REDEPOSIT OF RETIREMENT DEDUCTIONS REFUNDED Section 12 (b) of the Civil Service Retirement Act provides as follows: "In the case of any employee to whom this act applies who * * shall become absolutely separated from the service before becoming eligible for retirement on annuity, the amount credited to his individual account shall be returned to such employee together with interest at 4 per centum per annum, compounded on June 30 of each year: Provided, That when any employee becomes involuntarily separated from the service, not by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, the total amount of his deductions, with interest thereon, shall be paid to such employee: And provided further, That all money so returned to an employee must, upon reinstatement, retransfer, or reappointment to a position coming within the purview of this act, be redeposited with interest before such employee may derive any benefits under this act, * * * but interest shall not be required covering any period of separation from the service." The above provision of the Retirement Act means that if an employee of the Government is separated from a position subject to the Retirement Act and subsequently is reappointed, either by reinstatement or a new probational appointment, he can never obtain any status for retirement until he has redeposited the retirement deductions which he withdrew from the retirement fund at the time of his separation, although under his new appointment retirement deductions will be taken from his pay. Bureau officials are requested to bring this matter to the attention of all the employees coming under the provisions of the Retirement Act and they should be urged to file application on form 3-R-32, which will be furnished by the Bureau personnel office or by the Chief of the Division of Appointments of the Department upon application. These redeposits may be made in installments and in such amounts as the Civil Service Commission may direct in each individual case. While it is optional with the employees as to whether or not redeposits are made, they should be advised of their status under the Retirement Act. The redeposits can, of course, be made at any time before reaching the retirement age, but inasmuch as the amounts to be refunded are subject to 4 percent compound interest from the time of reemployment until redeposits are made, it is decidedly to the advantage of the employees to make the redeposits as soon as possible. There have been a number of cases in the Department where employees have become disabled and would have been eligible for disability retirement if the retirement deductions previously withdrawn had been redeposited. It is for just such cases that this notice is primarily issued as those retiring for age can anticipate such action by redepositing the retirement deductions in ample time before reaching the age of retirement. However, disability frequently occurs suddenly, and usually at a time when the employee is not financially prepared to redeposit his retirement deductions. Installment payments make it easy for employees to redeposit their retirement deductions and secure the automatic restoration of the benefits of the Retirement Act. NEW PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU The Bureau keeps no mailing list for sending publications to individual employees but sends copies to officers in charge of stations and offices. These publications should be regarded as notification copies. So far as possible additonal copies will be furnished on request.] Farmers' Bulletin 1736. Anthrax. By W. S. Gochenour, Pathological Division, pp. 14, figs. 5. Notice Regarding Hog Cholera. Issued December 1, 1934, giving names of States in which hog cholera exists, p. 1. Notice Regarding Scabies in Cattle and Sheep. Issued December 4, 1934, giving names of States in which scabies of cattle and sheep is known to exist, p. 1. Amendment 6 to B. A. I. Order 346. Declaring names of counties placed in modified accredited area for tuberculosis. Effective January 2, 1935, p. 1, mimeographed. NEW MOTION PICTURE AND FILM STRIPS AVAILABLE The Bureau has recently received notice of the completion of the following motion-picture film and film strips which are now available for educational purposes. They may be borrowed or purchased in accordance with the usual procedure. Control of Worms in Hogs. Motion picture, two reels. Eradicating Tuberculosis from Livestock and Poultry (revised). Film strip, 55 frames. Controlling Parasites of Chickens. Film strip, 24 frames. ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Chief: JOHN R. MOHLER. Assistant Chief: A. W. MILLER. Administrative Officer: CHARLES C. CARROLL. Chief Clerk: J. R. COHRAN. Assistant to Chief: D. S. BURCH. Animal Husbandry Division: H. C. McPнEE, chief. Biochemic Division: M. DORSET, chief. Division of Tick Eradication and Special Diseases: W. M. MACKELLAR, chief. Division of Virus-Serum Control: D. I. SKIDMORE, chief. Field Inspection Division: G. W. POPE, chief. Meat Inspection Division: A. J. PISTOR, chief. Packers and Stockyards Division: A. W. MILLER, chief. Tubercolosis Eradication Division: A. E. WIGHT, chief. Experiment Station: W. E. COTTON, Superintendent. