PUBLIC LAWS OE THE SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Passed at the second session, which was be un and held at the cit o Washi n in the District o`£0?‘oZumb1kr, on Monday, the first day of Decembzr,f1919, hlgntd was adjourned wit t day on Saturday, the jif th day of June, 1920. Woonaow WILSON, President; TuoMAs R. MARSHALL, Vice President; ALBERT B. CUMM1Ns, President of the Senate pro tempore; REED Smoor, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, January 17, AI5ril 17-20, 1920; JAMES E. WATSON, Acting President 0 the Senate pro tempore, arch 11 and 12, April 6-8, 1920; CHARLES Currris, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, March 25-30, 1920; SELDEN P. SPENCER, Acti.n.g’rPresident of the Senate pro tempore, May 14, 1920; THOMAS STERLING, Acting esident of the Senate pro tempore, May 19, 1920; Invmc L. LENBOOT, Acting President of the Senate pro tempore, May 21, 1920; Fnnnmmcx H. G1LLE·rr, Speaker of the House of Representatives; JOSEPH WALSH, Speaker of the House of Representatives go tempore, March 11-20, 1920; Purmr P. OAm·1zELL, Speaker o the House of epresentatives pro tempore, April 26 and 27, 1920. CHAP. 1.-—An Act To amend an _Act entitled "An Act relating to the Metropol- D‘E°]§f°§°f"9§2}%l°· gan police of the District of Columbia, " approved February 28, 1901, and for other Be it enacted by the Senate and House g1[hRepresentatives of the United _ States of America in Congressassembled, at paragraphs 2, 8, and 9 of §§°"¥§,§’,f"{,'{,",,§· section 1, of the Act entitled "A.n Act relating to the Metropolitan gg{;§»4i?i>`§;gmmd_ police of the District of Columbia/’ approved ebrugfly 28, 1901, as ..4. ’*` ’ amended by the Act approved June 8, 1906, entitl "An Act to amend section 1 of anAct entitled ‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of C01umbia,"’ approved February 28, 1901, are hereby amended to read as follows: A ointment 0, "PAE. 2. The commissioners of said District shall appoint to office, rm-agp assign to such dut or duties as they may prescribe, and promote all hmm officers and memgers of said Metropolitan police force: Provided, cm: service umm That all officers, members, and civilian employees of the force, except g°§§,',§‘,;,,,,,,,,,,_ the major and su tendent, the assistant superintendents, and the ins ectors, shall Egiigiiter be appointed and promoted in accordance VOL n p_ m wiih the provisions of an act entitled ‘A.n 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 Semhm Mmmm United States; Prmnded further, That hereafter the assistant super- Egspmncmdenw ¤¤<¤ intendents and ins ectors shall be selected from among the captains "°°‘°”‘ of the force and siiall be returned to the rank of captain when the mvam commissioners so determine: Promded jitrtlier, That pnvatq of class 1 if found eiiicieut, shall serve one year on probation, plgyates of class 2 shall serve two years subsequent to_service m c 1, and pgvates of class 3 shall include all those prrvates who have served cientl three or more ears/’ ‘ S I . 1 "PA1z.y8, That the anniial basic salaries of the officers and members v¤ie4,sm,me¤¤. of the Metropolitan police of the District of _Oolumb1a shall be as °°’ follows: Major and superintendent, $4,500; extant superintendents, $3,000 each; inspectors, $2,400 each; police surgeons, $1,600 each; captains, $2,400 each; lieutenants, $2,000 each; sergeants, $1,800 oooh; privates of class 3, $1,660 each; pnvatcs of 2, $1,560 each; Hmm, mm Privates of class 1, $1,460 each; Members of saidggolxce force vvho ma$ be mounted on horses, furnished and mamtain by themselves, each receive an extra compensation of $540 per annum;_ and members of the said force who may be mounted on motor ‘V8l1I¢&y furnished and maintained by themselves, shall each receive an extra 368
