AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. INDIAN RULE IV. Section 6 of Indian Rule IV is hereby amended by inserting the following proviso at the end of the first sentence: "Provided, That the certificates of graduation of the Indian graduates of the normal classes at Santa Fe, New Mexico; Salem, Oregon; Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas; Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Hampton, Virginia, may be accepted by the Commission as the basis of certification in lieu of the examination herein provided." As amended the section will read: "6. Upon the nomination by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, through the Secretary of the Interior, of an Indian for appointment as assistant teacher, the Commission shall give such Indian noncompetitive examination, under General Rule III, section 2, clause (h), upon passing which at the required grade he shall be certified and appointed for the probationary period provided for in section 3 of this rule, at the end of which period he shall be absolutely appointed or discharged from the service in accordance with the provisions of said section: Provided, That the certificates of graduation of the Indian graduates of the normal classes of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Salem, Oregon; Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas; Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Hampton, Virginia, may be accepted by the Commission as the basis of certification in lieu of the examination herein provided for. Any Indian appointed assistant teacher as herein provided may at any time after absolute appointment be appointed teacher upon the certification of the Commission that he has passed the teacher examination." SPECIAL INDIAN RULE No. 1. Special Indian Rule No. 1 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "New Mexico," in line three, the words "also one normal teacher each at the Salem (Oregon) school and the Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas." As amended the rule will read: "Exceptions from examination are hereby made as follows: One superintendent, and the necessary teachers, not exceeding four in number, for the organization and equipment of one normal school to be established at Santa Fe, New Mexico; also one normal teacher each at the Salem (Oregon) school and the Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas; this rule to expire by limitation six months after the date of its approval." Approved. EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. Postal Rule II is hereby amended by striking out all of section 5 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "5. Exceptions from examination in the classified postal service are hereby made as follows: "(a) Assistant postmaster or the chief assistant to the postmaster, by whatever designation known. "(b) One secretary to the postmaster, when authorized by law and allowed by the Post-Office Department. "(c) Cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that roster title. "(d) Assistant cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that roster title. "(e) Superintendents of station or branch post-offices at which letter carriers are employed. "(f) Printers and pressmen, when authorized by law and allowed by the PostOffice Department and employed as such. "6. No person appointed to a place under any exception made by any postal rule shall be transferred to any other place not also excepted from examination." Postal Rule IV is hereby amended by inserting after the word "manner," in section 1, line three, the following: "Provided, That superintendents of mail shall be selected from among the employees of the Railway Mail Service or of the mailing division of the post-office at which they are respectively to serve." Postal Rule VIII is hereby amended as follows: “In clause (a), line two, after the word "by," insert the word "any," and in the same line strike out "II, clause 5." Approved, November 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. DEPARTMENTAL RULE VII. Departmental Rule VII, clause 1, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of line six the following: "Vacancies in places authorized to be filled by noncompetitive examination may be filled without examination, for a period not exceeding thirty days, until a regular appointment can be made upon certification made by the Commission. "Every such appointment, and the reasons therefor, shall be at once reported to the Commission." Approved. EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENT TO CLASSIFICATION. In pursuance of the authority contained in 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, the heads of the several Executive Departments are hereby directed to amend their several classifications so as to include among the employees classified thereunder messengers, assistant messengers, and watchmen. Approved, Nov. 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION. In pursuance of the authority contained in 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, the Postmaster-General is hereby directed to amend the classification of the Post-Office Department so as to include among the classes covered thereby clerks to post-office inspectors. Approved, Nov. 