SEC. 16. That none of the moneys mentioned in this act shall be assignable either in law or equity or be subject to execution or levy by attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.

SEC. 17. That for the clerical and other service and all other expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eleven and nineteen hundred and twelve, including salaries and rent in the city of Washington, there is hereby appropriated the sum of fifty thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended. SEC. 18. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to perform or cause to be performed any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.

THE GILLETT RETIREMENT BILL.

[H. R. 750, Sixty-second Congress, first session.]

A BILL For the retirement of employees in the classified civil service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning with the first day of July next following the passage of this act there shall be deducted and withheld from the monthly salary, pay, or compensation of every officer or employee of the United States to whom this act applies an amount, computed to the nearest tenth of a dollar, that will be sufficient, with interest thereon at four per centum per annum, compounded annually, to purchase from the United States, under the provisions of this act, an annuity, payable quarterly throughout life, for every such employee on arrival at the age of retirement as hereinafter provided, equal to one and one-half per centum of his annual salary, pay, or compensation for every full year of service or major fraction thereof between the date of the passage of this act and the arrival of the employee at the age of retirement. The deductions hereby provided for shall be based on such annuity table as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, compounded annually, and shall be varied to correspond to any change in the salary of the employee.

SEC. 2. That the amounts so deducted and withheld from the salary, pay, or compensation of each employee shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and shall be credited, together with interest at four per centum per annum, compounded annually, to an individual account of the employee from whose salary, pay, or compensation the deduction is made. The moneys so deducted and the income derived therefrom may from time to time be deposited in savings banks designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose: Provided, however, That the savings banks receiving such deposits shall pay interest thereon at a rate of not less than four per centum per annum, compounded annually. For the safe-keeping and prompt payment of the money deposited with them the Secretary of the Treasury shall require the savings banks to give satisfactory security, by the deposit of bonds of the United States, bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of any State of the United States, or any legally authorized bonds issued for municipal purposes by any city or town in the United States which has been in existence as a city or town for a period of twenty-five years and which for a period of ten years previous to such deposit has not defaulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest of any funded debt authorized to be contracted by it, and which has at such date more than twentyfive thousand inhabitants, as established by the last national census, and whose net indebtedness does not exceed five per centum of the valuation of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last preceding valuation of property for the assessment of taxes; or any legally authorized bonds issued for municipal purposes by any city or town in the United States which has been in existence as a city or town for a period of twenty-five years, and which for a period of ten years previous to such deposit has not defaulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest of any funded debt authorized to be contracted by it, and which has at such date more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, as established by the last national census, and whose net indebtedness does not exceed seven per centum of the valuation of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last preceding valuation of property for the assessment of taxes. In this clause the words "net indebtedness" mean the indebtedness of any city or town, omitting debts created for supplying the inhabitants with water, and debts created in anticipation of taxes to be paid within one year, and deducting the amount of sinking funds available for the payment of the indebtedness included. The Secretary of the Treasury shall accept,

for the purpose of this act, securities herein enumerated in such proportions as he may from time to time determine, and he may at any time require the deposit of additional securities, or require any bank to change the character of the securities already on deposit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain information with reference to the value and character of the securities authorized to be accepted under the provisions of this section, and he shall from time to time furnish information to savings banks as to such bonds as would be accepted as security. When consistent with the best interests of the fund created by this act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall distribute the deposits herein provided for, as far as practicable, equitably between the different States and sections.

If, for any reason, the Secretary of the Treasury shall not be able to make satisfactory arrangements with savings banks for all of the funds, then he may invest the balance in any of the aforementioned securities.

The moneys deducted from salaries and the income derived therefrom shall be held and deposited or invested, as above described, by the Secretary of the Treasury until paid out as hereinafter provided. Any deficiency in the fund hereby created to carry out the provisions of this act act shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

For the purpose of aiding the Secretary of the Treasury in depositing and investing the funds created by this act a board of investment is hereby created, composed of the Treasurer of the United States, the Comptroller of the Currency, the chief of the office created by the provisions of this act, and two persons to be designated by the President from among the employees of the classified civil service. The members of the board of investment shall be sworn, and shall hold office until others are appointed and qualified in their stead.

SEC. 3. That the retirement age herein referred to shall be sixty-five years for group one, sixty-five years for group two, and seventy years for group three. And the President of the United States shall designate the branches of the service to be included in each group.

SEC. 4. That if within thirty days before the arrival of an employee at the age of retirement the head of the department or independent office in which he is employed certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury that by reason of his efficiency and his willingness to remain in the service the continuance of such employee therein would be advantageous to the public service, such employee may be retained for a term not exceeding two years; and at the end of the two years he may by similar certification be continued for an additional term of two years, and so on: Provided, however, That after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty, no person to whom this act applies shall be continued in the service beyond the age of retirement as herein provided. Upon the failure of the head of the department or independent office to make the above-described certificate it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to place such employee upon the retired list in accordance with the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. That if an employee is retained in the service after reaching the retirement age a deduction of ten per centum of his monthly salary, pay, or compensation shall thereafter be made while he remains in the service, and the same shall be treated as other deductions under section two of this act.

