Chapter XIX: Section 3: is hereby amended as follows: At the end of clause (b)

add the following: "nor the cashier, nor the two clerks employed as assistant disbursing clerks in the division of accounts and disbursements in the Department of Agriculture."

At the end of clause (_c_) add the following: "but not including the disbursing clerk in the division of accounts and disbursements in the Department of Agriculture."

At the end of clause (_e_) add the following: "except those of the Weather Bureau and the Bureau of Animal Industry, in the Department of Agriculture."

At the end of clause (_f_) add the following: "except all chiefs of division in the Department of Agriculture."

The section as amended will read:

3. Exceptions from examination in the classified departmental service
are hereby made as follows:

(_a_) One private secretary or one confidential clerk of the head
of each classified Department and of each Assistant Secretary thereof,
and also of each head of bureau appointed by the President by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.

(_b_) Direct custodians of money for whose fidelity another officer
is under official bond; but this exception shall not include any officer
below the grade of assistant cashier or assistant teller, nor the
cashier, nor the two clerks employed as assistant disbursing clerks in
the division of accounts and disbursements in the Department of
Agriculture.

(_c_) Disbursing officers who give bonds, but not including the
disbursing clerk in the division of accounts and disbursements in the
Department of Agriculture.

(_d_) Persons employed exclusively in the secret service of the
Government.

(_e_) Chief clerks, except those of the Weather Bureau and of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, in the Department of Agriculture.

(_f_) Chiefs of division, except all chiefs of division in the
Department of Agriculture.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 28, 1895_.

_To the Heads of the Executive Departments_:

As a mark of respect to the memory of the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, late Secretary of State, the President directs that the several Executive Departments and the Government Printing Office, in the city of Washington, be closed on Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1895, the day of the funeral.

HENRY T. THURBER,
_Private Secretary_.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 28, 1895_.

_It is hereby ordered_, That the several Executive Departments and the Government Printing Office be closed on Thursday, the 30th instant, to enable the employees to participate in the decoration of the graves of the soldiers and sailors who fell in defense of the Union during the War of the Rebellion.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

CIVIL SERVICE.--GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE RULES.

ADOPTING AND PROMULGATING ORDER.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 13, 1895_.

In the exercise of the power vested in him by the Constitution, by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of the Revised Statutes, and the act entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, the President hereby makes and promulgates the following rules concerning the classified service of the Government Printing Office, to be known as the Government Printing Office Rules:

RULE I.

1. The classified service of the Government Printing Office shall
include all persons employed in that office. except those appointed by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate and unskilled laborers or
workmen,

2. The officers, clerks, and other employees of the Government Printing
Office are hereby arranged in the following classes:

_Class 1_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of less than
$720, or a compensation at the rate of less than $720 per annum.

_Class 2_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $720 or more,
or a compensation at the rate of $720 or more, but less than $840 per
annum.

_Class 3_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $840 or more,
or a compensation at the rate of $840 or more, but less than $900 per
annum.

_Class 4_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $900 or more,
or a compensation at the rate of $900 or more, but less than $1,000 per
annum.

_Class 5_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,000 or
more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,000 or more, but less than
$1,200 per annum.

_Class 6_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,200 or
more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,200 or more, but less than
$1,400 per annum.

_Class 7_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,400 or
more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,400 or more, but less than
$1,600 per annum.

_Class 8_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,600 or
more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,600 or more, but less than
$1,800 per annum.

_Class 9_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,800 or
more or a compensation at the rate of $1,800 or more, but less than
$2,000 per annum.

_Class 10_.--All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,000 or
more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,000 or more per annum.

RULE II.

1. To test fitness for admission to the classified service of the
Government Printing Office, examinations of a practical character shall
be provided by the Commission. If the trade or occupation is such that a
competitive test can not be made, the Commission shall provide
regulations for the registration of applicants without competitive
tests.

2. Any male citizen of the United States not under 21 or over 45 years
of age and any female citizen not under 18 or over 35 years of age may
be examined for positions in the Government Printing Office.

3. No application for a position in the Government Printing Office which
belongs to one of the recognized mechanical trades shall be received
from any applicant who has not served at least five years at the
particular trade to which the position for which he applies belongs, one
year of which service must have been rendered as a journeyman.

