Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-20
HAMIlL LLeFOR
 CIVIL SERVICE PENSION.
Pension. Measure in Which Norwich
 Letter Carriers Are Interested

The Hanill bill, in which all post office men are particularly interested, is entitled A Bill to Provide for the Retirement of Employees in the Civil Service, and provides as follos:
 That beginning with the f1rst day or act all employees in the. classified ctvll service shall be eligible for retirement as hereinafter provided.
 That any employe in the classi- fled civil service who has served tne United States for 30 years or more shall, upon his or her request, be re- tired from the service on ,an annuity of 50 per centum of his or her annual salary based upon the average annual salary pay, or compensation ne or she may have received Tor the nVe years next preceding retirement. Any employe in the classified civil service who has served the United States for a period of from 25. to 30 years shall, upon his or her request, be retired from the service on an annuity of 40 per centum of his or her annual salary based upon the average annual salary, pay, or. compensation he or she may have received for the five years next preceding retirement. Any employe in the classified civil service who has served the United States for a period of from 20 -to 25 years shall, upon his or her request be retired from the
 
 tum of his or her annual salary based upon the average annual salary. pay, or compensation he or she may have received for the five years next preced- ing retirement
 Sec. 3. That no employe provided for in this act sshall be retained in the service after arriving at the age of 70 years.
 Sec. 4. That the payments provided for in this act shall be paid quarterly throughout the life of the ernpfoye. .
 Sec. 5. That any employe to whom this act applies who has served the United States for not less than five years, and who, by reason of accf- dent or illness not due to vicious habits and without fault or delinquency on his or her part, has become disabled shall be retired from the dservice on certificate from the head of the de- partment or independent office in which he or sine is employed to the secretary of the treasury setting forth such dis abilities, and on the approval of the secretary of the treasury he or she shall receive an annuity, payable quar- terly, of 30 per centum of his or her annual salary, based upon his or her average annual salary, pay, or com pensation for the five years next pre- ceding his or her retirement, for from five to ten years of service; 40 per centum for from ten to 20 years of ser NlSes oU per; CellIuIll lOI 1TO1n- Sl years and over. t,
 Sec. S That for the purposes oc this act the period of service shall be computed from original employment, whether as a classified or unclasifed employe, and shall include periods of service at different. times, and -serv- ice in one or. more departments, branches, or independent offices of the government the signal corps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,- and the general service in or under the War Deppartment prior to May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. s
 Sec. r. That the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized and di- rected to pay. out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise. appropri : ated. sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this act
 Sec 8. That the secretary. of the treasury is hereby authorized to per form or cause to be performed any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations az may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carry . ing the provisions of this act into full force and effect. =