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Page 5 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform 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.
Page 3 - An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States...
Page 2 - A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission.
Page 2 - The terms of office of all successors shall expire three years after the expiration of the terms for which their predecessors were appointed; but any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the. expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the unexnired term of his predecessor.
Page 30 - States of competent jurisdiction in the district in which such offense was committed, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.
Page 4 - Columbia and the rate of withdrawal from such service and any other information pertaining to such service that may be of value and may serve as a guide for future valuations and adjustments of the plan for the retirement of teachers.
Page 4 - ... deductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services rendered by such person during the period covered by such payment, except as to the benefits provided under this act.
Page 3 - To open an office for such purpose, or to announce to the public in any way a readiness to treat the sick or afflicted shall be deemed to engage in the practice of medicine within the meaning of this act.
Page 4 - Columbia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished...
Page 2 - Columbia, within sixty days after the passage of this act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to...

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