4. Blank forms of application shall be furnished by the Commission, and
the date of reception and also of approval by the Commission of each
application shall be entered on the application paper.

RULE III.

1. The grade or standing of every competitor shall be determined under
regulations made by the Commission, and each competitor shall be duly
notified whether or not he is eligible for appointment.

2. No competitor who has failed to obtain an eligible standing shall
be admitted to another test within six months from the date of failure
unless he shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Commission that at
the time of his examination he was unable to do himself justice because
of illness or other good cause.

3. No eligible shall be admitted to a test during the period of his
eligibility unless he shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the
Commission that at the time of his examination he was unable to do
himself justice because of illness or other good cause.

4. All competitors whose claims of preference under section 1754 of the
Revised Statutes have been allowed by the Commission who attain a
general average of 65 per cent or over, and all other competitors who
attain a general average of 70 per cent or over, shall be eligible for
appointment to the place for which they were examined. The names of all
competitors thus rendered eligible shall be entered in the order of
grade on the proper register of eligibles.

5. The Commission shall establish regulations for the order of
certification of applicants who are registered without competitive
examinations under the provisions of Rule II, paragraph I.

6. When two or more eligibles are of the same grade, preference in
certification shall be determined by the order in which the application
papers are filed.

7. The period of eligibility to appointment shall be one year from the
date on which the name of the eligible is entered on the register,
unless otherwise determined by regulations by the Commission.

RULE IV.

1. All vacancies, unless filled by promotion, transfer, or
reappointment, shall be filled in the following manner:

(_a_) The Public Printer shall, in form and manner to be prescribed
by the Commission, request the certification to him of either males or
females, or both, eligible to the vacant place.

(_b_) If fitness for the vacant place is tested by competitive
examination, the Commission shall certify from the proper register the
names of the three eligibles thereon, of the sex or sexes called for,
having the highest averages, who have not been three times certified:
_Provided_, That the eligibles upon any register who have been
allowed preference under section 1754 of the Revised Statutes shall be
certified according to their grade before all other eligibles thereon:
_And provided further_, That if the vacancy is in a position for
which a competitive examination can not be provided certification shall
be made of the names of the first three eligibles on the register, of
the sex or sexes called for, who have not been three times certified.

2. Of the three names certified to him the Public Printer shall select
one, and if at the time of making this selection there are more
vacancies than one he may select more than one: _Provided_, That if
the Public Printer shall object in writing to any eligible named in the
certification, stating that because of physical incapacity or for other
good cause particularly specified such eligible is not capable of
properly performing the duties of the vacant place, the Commission may,
upon investigation and ascertainment of the fact that the objection made
is good and well founded, direct the certification of another eligible
in place of the eligible to whom objection is made.

3. When a person designated for appointment shall have reported in
person to the Public Printer, he shall be appointed for a probational
period of six months, at the end of which period, if his conduct and
capacity be satisfactory to the Public Printer, he shall receive
absolute appointment; but if his conduct and capacity be not
satisfactory he shall be notified that he will not receive absolute
appointment, and this notification shall discharge him from the service.
The Public Printer shall require the officer under whom the probationer
may be serving to carefully observe and report in writing upon the
services rendered by and the character and qualifications of such
probationer as to punctuality, industry, habits, ability, and
adaptability. These reports shall be preserved on file, and the
Commission may prescribe the form and manner in which they shall be
made.

4. Any person appointed to a position which belongs to one of the
recognized mechanical trades may upon reporting for appointment be
subjected to a practical test under the supervision of a board
designated by the Commission, and if he or she fails to attain a general
average of 70 per cent on a maximum of 100 per cent he or she shall be
rejected for appointment.

5. In case of public and pressing exigency, demanding the immediate
employment of skilled and experienced workmen who can not be at once
supplied in the manner provided for in section 2 of this rule, or by
transfer under Rule VI, or reinstatement under Rule VII, there may be
employed without examination or certification for a period not to exceed
thirty days, which with the consent of the Commission may be extended in
periods of thirty days each, any persons who have the requisite
knowledge or experience who may be available: _Provided_, That no
person shall serve more than ninety days in any one year under such
temporary appointment. The year limitation in regard to appointment
shall begin to run at the date of the original appointment. Every such
temporary appointment and also the discontinuance of the same shall be
at once reported to the Commission.

