honorably dis.

and sailors.

Retention of That in the event of reductions being made in the force charged soldiers in any of the executive departments no honorably discharged soldier or sailor whose record in said department is rated good shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary.

Punishment for violations.

Commission to report upon administrative

ments.

Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this section shall be summarily removed from office, and may also, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year. (37 Stat., 413, act of Aug. 23, 1912, sec. 4.)

The Civil Service Commission shall investigate and needs of depart report to the President, with its recommendations, as to the administrative needs of the service relating to personnel in the several executive departments and independent establishments in the District of Columbia and report to Congress details of expenditure and of progress of work hereunder at the beginning of each regular session. (37 Stat. L., 750, act of Mar. 4, 1913.)

That hereafter the Division of Efficiency of the Civil Service Commission shall be an independent establishment and shall be known as the Bureau of Efficiency; and the officers and employees of the said division shall be transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency without reappointment, and the records and papers pertaining to the work of the said division, and the furniture, equipment, and supplies that have been purchased for it shall be transferred to the said bureau: And provided further, That the duties relating to efficiency ratings imposed upon the Civil Service Commission by section four of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the duty of investigating the administrative needs of the service relating to personnel in the several executive departments and independent establishments, imposed on the Civil Service Commission by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, are transferred to the Bureau of Efficiency. (39 Stat., 15, act of Feb. 28, 1916.)

STATUTES APPLYING THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW TO

BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA.

Metropolitan

PAR. 2. The commissioners of said district shall ap- police, appointpoint to office, assign to such duty or duties as they may ment. prescribe, and promote all officers and members of said Metropolitan police force: Provided, That all officers, members, and civilian employees of the force, except the major and the superintendent, the assistant superintendents, and the inspectors, shall hereafter be appointed and promoted in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, in the same manner as members of the classified civil service of the United States: Provided further, That hereafter the assistant superintendents and inspectors shall be selected from among the captains of the force and shall be returned to the rank of captain when the commissioners so determine: Provided further, That privates of class 1, if found efficient, shall serve one year on probation, privates of class 2 shall serve two years subsequent to service in class 1, and privates of class 3 shall include all those privates who have served efficiently three or more years.

any

PAR. 9. No member of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of organization, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself, or any subordinate, component, or affiliated organizatio nof which holds, claims, or uses the strike to enforce its demands. Upon sufficient proof to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia that any member of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia has violated the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to immediately discharge such member from the service.

Affiliation with organization advocating strikes, prohibited.

restricted.

Any member of the Metropolitan police who enters into Resignations a conspiracy, combination, or agreement with the purpose of substantially interfering with or obstructing the efficient conduct or operation of the police force in the District of Columbia by a strike or other disturbance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both.

Fire department appoint

motions.

No officer or member of the said police force, under penalty of forfeiting the salary or pay which may be due him, shall withdraw or resign, except by permission of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, unless he shall have given the major and superintendent one month's notice in writing of such intention. (Act of Dec. 5, 1919, Stat. L., chap. 1, 66th Cong., sess. 2, p. 363.)

*

* Provided further, That all officers, members, ments and pro- and civilian employees of such department, except the chief engineer and deputy chief engineers, shall hereafter be appointed and promoted in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, in the same manner as members of the classified civil service of the United States, except as herein otherwise provided: Provided further, That the chief engineer of the fire department shall hereafter be selected from among the deputy chief engineers, the battalion chief engineers, the fire marshal, and the superintendent of machinery; the deputy chief engineers shall hereafter be selected from among the battalion chief engineers, the fire marshal, and the superintendent of machinery: Provided further, That all original appointments of private shall be made to class 1; privates who have served one year in class 1 shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class 2, and privates who have served two years in class 2 shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class 3. Such transfers shall not be subject to the provisions of such act of January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof. Whenever vacancies occur in classes 2 or 3 which can not be filled by such transfers the commissioners may appoint additional privates in class 1 equal in number to the positions vacant in classes 2 or 3; and any moneys appropriated for the payment of the salaries for such vacant positions shall be available to

pay to such additional privates of class 1 the salaries of their grade.

SEC. 2. Section 5 of such act of June 20, 1906, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

organizations ad

strikes

"No member of the fire department of the District of Membership in Columbia shall be or become a member of any organiza- vocating for, forbidden. tion, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself or any subordinate, component, or affiliated organization of which holds, claims, or uses the strike to enforce its demands. Upon sufficient proof to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia that any member of the fire department of the District of Columbia has violated the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to immediately discharge such member from the service."

SEC. 4. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the Metropolitan police and fire departments may be made. (Act of Jan. 24, 1920, chap. 54, 66th Cong., sess. 2, p. 396.)

SEC. 102. A commission is hereby created and established, to be known as the rent commission of the District of Columbia, which shall be composed of three commissioners, none of whom shall be directly or indirectly engaged in, or in any manner interested in or connected with, the real estate or renting business in the District of Columbia. The commissioners shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of each commissioner shall be two years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he succeeds. The commission shall at the time of its organization and annually thereafter elect a chairman from its own membership. The commission may make such regulations as may be necessary to carry this title into effect.

All powers and duties of the commission may be exercised by a majority of its members. A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. The commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed.

Age limita.

Rent commis sion created.

Appointments

from civil-serv

SEC. 103. Each commissioner shall receive a salary of ice eligibles. $5,000 a year, payable monthly. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall receive a salary of $3,000 a year, payable in like manner; and, subject to the provisions of the civil-service laws, it may appoint and remove such officers, employees, and agents and make such expenditures for rent, printing, telegrams, telephone, law books, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office equipment, and other supplies and expenses as may be necessary to the administration of this title. All of the expenditures of the commission shall, upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the commission, be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenditures for the District of Columbia.

With the exception of the secretary, all employees of the commission shall be appointed from lists of eligibles supplied by the Civil Service Commission and in accordance with the civil-service law. (Act of Oct. 22, 1919, Stat. L., ch. 80, 66th Cong., 1st sess., p. 299.)