Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15

section 1 certain mechanics win be
entitled, under restricted conditions.
TO extraordinary benefltalt
Tho Classification Of employees Tor
the purpose Of assignment to the vari-
Gus age groups shall be determined
Jointly by the Csyii Service Commits
sion and the head Of the department
Of the Government concerned.
Provision Is made for continuance
in the service beyond retirement age
for two.year periods until August 20,
1880, after which no employee shall be
continued in the service beyond the
age Of retirement for more than four
years.
Others Admitted Under Law.
Employees Of the Recorder Of Deeds
trict 81 Columbia, formerly not within
the purview Of the retirement law.
are now included.
Employees whose tenure Of employ
menf II intermittent or Of uncertain
duration are not subject to this opera.
Adjustment of the three.year step
method OF computing retirement ard
credittng all employees withs actual
service rendered. For example, II an
employs has rendered In the aasgre.
gate 20 years. IL months and 20 days
service, under the terms Of the old
law. he would be credited with ~
years only. Under the terms Of the
new law, he viii Be credited with 70
years and II months service,
Another new feature II inCOrpor.
ated IN the new law - follows:
Amy employe who has served for
q period Of not lees than Is years. and
who u % years Of age or over and
len than b years. and who becomes
separated from the service under the
conditions set forth In this section,
shall be entitled to z deferred an
nuity, but such employee, upon reach
reoeive an immediate annuity"
The increase in annuity for those
already on the ron win date from
July I;r1e2e, but II may require sew
eral weeks before all claims can b
adjusted and recomputed under the
new law.
Another Provision Cited.
Another important provision in the
new law reads az follows:
II the amount OF accrued annuity.
Or OF accumulated deductions, or Of
refund due q former enpioye who IL
legally incompetent, together with
accrued interest thereon; payable
under the provisions OF this act, does
not exceed $1,000. and II there has
boen- no demand upon the commits
sioner OF pensions by q duly appoint
ed executor, administrator, guardian
or committee. payment may be made,
after the expiration Of 80 days from
the date Of death or Of separation
from the service. an the case may be,
to such person or persons a. may APP
pear In the Judgment Of the commits
sioner Of pensions TO be legally en-
titled thereto, and such payment
shall be q bar to recovery by any
other person
Under the act Of May 70, 1890, the
maximum amount Of accumulated dc.
ductiOna, etc, which could be paid
without administration was $500, and
where there was no executor or al
ADMINISTRATOR II was necessary for the
claimant 10 walt 80 days before the
claim could be settled. The new. Law
EconfeFH upon the Commissioners Oi
Pensions q broader power IN The
settlement OF such claims.
The second Of the statements In
forms that ''tlae work OF readjudlca
ton VIII commence with the claims 81
those who were retired firSt, ~ fAl
as practicable, and progress system
atically through the file until the
work q c6mpleted. !"
The third OF the statements, ad
dressed ITO annuitants on the retire
inent roll edrnoninhes that huAli
tants viii facilitate the work Of thu
bureau by refraining, a. far a. pos
when their cases will be taken up To-
conaideFaaiO Hon.