RULE V.

1. Until promotion regulations shall have been applied to the classified
service of the Government Printing Office promotions therein may be made
upon any test of fitness determined upon by the Public Printer if not
disapproved by the Commission.

RULE VI.

1. Transfers may be made as follows:

(_a_) From a position in the classified service of the Government
Printing Office requiring a knowledge of some mechanical trade to a
position in any one of the Executive Departments requiring a knowledge
of the same mechanical trade, upon requisition from the head of the
Department to which the transfer is to be made and the consent of the
Public Printer: _Provided_, That a person so transferred shall not
be transferred to another position in one of the Executive Departments
unless such other position requires a knowledge of the same mechanical
trade upon which the original transfer was based, nor until he has
served one year in the position to which he was originally transferred.

(_b_) From any Executive Department to the classified service of
the Government Printing Office upon requisition from the Public Printer
and the consent of the head of the Department from which the transfer is
to be made.

2. No person shall be transferred as herein authorized until after
absolute appointment and until the Commission shall have certified to
the officer making the transfer requisition that the person whom it is
proposed to transfer has passed an examination to test fitness for the
place to which he or she is to be transferred. No person shall be
transferred to any place from which he or she may be barred by age
limitations for original entrance or by the rules regulating the
apportionment of appointments among the several States and Territories
and the District of Columbia.

RULE VII.

Upon requisition of the Public Printer the Commission shall certify for
reinstatement in the Government Printing Office, in a grade requiring no
higher examination than the one in which he was formerly employed, any
person who within one year next preceding the date of the requisition
has through no delinquency or misconduct been separated from the
classified service of the Government Printing Office: _Provided_,
That certification may be made, subject to the other conditions of this
rule, for the reinstatement of any person who served in the military or
naval service of the United States in the late War of the Rebellion and
was honorably discharged therefrom, or the widow of any such person,
without regard to the length of time he or she has been separated from
the service.

RULE VIII.

The Public Printer shall report to the Commission--

(_a_) Every probational and every absolute appointment to the
service of the Government Printing Office.

(_b_) Every refusal to make an absolute appointment and the reason
therefor, and every declination of an appointment.

(_c_) Every separation from the service of the Government Printing
Office and the cause of such separation, whether death, resignation, or
dismissal.

Approved:

GROVER CLEVELAND.

CIVIL SERVICE.--EXECUTIVE ORDER WITHDRAWING ENGINEERS AND ASSISTANT ENGINEERS FROM THE LIST OF PLACES TO BE FILLED BY NONCOMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.

So much of Executive orders heretofore issued under General Rule III, section 2, clause (_c_), as provides for the appointment of engineers and assistant engineers by noncompetitive examination is hereby revoked, and hereafter engineers and assistant engineers will be appointed by competitive examination.

Approved, June 25, 1895.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

In the exercise of the power vested in him by the Constitution, by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of the Revised Statutes, and the act entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, the President hereby makes and promulgates the following rule to cancel and be in lieu of Customs Rule V of the Revised Civil-Service Rules:

CUSTOMS RULE V.

1. Until promotion regulations have been applied to a classified customs
district the following promotions may be made therein at any time after
absolute appointment:

(_a_) Any employee in any grade, upon any test of fitness
determined upon by the nominating officer, to any vacant place in the
class next above the one in which he may be serving, except to the
positions of weigher and gauger.

(_b_) Any employee in any grade may be promoted or transferred to a
vacancy in the lowest class of the grade of examiner after passing the
examiner examination, to a vacancy in the lowest class of the grade
of weigher after passing the weigher examination, to a vacancy
in the lowest class of the grade of gauger after passing the gauger
examination, or to a vacancy in the lowest class of any other grade
than the one in which he may be serving upon passing the examination
provided for that grade.

Approved, July 11, 1895.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

CIVIL SERVICE.--CLASSIFICATION OF THE PENSION AGENCIES OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _July 15, 1895_.

In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the third paragraph of section 6 of the act entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States," approved January 16, 1883, I hereby direct the Secretary of the Interior to amend the classification of the Department of the Interior so as to include among the employees classified thereunder the officers, clerks, and other employees of the pension agencies of said Department.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE VIII.