Chapter 2574. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,’ approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one,” approved June eighth, nineteen hundred and six
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CHAP. 2574.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,’ approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one,” approved June eighth, nineteen hundred and six. March 2, 1907. [[H. R. 25630](/us/bill/34/hr/25630).] [[Public, No. 233](/us/pl/34/233).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Metropolitan police.Vol. 31. p. 819.*Ante,* p. 221, amended.
That paragraph two of the Act entitled “An Act to amend section one of an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,’ approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one,” approved June eighth, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: " Vacancies.Promotion of privates.Vacancies in class three.“Should the number of privates of class two or class three be reduced at any time by reason of riot, fire, flood, pestilence, or other similar catastrophe, any vacancy thus created in class three shall be tilled by the promotion of privates from class two who in the order of their length of service in the force have nearest attained the live years’ term of service required by Act of Congress approved June eighth, nineteen hundred and six, provided their conduct and intelligent attention *Proviso.*Vacancies in class two.to duty shall justify such promotion: *Provided*, That any vacancy thus created in class two shall be tilled by the promotion of privates from class one who in the order of their length of service in the force 1253shall have nearest attained the three years’ term of service required by said Act of June eighth, nineteen hundred and six, provided their conduct and intelligent attention to duty shall justify such promotion.
“Should a vacancy occur at any time in the grade of private of classFilling vacancies by appointment. two or class three by reason of death, removal, or resignation of any private in class two or class three, and should there be no private of class one or class two, as the case may be, eligible for promotion by length of service as required by the Act of Congress approved June eighth, nineteen hundred and six, to amend section one of an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,’ then, and in that case, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to appoint to class one such number of privates, not toLimit. exceed ten, as may be necessary to maintain the full complement of the force as allowed by the law making appropriations for the support of the Metropolitan police department of the District of Columbia,” and any unexpended balance of the appropriation providing for salariesUnexpended balance available. of members of class two or three during the fiscal year in which said appointments are made, is hereby made available for the payment of the salaries of the additional privates of class one provided for herein.
" Approved, March 2, 1907.