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 720 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 433. 1916. .·*°¤*¤ W C°¤¤¤*·°· shall be ilt of er` and unishable accordingly. The said mmm retiring aiild rdlief bldadduvghall inpeach case considered by it for retirement and relief submit to the Commissioners of the_District of Columbia a report of its findings, and the said commissioners shall have power toapprove, disapprove, or modify such findings or to remand any case for such further proceedings as they may deem necessary. . ·, A ‘ » ,,,‘$°,,§§‘§,§' The Commissioners of the District of Golmnbia, in their discretion and at any time, may cause anymperson recezving any relief allowance imder the provisions of t Act, who has served less than twenty-five {years, to appear and undergo a medical examination, as the result o which the said commissioners shall determine whether the relief in such case shall be continued,—increased, decreased, or discontinued. Should any person receiring relief under the provisions of this Act, after due notice, fail, to appear and undergo the examination prescribed here, the said-comm1ssioners»are·auth0rized in their discretion to reduce or entirely discontinue such-relief. o $°'d"’°“" The Commissioners of the District ·of Columbia may, in their discretion, reduce or discontinue the relief granted to anynperson °""°“"'· under the provisions of this Act upon receipt 0 duly certified ormation from a court of competent jurisdiction that any person receiving such relief has been convicted in such court of any crime involving moral turpitude; and the said commissioners may also, in their discretion, reduce or discontinue the relief granted to any person under the provisions of this Act when it shall appear to their satisfaction from evidence before them that such person is a habitual drimkard or gilty of lewd or lascivious conduct. S ,:§{_"°°*“°“"""°’ · y retired member of the police department or fine department of the District of Columbia receiving relief under the provisions of this Act ma in time of flood, riot. confl tion, during extraordinary assemblraggsg or unusual emergenciesjg called by the commissioners of said trict into the service of the de artment from which EM L he was retired with relief for such duty as his disability will permit °"°°°°° of  perfo  vlgthout compensaltion therefoiiib and thai  commissioners ve wer to e orce com nce wi t R°m’°°°°°I°°'h°°‘ provisions hereof by withholdingcthe payment of riilief; but nothing contained in this section shall construed to enforce residence in the District of Columbia upon any retired member of either of said departments when it shall appear to the satisfaction of said commissioners that residence elsewhere is rendered necessary by the physical condition of such member. gg§g$j;*gg°¤°:¤§;_¤ _ All special policemen at street railway crossings and intersections pocrggnwém. in the istrict of Columbia, appointed pursuant to the provisons of ‘ "" ‘ an Act, approved June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninet - mm P tm eight, entitled "An Act to efine the rights of purchasers of tlie ’ ` Belt Railwgy, and for other p es," as amended by the Act, approved ebruary twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and one, ,.0,3, p_ 6,, entitled "An Act relating to the Metropolitan police of the District ’ of Cohimbia," and the Act, approved February tenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, amendatory thereof, are made members of the Metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia, and, as mem- Richest., secured. bexs thereof, shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits privil0g6S, 51:1*}  D0Wbp0ssci_sed,_d0rMwhich hmay hereafter be V  , y o er mem ers o said etro `tan lice force. c,,§’,*g,§e¤fg;f°P°¤°°°** d special policemen shall likewise be subjedi;0 to theixiame rules and regulations and to the same discipline as other members of said Metrofpolitan police force, it being the true intent and meaning l1ereo_ that the said special policemen and the regular members of said police force shall, according to the period of service and classification, be placed upon the same footing.