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. GENERAL RULE III. General Rule II is hereby amended by striking out clause (b) of section 2 and relettering the remaining clauses of the section accordingly. DEPARTMENTAL RULES. Departmental Rule II is hereby amended as follows: In section 4, line one, strike out the word "hereby," and insert after the word "made" at the end of the line the words "by any departmental rule;" in line two, after the word "shall," strike out the words "within one year after appointment;' substitute a period for the semicolon in line three, and strike out the remainder of the section. As amended the section will read: "4. No person appointed to a place under the exceptions to examination made by any departmental rule shall be transferred from such place to a place not also excepted from examination." Departmental Rule XI is hereby amended as follows: In clause (a), line two, insert the word "any" before the word "departmental," and strike out in line three all after the word "rule." RAILWAY MAIL RULES. Railway Mail Rule II is hereby amended as follows: In section 6, line two, after the word "shall," strike out the words "within one year after appointment;" substitute a period for the semicolon in line three, and strike out the remainder of the section. As amended the section will read: "6. No person appointed to a place under any exception to examination hereby made shall be transferred to another place not also excepted from examination.” Approved, November 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. Customs Rule I is hereby amended as follows: In section 2, line two, strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty." Customs Rule II is hereby amended as follows: In section 6, line one, strike out the word "hereby," and after the word "made," at the end of the line, insert the words "by any customs rule;" in line two, after the word "shall," strike out the words "within one year after appointment;" substitute a period for the semicolon in line three, and strike out the remainder of the section. As amended the clause will read: "No person appointed to a place under any exception to examination made by any customs rule shall be transferred from such place to another place not also excepted from examination." Customs Rule VIII is hereby amended as follows: In clause (a), line two, after the word "by," insert the word "any," and in the same line strike out "II, clause 5." Approved, November 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. DEPARTMENTAL RULE VII. Departmental Rule II is hereby amended, by adding to the first paragraph of section 1 the following proviso: "Provided further, That sea-post clerks in the Post-Office Department shall be appointed by transfer from the classified railway mail service or the classified postal service, and shall be eligible at any time for retransfer to the service from which transferred, but shall not be transferred to any other department or branch of the service, nor to any other place in the Post-Office Department without examination and certification by the Commission." RAILWAY MAIL RULE II. Railway Mail Rule II is hereby amended as follows: RAILWAY-MAIL RULE IV. Railway-Mail Rule IV is hereby amended as follows: In the last proviso of clause (b) of section 2, in line two of that proviso, after the word "line" insert the words "or at a transfer station or on a steamboat;" in the same line strike out the words "on which" and substitute therefor the word " where," and in line three after the word "railroad" insert the words "or steamboat," so that as amended the proviso will read : "Provided further, That on a line or at a transfer station or on a steamboat, where the service does not require the full time of a clerk and one can be employed jointly with the railroad or steamboat company, the appointment may be made without examination and certification, with the consent of the Commission, upon a statement of the facts by the general superintendent; but no clerk so appointed shall be eligible for transfer or appointment to any other place in the service." Approved, Nov. 17, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENT TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. SPECIAL DEPARTMENTAL RULE No. 1. Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended, by striking out the whole of the paragraph in section 3, Department of the Interior, relating to the Geological Survey, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "In the Geological Survey: Geologist, assistant geologist, paleontologist, assistant paleontologist, chief photographer, photographer, chief chemist, chemist, assistant chemist, chief engraver, engraver, assistant engraver, lithographic engraver, map printer, lithographic printer, assistant lithographic printer, map reviser, statistical experts temporarily employed." Approved, Dec. 4, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENTAL RULE VII. Departmental Rule VII is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section, to be numbered 9: "The Commission shall certify for transfer and reappointment to any classified nonexcepted place in the departmental service upon the requisition of the head of a Department any person who, at the time of making such requisition, is holding an office outside the classified service in any executive department at Washington, to which he was appointed from a classified place in the departmental service; and upon the requisition of any head of Department the Commission shall certify for reinstatement in the classified service of said Department any such officer who, within one year next preceding the date of the requisition, by the abolition of his office, or otherwise, has without delinquency or misconduct been separated from said office: Provided, That this section shall not authorize the reappointment to the classified service of any such officer or ex-officer who was appointed to his office from an excepted place, unless his appointment to such excepted place was by promotion from a nonexcepted place." Approved, Dec. 15, 1894. 1895. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENT TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. POSTAL RULES. Postal Rule II, clause 5, is amended by striking out paragraph (e) and relettering paragraph (f) as (e), so that as amended the clause will read: "(5) Exceptions from examination in the classified postal service are hereby made as follows: "(a) Assistant postmaster or the chief assistant to the postmaster, by whatever designation known. 