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1935 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Subscription price, 25 cents per year Price 5 cents [This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instructions, rulings, etc., Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, January 1935. Summary of Bang's disease work in cooperation with States, January 1935- Biological products, other than anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus, produced by licensed establishments during the calendar year ended December 31, 1934.. Page 2-EE. Armour & Co., Commerce and Government Streets, Mobile, Ala. 341. Jacob Dangler & Son, Inc., 722 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 55-F. Worcester Rendering Co., Auburn, Mass. 427 Richardson & Robbins Co., Dover, Del. 765. John Groce & Son, Inc., West High Street, Circleville, Ohio. 957. Withington & Co., Inc., 643 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, R. I. Roberts & Withington, Inc., under establishment 260-A, Miller & Bushwick Pork Packing Co. Inc., Begley Food Products Co., and 118902-35 11 Change Of Name Of Official Establishment 12-E. Kingan & Co. Inc., Eighth and Callowhill Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., and Kingan Provision Co., instead of Kingan Provision Co. 12-M. Kingan & Co. Inc., 700-728 Brooks Avenue, New York, N. Y., and Kingan Provision Co., instead of Kingan Provision Co. 282. Agar Packing & Provision Corporation, 4057 South Union Street, Chicago, Ill., instead of Agar Packing & Provision Co. 405. A. Fink & Sons, Co. Inc., 810 Frelinghuysen Avenue, Newark, N. J., instead of A. Fink & Sons, Inc. 804. S. Sorich & Sons, 3831-3833 South Halstead Street, Chicago, Ill., instead of Delizia Sausage Manufacturing Co. Meat Inspection Extended 260-A. Miller & Hart, Providence, R. I., to include Withington & Co. Inc. 405. A. Fink & Sons Co., Inc., Newark, N. J., to include A. Fink & Sons, Inc., and Dunlevy-Franklin Corporation. 999. European Kosher Provision Manu acturing Co., New York, N. Y., include Real Kosher Sausage Co., Inc. CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF OFFICIAL IN CHARGE to Dr. Wilbur McPherson, 309 Ochoa Building, San Juan, P. R., instead of care Office of Commissioner, Agriculture and Commerce. CHANGE OF OFFICIAL IN CHARGE Dr. G. E. Aidman succeeds Dr. H. R. Schrumpf as inspector in charge at Richmond, Ind. Dr. J. E. Dwyer succeeds Dr. E. P. Durham as inspector in charge at Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. E. P. Barnhart succeeds Dr F. S. Bingham (retired) as inspector in charge at Providence, R. I. Dr. J. J. Martin succeeds Dr. E. P. Ba nhart as inspector in charge at Albany, N. Y. Dr. R. C. Lambert succeeds Dr. J. J. Martin as inspector in charge at Pittston, Pa. Dr. L. M. Marshall succeeds Dr. W. R. Kidwell as inspector in charge at Butte, Mont. Dr. W. R. Kidwell succeeds Dr. G. W. Famous as inspector in charge at Sioux Falls, S. Dak. Dr. G. W. Famous succeeds Dr. W. W. Lawson as inspector in charge at Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. W. W. Lawson succeeds Dr. W. C. Herrold as inspector in charge at Omaha, Nebr. Dr. H. A. Schneider succeeds Dr. W. C. Siegmund (retired) as inspector in charge at Harrisburg, Pa. Dr. R. P. Salisbury succeeds Dr. H. A. Schneider as inspector in charge at Reading, Pa. William H. Fleischhauer succeeds W. T. Kennedy (deceased) as inspector in charge at Cumberland, Md. Thomas H. Bartilson succeeds B. F. Brandon as acting in charge of animal husbandry investigations at Beltsville, Md. E. W. Sheets succeeds W. F. Ward in charge of animal husbandry investigations at Brooksville, Fla. SUBSTATIONS DISCONTINUED Auburn, Mass., meat inspection, under Worcester, Mass. NOTE Cooperative tuberculosis-eradication work at Honolulu, Hawaii, is now being conducted by Dr. Lewis Bilikam, instead of by Dr. L. E. Case. DEPOSITED BY THE APR 2 2 '35 1935] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS NOTICE REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION ANIMAL CASINGS FOR SOUTH AFRICA 13 The Bureau is informed that the Government of South Africa now requires special certification of animal casings. Accordingly upon receipt of affidavits from exporters showing that casings for South Africa are derived from animals slaughtered in an official establishment and that they are suitable for sausage containers and have been 90 days in salt M. I. Form 122-E should be issued for such shipments with the words "and have been in salt 90 days prior to shipment" added to the last sentence of the certification. The slaughter figures in this group of cities are included in the figures for "New York" and "All other stations" and are combined here to show total in the Greater New York district. Inspection of lard at all establishments, 84,913,293 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 45,630,184 inspection pounds; sausage, 62,085,987 inspection pounds; oleomargarine, 8,213,215 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for January 1934: Lard, 180,297,739 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 27.240,776 inspection pounds; sausage, 61,469,981 inspection pounds; oleomargarine, 6,421,849 inspection pounds. (These totals of inspection pounds do not represent actual production, as the same product may have been inspected and recorded more than once in the process of manufacture.) IMPORTS OF FOOD ANIMALS AND OF MEATS AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS, JANUARY 1935 The statements following show the imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry during January 1935 with figures for other periods for comparison. |