Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29

STAR IS phOHSnang heTeUttn To-Day the
teTt of the civil SerUtce retirement
bill as approved by the President:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United
States of America in Congress as
Sembled:
That the act entitled "An act to
amend the act entitled An act for the
retirement Of employees in the classified
approved May %, 1920, and acts in
amendment thereof approved July 3,
1925, be, and the same is hereby,
amended as follows:
Eligibility for Superannuation Retire
ment.
Section /. All employees to whom this
act applies who, before its effective date,
shall have attained or shall thereafter
attain the age of 20 years and rendered
ut least is years of service, computed
as prescribed in Section of this act,
shall be eligible for retirement on an
annuity as provided in Section 4 hereof;
provided that city, rural and village
post clerks, employees of the Indian
Service at large, except clerks, laborers
and mechanics generally, shall, under
like conditions, be eligible for retirement
ut IS years OF age, and that railway
postal clerks. mechanics and laborers
in navy yards, including leading men
and quarter men, but excluding master
mechanics and foremen, and those en-
ployes engaged In pursuits whose occu-
patton Is hazardous or requires great
physical EFFORT, or which neceSsitates
exposure to extreme heat or cold, and
those employees whose terms Of service
shall include Is years or more Of such
service rendered in the tropics, shall be
eligible at 81 years OF age; the classifl-
cation Of employees for the purpose Of
assignment TO the various age groups
shall be determined jointly by the Civil
Service Commission and the head Of the
department, branch, or independent Of
nee Of the Government concerned; pro-
vided, further, that any such employe
who was employed as q mechanic for
the major portion Of his service, and not
less than Is years, and was subsequent
to August 20, 1920, involuntarily trans
ferred to employment as q laborer and
thereafter involuntarily discharged from
the service Of the United States, shall
receive such annuity as he would have
been entitled to If on the day of his
discharge from the service he had been
retired under the provisions of this act;
provided, further, that any mechanic
having served 80 years, who was.
through no fault Of his own, trans
terred or reduced to q minor position,
and who shall have attained, or who
years, shall have his annuity computed
upon his average annual basic salary,
pay or compensation for the last 10
years Of his service as a mechanic; pro-
vided, further, that the term me
chanics as used in this act, shall In
clude all employees in the Government
Printing Once whose duties are to SUI
pervise, perform or assist in apprentice,
helper or journeyman work Of a recog-
nized trade or craft. as determined by
the Public Printer.
All employees to whom this act ap-
plies who would be eligible for retire.
ment from the service upon attaining
the age Of 10 years, IS years or 81 years,
as the case may be, shall, after attain
ing the age Of 60 years, SO years and
so years, respectively, and having rem
dered at least 80 years service, COM
puted as provided in Section of this
act, be eligible for retirement on an
annuity as provided in Section 4 Of this
act. Retirement under the provisions
Of this paragraph shall be at the option
Of the employee, but If such option Is
not exercised prior to the date upon
which the employe would otherwise be
eligible for retirement from the service,
the provisions of this act with respect
to automatic separation from the serv-
ice shall apply.
Automatic Separation.
Section 2. All employees to whom this
act applies shall on arriving at retire.
ment age as defined in the preceding
section, and having rendered is years
of service, be automatically separated
from the service, and all salary, pay or
compensation shall cease from that date,
an, it shall be the duty of the head of
each department, branch or indepen-
dent office Of the Government concerned
to notify such employe under his direc-
ton of the date of such separation from
the service at least go days in advance
thereof; provided, that If the head of
the department, branch or independent
Office of the Government in which he
Is employed certif1es to the Civil Service
Commission that by reason of his eff
cheney and willingness to remain in the
civil service of the United States, the
continuance of such employe therein
would be advantageous to the public
service, such employe may be retained
for a term not exceeding two years
upon the approval and certification by
the Civil Service Commission, and at
the end Of the two years he may, by
similar approval and certification. be
continued for an additional term not
exceeding two years, except that where
the head Of the department or estab-
liShment certifies, and the Civil Service
Commission agrees, that by reason OF
expert knowledge and special qualifica-
lions the continuance of the employee
would be advantageous to the public
service. futheTr extensions Of two years
may be granted. and so on; provided,
however, that after August 20, 1890, no
employee shall be continued in the civil
service Of the United States beyond the
age of retirement for more than four
years.
Whenever an employe shall make ap-
- - zion for such continuation in the
civil service, and shall submit accept
able proof of his present physical fitness
to perform his work, it shall be the duty
Of the head Of the department, branch
or independent Office of the Govern
nnent concerned to obtain from the i'm
mediate superior in the service of such
applicant all efficiency ratings and other
information on file respecting the char
acter of the work of such applicant. and
shall also obtain from such immediate
superior his opinion in writing with re-
spect to the efficiency Of the work per-
formed by such applicant. From such
information shall be eliminated in
creases in ratings, credits and other
preferences fqr any cause whatsoever
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