Chapter 1. To amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,” approved February 28, 1901, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 1.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,” approved February 28, 1901, and for other purposes. December 5, 1919. [[H. R. 9821](/us/bill/66/hr/1919).] [[Public, No. 94](/us/pl/66/94).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That paragraphs 2, 8, and 9 ofDistrict of Columbia.Metropolitan police.Vol. 31, p. 819.Vol. 34,p. 221, amended. section 1, of the Act entitled “An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,” approved February 28, 1901, as amended by the Act approved June 8, 1906, entitled “An Act to amend section 1 of an Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia,”’ approved February 28, 1901, are hereby amended to read as follows:
" “Par. 2. The commissioners of said District shall appoint to office,Appointment of force. assign to such duty or duties as they may prescribe, and promote all officers and members of said Metropolitan police force: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Civil service laws to govern.Exceptions. That all officers, members, and civilian employees of the force, except the major and 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 improveVol. 22, p. 403. 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 superintendentsSelection of assistant superintendents and inspectors. 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 classPrivates. 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.
” “Par. 8. That the annual basic salaries of the officers and membersSalaries increased.Vol. 34, p. 223, amended. of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia shall be as follows: Major and superintendent, $4,500; assistant superintendents, $3,000 each; inspectors, $2,400 each; police surgeons, $1,600 each; captains, $2,400 each; lieutenants, $2,000 each; sergeants, $1,800 each; privates of class 3, $1,660 each; privates of class 2, $1,560 each; privates of class 1, $1,460 each.
Members of said police force whoMounted men. may be mounted on horses, furnished and maintained by themselves, shall each receive an extra compensation of $540 per annum; and members of the said force who may be mounted on motor vehicles, furnished and maintained by themselves, shall each receive an extra 363364compensation of $480 per annum; and members of the said force who may be mounted on bicycles shall each receive an extra compensation *Provisos*.Status of patrol drivers.of $70 per annum: *Provided*, That patrol drivers of the Metropolitan police are hereby declared to be members of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia, but shall not be rated above class 2 privates, and those patrol drivers who have been appointed since April 6, 1917, shall be required to pass the usual physical and other tests Increase allowed from August 1, 1919.required for members of the regular force: *Provided further*, That every officer or member of the Metropolitan police at the time this Act becomes law, shall, in addition to the salary received by him for his period of service between August 1, 1919, and the time this Act becomes law, receive for such period the difference between such salary and the salary payable to him under the provisions of this Act, for a period of equal duration.
” “Par. 9. Affiliation with organizations advocating strikes, prohibited. No member of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of any organization, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself, or any subordinate, component or affiliated organization of which holds, Discharge for violation.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.
Punishment for conspiracy, .etc., to interfere with duties by strikes, etc.“Any member of the Metropolitan police who enters into 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.
Resignations restricted.“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.” " Sec. 2. Appropriation for increased pay. That one-half of the amount necessary to provide for the increased salaries and compensation of the Metropolitan police authorized in this Act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the TreasuryHalf from District revenue. not otherwise appropriated, and the other one-half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, to supplement the amounts appropriated for the members and employees of the Metropolitan *Ante*, p. 86.police mentioned in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes,” approved July 11, 1919.
Sec. 3. Park police.Watchmen in public squares to be so termed. That the watchmen provided by the United States Government for service in any of the public squares and reservations in the District of Columbia shall hereafter be known as the “United States Salaries.park police,” and their annual basic salaries shall be as follows: Lieutenant, $1,900; first sergeant, $1,700; sergeants, $1,580; privates, Increase allowed from August 1, 1919.$1,360: *Provided*, That every watchman employed for such service at the time this Act becomes law shall, in addition to the salary received by him for the period of service between August 1, 1919, and the time this Act becomes law, receive for such period the difference between such salary and the salary payable to him under the provisions of this section for a period of equal duration.
Sec. 4. Appropriation for increased pay.Vol. 40, p. 1240.*Post*, p. 509. That to provide for the increased salaries and compensation of the United States park police, so much as is necessary is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-365priated, to supplement the amounts appropriated for park watchmen mentioned in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and for other purposes,” approved March 1, 1919.
Approved, December 5, 1919.