S. 1542, NOTARIES PUBLIC EXPENSE ACT OF 1955

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT: S. 1542, "Notaries Public Expense Act of 1955"
1. In response to your requests we have reviewed S. 1542
relative to possible Agency interest. The Bill proposes to
authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of
the Government who are notaries public.
2. We believe the Bill is of direct interest to Agency
personnel activities and that the Agency should support S. 1512
if opportunity arises to do so.
Harrison Reynolds
Director of Personnel
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S. 1542
SECTION I GENERAL
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FROM: LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
THE ATTACHED BILL. WHICH HAS BEEN INTRODUCED INTO CONGRESS, IS:
SENT TO YOU FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
A BILL ON WHICH FAVORABLE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION = IS Q IS NOT PREDICTED.
SENT FOR YOUR COMMENT AS TO WHETHER IT IS OF INTEREST TO CIA ACTIVITIES. AND WHETHER
FURTHER ACTION BY THIS OFFICE IS NECESSARY OR DESIRED.
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SECTION II COMMENTS (From Original Addreaaee~
TO : LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
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OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
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Mr. Johnston of South Carolina
To authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of
the Government who are notaries public.
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84rn CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1542
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 24 (legislative day, MARCH 10), 1955
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To authorize an allowance for civilian officers aiid employees of
the Government who are notaries public.
1 Be: it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of, the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That civilian officers and employees of the department4 and
4 establishments of the Government who are required to serve
5 as notaries public in connection with the performance of
6 official business shall be paid an allowance to be established
7 by the department or establishment concerned not to exceed
8 the expense required to be incurred by them in order to
9 obtain their commission from and after January' 1, 1955.
10 SEC. 2. Funds available to the departments and estab-
11 lishments of the Government for personal services or general
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.1 administrative expenses shall be available to carry out the
2 purposes of this Act.
3 Sic. 3. This Act may be cited as the "Notaries Public
4 Expense Act of 1955".
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84TIr CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1542
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 24 (legislative day, MARCH 10), 1955
Mr. JOIINSTON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of
the Government who are notaries public.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 Lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That civilian officers and employees of the departments and
4 establishments of the Government who are required to serve
5 as notaries public in connection with the performance of
6 official business shall be paid an allowance to be established
7 by the department or establishment concerned not to exceed
8 the expense required to be incurred by them in order to
9 obtain their commission from and after January 1, 1955.
10 SEC. 2. Funds available to the departments and estab-
11 lishments of the Government for personal services or general
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administrative expenses shall be available to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
SEC. 3. This Act may be cited as the "Notaries Public
Expense Act of 1955".
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S. 1542
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TO FROM: LEG SLAT I VE COUNSEL
3xreCtor of Personnel OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
THE ATTACHED BILL. WHICH HAS BEEN INTRODUCED INTO CONGRESS. IS:
SENT TO YOU FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
A BILL ON WHICH FAVORABLE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION = IS [1 IS NOT PREDICTED.
IX--1 SENT FOR YOUR COMMENT AS TO WHETHER IT IS OF INTEREST TO CIA ACTIVITIES. AND WHETHER
FURTHER ACTION BY THIS OFFICE IS NECESSARY OR DESIRED.
rZT IS REQUESTED THAT COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS LEGISLATION BE FORWARDED, THROUGH
APPROPRIATE CHANNELS, 710 THIS OFFICE, BY
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TO LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FROM:
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL Comptroller
The Agency has approximately twelve notaries; therefore, this
legislation is of interest and Committee Reports are desired.
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I ~ Calendar No.1676
84TH 60, PRESS SENATE REPORT
2d Session I No. 1652
PAYMENT OF EXPENSE OF NOTARY COMMISSIONS, ETC.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, from the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service, submitted the following
REPORT
The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was re-
ferred the bill (S. 1542) to authorize an allowance for civilian officers
and employees of the Government who are notaries public, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and
recommend that the bill, as amended, do pass.