SEC. 6. That upon retiring at the age of retirement, or thereafter, the employee may withdraw his savings, with the increment of interest as herein provided, under one of the following options, and if Option I or Option II is selected, receive in addition thereto such annuity, if any, as may be apportioned by the Secretary of the Treasury out of accumulations in excess of four per centum guaranteed by the provisions of this act, and such apportionment by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be conclusive: Option I. In an annuity payable quarterly throughout life.

Option II. In an annuity payable quarterly throughout life, with the provision that in case of the death of the annuitant before he has received in annuities the amount of his savings, plus the interest credited thereon, the balance shall be paid to his legal heirs. In determining at his death the amount due to his heirs no account shall be taken of the annuities paid to him by the United States under section nine of this act. Option III. In one sum.

If after retirement the employee does not avail himself of one of the foregoing options, but leaves the amount due him on deposit, interest at the rate of two per centum per annum on the original sum so left on deposit on retirement shall be credited thereto for a period not exceeding twenty years, and if not then withdrawn the money so left on deposit, without interest, shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt.

SEC. 7. That upon absolute separation from the civil service prior to the retirement age, and only upon such separation, the employee may withdraw his savings in one

sum, and in case he has been in such service not less than six years he may also receive in addition thereto interest on his savings at the rate of four per centum per annum compounded annually; or, in case his savings amount to at least one thousand dollars, he may withdraw the same under any one of the foregoing options computed on the basis of his attained age. In case of the death of an employee while in the service the amount of his savings, together with the interest credited thereon, shall be paid to his legal heirs.

SEC. 8. That is case of reinstatement in the classified civil service of any person who at the time of his separation therefrom received a refund under section seven of this act, his period of service for the purpose of retirement and of making the monthly deductions from his salary shall be computed from the date of such reinstatement, unless he shall within ninety days after reinstatement pay to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount refunded to him, with interest at four per centum per annum, in which case the same shall be replaced to the credit of his account, and the former period of service shall be counted.

SEC. 9. That beginning with the first day of July next following the passage of this act every employee to whom this act applies shall be entitled, on reaching the retirement age, or having already passed that age, to retire from the service under the provisions hereinbefore contained, and also, in addition to the annuity herein provided for by his own contributions from his salary, to receive from the United States during the remainder of his life an annuity equal to one and one-half per centum of his total compensation during service prior to the taking effect of this act: Provided, however, That no annuity shall be paid by the United States for services prior to the passage of this act, which, together with the annuity earned by the employee's own contribution, shall amount to more than six hundred dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay such annuity quarterly, upon proper certification of the retirement of such employee by the appointing officer under whom he last served. Annuities from the United States for the period of service prior to the passage of this act shall be payable only on condition that the employee remains in the service until he reaches the age of retirement: Provided, however, That employees of group one may receive the annuity granted by this section on retirement at the age of sixty years or thereafter. On the death of the employee the payment of annuities provided for by this section shall cease and determine. Annuities payable by the United States on salaries in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum shall be based upon an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars.

SEC. 10. That the period of service upon which the annuity to be paid by the United States is based shall be computed from original employment, whether as a classified or unclassified employee, and shall include periods of service at different times and service 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 Department prior to May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

SEC. 11. That every person to whom this act applies who shall continue in the classified civil service after the passage of this act, as well as every person to whom this act applies who may hereafter be appointed to a position or place, shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions made and provided for herein, and shall receipt in full for the salary, pay, or compensation which may be paid monthly or at any other time, and such payment shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims or demands whatsoever for services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, notwithstanding the provisions of sections one hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and sixty-eight, and one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or of any other law, rule, or regulation affecting the salary, pay, or compensation of any person or persons employed in the classified civil service to whom this act applies.

SEC. 12. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare and keep all needful tables, records, and accounts required for carrying out the provisions of this act. The records to be kept shall include data showing the mortality experience of the employees in the various branches of the service and the rate of withdrawal from the classified service, and any other information that may be of value and may serve as a guide for future valuations and adjustments of the plan for the retirement of employees. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make a detailed comparative report annually to Congress showing all receipts and disbursements under the provisions of this act, together with the total number of persons receiving annuities and disability allowances and the amounts paid them.

SEC. 13. That no person serving in a position excepted from examination or registration as defined in the civil-service rules shall be included within the provisions of this act unless he has served in a competitive position for at least one year. Whenever

any person becomes separated from the classified service by reason of appointment in the unclassified service, such separation shall not operate to take him out of the provisions of this act. The President shall have power, in his discretion, to exclude from the operation of this act any group of employees whose tenure of office is intermittent or of uncertain duration.

SEC. 14. That none of the moneys mentioned in this act shall be assignable either in law or equity or be subject to execution or levy by attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.

SEC. 15. That for the clerical and other service and all other expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, including salaries and rent in the city of Washington, there is hereby appropriated the sum of forty thousand dollars out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until expended.

SEC. 16. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to perform or cause to be performed any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.

THE GILLETT RECLASSIFICATION BILL.

[H. R. 1298, Sixty-second Congress, first session.]

