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 sixrY-srxrn CONGRESS. sm. II. cn. 54. mo. 397 service of the United States, except as herein otherwise provided: Provided further, That the chief engineer of the fire department shall cm°f°°¤°°°" hereafter be selected from among the deputy chief engineers, the battalion chief engineers, the fire marshal and the superintendent of De ut, cme, m_ machinery; the deputy chief engineers shall hereafter be selected mais from among the batta on chief engineers, the fire marshal, and the www g t_ superinten ent of machinery: Promded further, That all original ap- mmsmummiltxiiih. pomtments of privates shall be made to class one; privates who have served one year in class one shall, 1f found efficient, be transferred to class two, and privates who have served two years in class two shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class three. Such transfers shall not be sub 'ect to the provisions of such Act of January 16, 1883, as amended, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof. Mdmom, p,mm_ Whenever vacancies occur in classes two or three which can not be ·. filled by such transfers, the commissioners may appoint additional privates in class one equal in numberto the positions vacant in classes two or three; and any moneys appropriated for the payment of the salaries for such vacant positions shall be available to pay to such additional privates of class one the salaries of their grade." Cmmmm 0, °m_ " Sec. 3. That the fire department of the District of Columbia shall wgéfgg 314 md consist of one chief engineer, two deputy chief engineers, all of whom ea. 'P' ’°m ` shall have had at least five years of e?erience in some regularly organized municipal fire department; suc [number of- battalion chief engineers as said commissioners may deem necessary from time to time within the a propriations made by Congress; oneifire marshal· _ suchinumber of dgputy fire marshals, inspectors, and clerks as said commimioners may deem necessary from time to time within the approipriations made bg Congress; such number of captains, lieutenants, an serjgeants as said commissioners may deem necemary from time to time within the aplpropriations made by Congress; one su erintendent of machinery; an such number of assistant superintendents of machinery, pilots, marine eniilnoeers, imsistant marine engineers, marine firemen, privates of class the, privates of class two, privates of class one, host ers, and laborers as said commissioners may deem necessary Bmw from time to time within the appropriations made by Co ess: Pro- vane-iuirymvus. vided, That the chief engineer of the fire de artment of thl;%istrict of Columbia shall have the right to call for and) obtain the services of may veterinary suxggeon employed by the District who at the time sh not be en e in a more emergent veterinary service for the District: uwm um, by Provided Eurther, That the police siugeons of said District are required P°”°° ¤“'¥°°¤°· . to atten, without charge, the members of the fire department of said District, and examine all a plicants for appointment to, promotion Tandem to my in, and retirement from said) fire department: Providcdfurther, That ¤¤¤¢¤- the engineers and assistant engineers in the Hre department shall be. transferred to the osition of yilrivates of class one, two, or three, respectively, depending on whet er their length of service on Augpst 1, 1919, was one, two, or three or more years; but such transfers s all vomg, P, ae, not be subject to the Act entitled ‘An 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, Addison; privates and the authorized number of privates in the various classes is hereby °°“’°'“°‘*· increased to pgovide for such transfers, and for additional privates equal in num r to the vacancies existing in the positions of engineer and assistant engineer at the time this amending Act becomes effective. “S I, in ,_ "Sec. 4. That the annual basic salaries of the officers and members 6dy¤is•,p.a1s,am¤¤u· of sa1d department shall be as follows: Chief engineer, $4,000;deputy chief engineers, $3,000 each; battalion chief engineers, $2,400 each; fire marshal, $2 400; deputy fire marshal, $2,000; inspectors, $1,660 each; chief cleric, $2,400; clerk (who shall be a stenographer and