66 (b) One secretary to the postmaster, when authorized by law and allowed by the Post-Office Department. "(c) Cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that roster title. "(d) Assistant cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that roster title. 66 (e) Printers and pressmen, when authorized by law and allowed by the PostOffice Department and employed as such." Approved. EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 3, 1895. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENT TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. Departmental Rule VII, clause 8, is hereby amended to read as follows: "In case of the occurrence of a vacancy in any department which the public interest requires shall be immediately filled, and which can not be so filled by certification from the eligible registers of the Commission, such vacancy may be filled by temporary appointment outside the civil service until a regular appointment can be made under the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this rule, provided such temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than ninety days, and shall expire by limitation at the end of that time; and provided further, that no person shall serve longer than the period herein prescribed in any one year under such temporary appointment. The year limitation in regard to reappointment shall begin to run on the date of the original appointment. Every such temporary appointment and the discontinuance of the same shall at once be reported to the Commission." Postal Rule IV, clause 4, is hereby amended to read as follows: "4. In case of the occurrence of a vacancy in a position within the classified service of any post-office which the public interest requires shall be immediately filled where there is no eligible remaining on the proper register, such vacancy may be filled by temporary appointment outside the civil service until a regular appointment can be made under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this rule, provided such temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than ninety days, and shall expire by limitation at the end of that time; and provided further, that no person shall serve more than ninety days in any one year under such temporary appointment." The year limitation in regard to reappointment shall begin to run on the date of the original appointment. Every such temporary appointment, and also the discontinuance of the same, shall at once be reported to the Commission. Approved. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 12, 1895. GROVER CLEVELAND. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES. GENERAL RULES. General Rule II: Strike out the word "five" in line one and insert in lieu thereof the word "six," and add at the end of the rule a new clause as follows: "6. The classified internal-revenue service." General Rule III, Section 5: Insert after the word "may" in line one the words "in its discretion," and after the word "appointment" in line two the following: "or an applicant who has been guilty of a crime or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct." As amended the section will read: "5. The Commission may, in its discretion, refuse to examine an applicant who would be physically unable to perform the duties of the place to which he desires appointment, or an applicant who has been guilty of a crime or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct. The reason for any such action shall be entered on the minutes of the Commission." Section 9. In line one strike out the word "departmental," and after the word "service" in the same line and in line two the words "and the classified railway mail service." General Rule V. In line two change the order of words and insert other words so as to make the phrase amended read as follows: "and postmasters and customs and internal-revenue officers and custodians of public buildings." General Rule IV, Section 2: Insert after the word "may" in line one the words "in its discretion." DEPARTMENTAL RULES. Departmental Rule II. In section 1, line two, after the word "such," insert the word "other," and strike out the words "supplementary and special." In section 2, line two, strike out the words "supplementary and special" and insert in lieu thereof the word "other." Departmental Rule IV. In section 1, after the semicolon following the word "age" in line four insert the following: "or for the position of messenger or assistant messenger who is not under eighteen years of age; or for the position of page or messenger boy, who is not under fourteen nor over eighteen years of age." Departmental Rule V. In section 2, paragraph six, line one, after the word "postal," insert the words "internal revenue." Departmental Rule VI. In section 1, line two, after the word "of," strike out the words "special and supplementary "and insert in lieu thereof the word "other." In section 4, line seven, after the word "clerk-copyist," insert the words "or the messenger and watchman." In section 5, line three, after the word " printing," insert the words "or for page or messenger boy." Departmental Rule VII. In section 3, at the beginning of line two, before the word "register," insert the words "the messenger or the watchman." In the second paragraph of the same section, in line two, after the word "assistant,” insert the words or page or messenger boy." 66 Departmental Rule VIII. In section 1 insert a clause to be lettered (c), as follows: (c) From a bureau of the Treasury Department in which business relating to the internal revenue is transacted to a classified internal-revenue district, and from such a district to such a bureau in the Treasury Department, upon requisition by the |