Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Appealed Pension and Retirement Claims, Volume 21

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924
Volumes 1 to 20 are confined to decisions relating to pensions and bounty-land claims. Volumes 21 to 22 contain decisions relating to pensions and civil service retirement claims.
 

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Page 4 - 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 219 - An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (38 U.
Page 25 - States, and periods of honorable service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States...
Page 310 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 363 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 4 - ... not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on the part of the employee...
Page 48 - July 4, 1902, inclusive, service to be computed from date of enlistment to date of discharge, and was honorably discharged from such service, or, regardless of the length of service, was discharged for or died in service of a disability incurred in the service and...
Page 374 - The person selected shall be duly notified by the appointing officer, and, upon accepting and reporting for duty, shall receive...
Page 396 - ... a mental or physical disability of a permanent character not the result of their own vicious habits, which incapacitates them from the performance of manual labor in such a degree as to render them unable to earn a support...
Page 306 - ... and including public-school employees, excepting school officers and teachers, shall be included in the provisions of this Act, but members of the police and fire departments shall be excluded therefrom.

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