among the department employees at the last
session. The bill in full is as follows:
That there shall be withheld from the
salary of every employe. including those
already appointed and to be appointed, in
the executive departments of the classified
service and the general service, and whose
salary is fixed by law, per centum, or
less. out of his or her monthly pay, to be
deposited in the treasury of the United
states to the credit of the "ctvil service
retirement fund" as a special deposit fund
to be expended for the retirement of en-
pioyes OF the classified service in the ex-
ecutive departments above mentioned upon
the plan hereinafter recited.
Section 2. On and after July 1. 1900 the
employees of the above mentioned classified
departmental service shall be retired from
duty at salary equal to IS per centum of
the highest pay they have received at any
time while In the civil service: such retire
ment to be subject to the following condi-
tions
1. All those who have reached the age
OF fifty years and have been employed in
any OF the executive departments or the
general service for a period of twenty
years. and are totally disabled for the per
formance of their ordinary duties because
OF physical disability not the result of
request upon the pay as above named
Compulsory Retirement.
2. All those who have reached the age
of ffty-fve years and have been in any
of the executive departments or in the gen.
eral service for the period Of twenty five
years. and are totally disabled by a dis
AMY iio' Tie result Oh VICIOUS habits,
shall be compulsorily retired upon the pay
as above named
g. All those who have reached the age
OF sixty years and have been in any of the
executive departments or the general serv-
ice for a period of thirty years may, upon
their own request, be retired upon the pay
as above named.
4. All those who have reached the age
OF seventy years and have been in any of
the executive departments or IN The gen
eral service for period of thirty-five
years shall be compulsorily retired at the
pay above named.
Section 3. Any employe of the executive
departments or general service who shall
die or be discharged from his or her ros!-
ton In the civil service before becoming
eilg1ble to retirement under the provisions
above recited, shall have refunded to him
or her, or paid to his or her estate, the
amount Of pay withheld during his or her
term of office.