Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-23
TO PENSION CLERKS
Senator Gallinger's Proposed Amend
ment to the Legislative Bill.
REFIRENEElS ARE PROVIDED FOR
A Fund TO Be Created by Retain
ing Two Per Cent Of Salaries.
9TH Err PROV 20 n S

Mr. Galinger gave notice in the Senate
today Of an amendment he proposes offer
ing TO the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill providing for the retir-
ing of government employees in the civil
service. The amendment provides:
That beginning with the 1st day of
July. 1900. . per centum of the salary of
every employee in the classified civil service
Of tie government shall be withheld and
shall be deducted from his or her monthly
pay. and shall be deposited in the treasury
of the United States to the credit of the
civil service retirement fund; and the
money so deposited 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 expended for the retirement of employees
in the classified Give service of the govern
ment and for certain expenses In connection
Herewith.
Section 2 That on and after the date
named the employees in the classified civil
s. rvice Of the government shall be retired
from duty hereinafter provided, and
when retired shall be entitled to receive
II cm the said civil service retirement fund
pension of $50 per month
Voluntary Retirement.
First. Every person in the classified
civil service who shall have been employed
in the civil service for a period Of twenty
years and who shall have become physically
or mentally disabled for the performance
of his or her ordinary official duty, may be
retired upon his or her application, or may
BE- compulsorfly retired. and when retired
shall be entitled to receive from the said
fund the retired payment herefnbefore pro-
vi1ed; Provided, That the said period of
twenty years shall be computed from the
original employment of such person in the
civil service of the government, whether as
classified or unclassified employe, and
may include service in one or more depart-
ments of the government; and periods OF
service at different times with an interval
during which such per<on was not in the
service, may De Computed together so as TO
ccnstituts total service of twenty years:
And provided further. That in cases Of
mental disability an application for retire.
Inent may be made by the next friend or
guardian Of any person who shall be de-
Clared non cOmpos mentiS-
Second. Every person In the classified
civil service who shall attain the age OF
sixty years and shall have been employed
in the civil service for period Of thirty
years may be retired upon his or her APP
plication, and when retired shall be en-
titled TO receive from the said fund the re-
tired payment hereinbefore provided: Pro-
vided. That the said period of thirty years
shall be computed in the same manner as
herein provided for computing the period
OF twenty years in the preceding para
graph.
Compulsory Retirements.
Third. Every person in the classified
civil service who shall attain the age Of
seventy years or shall have been employed
In the civil service thirty-fve years shall
be conpulsorily retired, and when retired
shall be entitled to receive from the said
fund the retired payment hereinbefore pro-
vided: Provided. That the said period Of
thirty-live years shall be computed in the
same manner herein provided for the
period of twenty years in the preceding
paragraph next but one.
Sec. 3 That the Secretary of the Treas
ury shall make all needful regulations for
carrying into effect the provisions of this
act and he Is hereby authorized to appoint
a chief of the retirement bureau, which
bureau is hereby established, at a compen-
sation Of $500 per annum. and also to
q, signate 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 COM
pensation Of 81. 2n0 per annum, the compen-
sati0n OF the said chief of bureau and that
of his assistants to be paid from the said
civil service retirement fund
And II shall be the duty Of the sarl chief
Of bureau and his assistants to keep full
and accurate records of all requirements
which shall De certified TO the Secretary of
the Treasury by the civil service commits
sion. and To keep full and accurate ac-
counts of all receipts and disbursements on
account OF the said civil service retirement
1uud with proper vouchers for all dis
btITsenents; and such accounts shall be
audited by the auditor for the Treasury De-
pertinent as the monetary accounts of the
government are audited by him; and the
said chief of the bureau OF retirement may
be designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury as disburSing agent in connec-
ton with the said fund.
Sec. + That all payments and disburse-
nents in connection with retirements IN
der the provisions Of this act shall be paid
from the said civil service retirement fund,
which shall may arise under the pro-
The government. or upon any government
funds, or upon any fund excepting the said
civil service retirement fund And II the
claims and demands upon the said fund
shall at any time exceed the funds appli-
cable thereto, such demands shall be de-
Cltred by the Secretary of the Treasury
10 bs demands failing for lack of funds.
and shall not be paid until the said fund
shah be augmented herein originally
provided
Refund of Money.
Sec. ), That any employee of the classi-
fed civil service who shall be discharged
from his or her position. or who shall die
before becoming eligible for retirement UNI
Ger the provisions Of this act or shall re-
s.Ea from the service, shall have refunded
10 MIN or her, or shall have paid to his OF
her estate, the amount of pay withheld
during his or her term Of office"