A BILL To amend section one hundred and sixty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following schedule of grades and salaries for employees in the executive departments and establishments is hereby adopted, and hereafter estimates for salaries of the employees in the several grades described in said schedule shall be made in accordance with the rates named therein.

SCHEDULE.

SUPERVISORY GRADES.

Chief clerks and chiefs of division and other employees who perform supervisory, executive, and administrative duties to be specifically estimated for. Salaries: Four thousand two hundred dollars to two thousand one hundred dollars.

CLERICAL GRADES.

I. SENIOR CLERKS.-Employees who are assigned to work largely supervisory or requiring the highest order of clerical ability involving much original thought, consideration, and investigation. Salaries: Two thousand one hundred dollars, one thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars, one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. II. CLERKS.-Employees who are assigned to work more or less routine involving responsibility, special ability, and original thought, consideration, and investigation. Salaries: One thousand seven hundred and forty dollars, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars.

III. JUNIOR CLERKS.-Employees who are assigned to work of a routine character requiring but little original thought or consideration but requiring judgment, responsibility, and special skill. Salaries: One thousand three hundred and eighty dollars, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars, one thousand two hundred dollars.

IV. UNDER CLERKS.-Employees who are assigned to work of a simple or routine character requiring care, accuracy, and skill. Salaries: One thousand and eighty dollars, one thousand and twenty dollars, nine hundred and sixty dollars, nine hundred dollars.

SUBCLERICAL GRADES.

I. Employees whose duties are not clerical or mechanical but require some special skill or involve personal responsibility, as messengers, watchmen, skilled laborers. Salaries: Eight hundred and forty dollars, seven hundred and eighty dollars, seven hundred and twenty dollars, six hundred and sixty dollars.

II. Employees engaged in rough and unskilled work, as laborers generally. Salaries: Six hundred and sixty dollars, six hundred dollars.

III. Employees who enter the service at an early age and are engaged in light work, as messenger boys. Salaries: Four hundred and eighty dollars, four hundred and twenty dollars, three hundred and sixty dollars, three hundred dollars.

IV. Employees whose work occupies only part of the time each day, as charwomen and janitors. Salaries: Three hundred and sixty dollars, three hundred dollars, two hundred and forty dollars.

PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND TECHNICAL TRADES AND MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYEES. The number and variety of designations of such employees shall be as small as practicable, and the duties assigned to them shall be confined, as far as possible, within the lines indicated by their titles or for which they may have passed examinations. Their salaries shall be fixed at the rates stated in this schedule, which are appropriate to the value of their services.

SEC. 2. That hereafter when appropriation acts, in providing for clerks in the several bureaus, offices, and divisions, shall state the number of senior clerks, clerks, junior clerks, and underclerks to be allowed to each, without specifying the several rates of salaries, the proper appointing officers shall, the first time appropriation is made in this manner, distribute the clerks of each bureau, office, or division, at the rates of salaries prescribed in said schedule, in such numbers and proportion as not to exceed the total amount allowed for salaries for the fiscal year to said bureau, office, or division; and thereafter when employees of the clerical grades are provided for without specification of salaries, the amount of salaries to be allowed to the several bureaus, offices, or divisions shall be determined by the aggregate amount of annual salaries of the employees thereof at the rates of said salaries on the first day of October, modified by such additions or reductions of force as may be provided for; but on the first day of January and the first day of July of every year those clerks who have shown a satisfactory degree of efficiency in their work shall be advanced to the next higher rates of salary within their several grades above those which they have been receiving for one year or more; and the additional amounts necessary to cover the cost of said semiann al advancements of clerks shall be appropriated in general terms: Provided, That nothing herein shall prohibit the promotion or reduction of clerks or other employees from one grade to another at any time when vacancies occur in the numbers provided for any grade.

SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

THE HAMILL BILL.

[H. R. 9242, Sixty-second Congress, first session.]

A BILL To provide for the retirement of employees in the civil service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning with the first day of July next following the passage of this act all employees in the classified civil service shall be eligible for retirement as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. That any employee who has served the United States for thirty years or more and who shall have attained the age of sixty years or over shall receive fifty per centum of the average annual salary, pay, or compensation he may have received for the five years next preceding his retirement. Any employee who has served the United States for a period of from twenty-five to thirty years and who shall have attained the age of sixty-two years or over shall receive forty-five per centum of the average annual salary, pay, or compensation he may have received for the five years next preceding his retirement. Any employee who has served the United States for a period of from twenty to twenty-five years and who shall have attained the age sixty-five years or over shall receive forty per centum of the average annual salary, pay, or compensation he may have received for the five years next preceding his retirement.

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SEC. 3. That no employee provided for in this act shall be retained in the service after arriving at the age of seventy years.

SEC. 4. That the payments provided for in this act shall be paid quarterly throughout the life of the employee.

SEC. 5. That any employee to whom this act applies who has served the United States for not less than five years and who, by reason of accident or illness not due to vicious habits and without fault or delinquency on his part, has become disabled, shall be retired from the service on certificate from the head of the department or independent office in which he is employed to the Secretary of the Treasury, setting forth such disabilities, and on the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury he shall receive thirty per centum of his average annual salary, pay, or compensation for the