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House Committee FavorS
Civil Service Adjustment
of Commission.
WILL HOLD POWER
TO FIX SALARIES
Desires Estimates From Heads of
Departments on Cost of Paying
Government Clerks.

priations intends to adopt the recon-
mendations OF the Keep Commission,
f2r regarding AID reclassifying the civil
service employees of the Government,
but reserves the right TO pay these vari-
Gus grades. according to its own opin-
ions, instead Of at the dictation OF the
Keep Commission, developed today.
Representative GiHett OF Massachu-
setts, reported to the House late yester-
day afternoon from the Committee on
Appropriations a concurrent resolution
asking the heads OF departments 10
transmit, with their estimates 10 Con-
gress for the fiscal year 1870 additional
estimates Of what they think should be
paid the various grades that have been
defined and lad down by the Keep Com
mission
Mr.. GfIlett hopes to have the concur
rent resolution adopted hys the House
this afternoon, and 10 have tt so
through the Senate Monday. II this IS
done, the heads Of departments, la get
ting IN their estimates this summer for
transmission TO Congress next fan, viii
send estimates Of what IL would cost to
pay the new grades and classes, accord
lag to their ideas Of what should 90 TO
each grade in salary. Next fall the
committee viii investigate the situa-
ton thoroughly, and determine what
salary should go 10 each class and each
grade,
To Decide Pay.
In this way, the committee tentatively
accepts the regarding OF the clerks,
while making the reservation that It
viii have the right 10 give TO these
grades the salaries Il thinks just. The
committee differs from the Keep Com
mission in some of the salaries recon-
mended for the new grades.
The case Of the money counters IN the
Treasury Is an example OF this dit-
ference Of opinion The Keep Comnlis-
sion has recommended that the count
ers be put down 20 $50 The committee,
on the other hand, believes that this
class OF workers should be paid well.
The counters are responsible for Sll the
money they handle, and their @ork is
labOriOus and mouotonous. They work
constantly, being under the strain OF
having TO count a certain amount each
day. The committee thinks. therefore,
that il would be an injustice 20 pay
them less than clerks, who do not do
such responsible work. and do not have
TO labor under such a strain.
II is for reasons OF this sort that the
committee has reserved the right to fix
the salaries as il deems just and eQuit
able.
The Glasses Adopted.
The grades and classes adopted are as
follows.
Senior clerks. Employees who are as
signed to work largely supervisory, or
requiring the highest order OF clerical
ability, involving much original thought,
consideration. and investigation. Grades
a. B. c. ID and +.
Clerks: Employees who are assigned TO
work more or les routine, involving
responsibility, special ability, and orig
inal thought, consideration, and investi-
cation. Grades A b, G, D and E
Junior clerks. Employees who are as
signed 10 clerical Wor'- OF a routine
character requiring but little original
thought or consideration. but requiring
judgment, responsibility. and special
skill Grades A. B, c. D and z.
Under clerks: Employees who are as
routine character, requiring care. ac-
curacy, and skill Grades A. B. c. D
and +.
sub-clerical class; Employees whose
duties are not clerical or mechanical.
but require some special skill or involve
responsibility, as messengers, watchme n.
skilled laborers. 5oTters and counters.
Grades A. B. c and d.
Employees engaged in rought and IN
skilled work as laborers generally.
Grades A and B.
Employees who enter the service at an
early age and are engaged in light work
as messengers. Grades A, 3, c, and D
Employees whose work occupies only a
part of the time each day, as char
women and janitors. Grades A, B. and
c.