The committee amendments are as follows:
Page 1, lines 4 and 11, strike out "Government" and insert in lieu
thereof "Federal Government and the municipal government of the
District of Columbia".
These amendments were suggested and approved in order that em-
ployees of the District of Columbia be treated in the same manner as
other Federal employees.
S. 1542 would require the payment of an allowance to persons re-
quired to serve as notaries public in connection with the performance
of official business. This allowance would not exceed the actual ex-
penses incurred by the employee in obtaining his commission. The
notarial commissions are obtained for the purpose of facilitating the
operations of the Government and are for its convenience rather than
that of the employee. Under such circumstances, Federal employees
who are required to expend their own money to fulfill the requirements
of becoming a notary public should be compensated for the - cost
involved.
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2 PAYMENT OF EXPENSE OF NOTARY COMMISSIONS, ETC.
AGENCY VIEWS
Following are agency views in regard to S. 1542:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
BUREAU OF TI-IE BUDGET,
Washington 25, D. C., September 2, 1955.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
MY DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: Reference is made to your requests of March 25,
1955, and August 26, 1955, for the views of this Bureau concerning S. 1542, a
bill to authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees of the Govern-
ment who are notaries public.
The bill would authorize departments and establishments of the Government
to pay, from personal service or general administrative expense funds, an allowance
to each civilian officer and employee who is required in the performance of his
official business to serve as a notary public. Such allowance is not to exceed the
expense required to obtain a commission as notary public from and after January
1, 1955.
The Bureau of the Budget believes that when an officer or employee is required
to serve as a notary public in the performance of his official duties, the necessary
expense of obtaining the commission as a notary public should be borne by the
Government, and accordingly endorses the objective of the bill.
Sincerely yours,
PERCY RAPPAPORT,
Assistant Director.
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
Washington, D. C., September 6, 1955.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: This is in reply to your letter of March 25, 1955,
which requested the Commission's views on S. 1542, a bill to authorize an allowance
for civilian officers and employees of the Government who are notaries public.
S. 1542 would require the payment of an allowance to persons required to serve
as notaries public in connection with the performance of official business. This
allowance would not exceed the actual expenses incurred by the employee in
obtaining his commission. The Commission agrees with the purposes of S. 1542.
The notarial commissions are obtained for the purpose of facilitating the operations
of the Government and are for its convenience rather than that of the employee.
Under such circumstances, Federal employees who are required to expend their
own money to fulfill the requirements of becoming a notary public should be
compensated for the cost involved.
Therefore, the Commission favors the enactment of S. 1542.
We are advised that the Bureau of the Budget has no objection to the sub-
mission of this report.
By direction of the Commission.
Sincerely yours,
PHILIP YOUNG, Chairman.
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF (COLUMBIA,
EXECUTIVE OFFICES,
Washington 4, D. C., November 15, 1965.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
MY DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: The Commissioners have for report S. 1542,
84th Congress, a bill to authorize an allowance for civilian officers and employees
of the Government who are notaries public.
At the present time, the government of the District of Columbia numbers
among its employees approximately 115 persons who hold commissions as notaries
public. Of these, 97 perform their notarial duties solely in connection with the
performance of official business of the government of the District of Columbia.
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PAYMENT OF EXPENSE OF NOTARY COMMISSIONS, ETC. 6
These 97, like Federal Government employees whose- notarial duties are confined
to official business, are excused from the payment of the $10 license fee for their
commission, but they nevertheless are required to give bond, the premium for
which is $6, and to purchase their own notarial seal at a cost of approximately $6.
The Commissioners recommend that S. 1542, which presently relates only to
the officers and employees of the Federal Government, be amended in such manner
as to be applicable to the officers and employees of the municipal government of
the District of Columbia.
Accordingly, the Commissioners recommend that the bill be amended as
follows:
Page 1, lines 4 and 11, strike "Government" and insert in lieu thereof, "Federal
Government and the municipal government of the District of Columbia".
The Commissioners have been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that there
is no objection on the part of that office to submission of this report to the Congress.
Yours very sincerely,
SAMUEL SPENCER,
President, Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia.
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