of the Commission, be filled by temporary appointment without examination until a regular appointment can be made. Such temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than ninety days, and shall expire by limitation at the end of that time. No person shall serve longer than ninety days in any one year under such temporary appointment or appointments, and in any event only until a regular appointment can be made through examination and certification. Said year limitation shall begin to run in the case of any person on the date of his first such appointment: Provided, That whenever an emergency shall arise requiring that a vacant position in any internal revenue district shall be filled before a certificate can be issued by the Commission and an appointment made thereto in the manner provided in these rules, such position may be filled without regard to the provisions of these rules by temporary appointment for a period not to exceed thirty days and only for such period as may be required for the execution of the necessary details of an appointment thereto in accordance with said provisions; but no person shall receive such temporary appointment who within the ninety days next previous thereto has been separated from a position in said district to which he was temporarily appointed under the provisions of this section.

14. Whenever a temporary appointment shall be made through certification from the eligible registers of the Commission in the manner provided in these rules, such temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than six months and shall expire by limitation at the end of that period.

RULE IX.

A vacancy in any position which has been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act, may, upon requisition of the proper officer and the certificate of the Commission, be filled by the reinstatement, without examination, of any person who, within one year next preceding the date of said requisition, has, through no delinquency or misconduct, been separated from a classified position at the date of said requisition and in that department or office and that branch of the service in which said vacancy exists: Provided, That for original entrance to the position proposed to be filled by reinstatement there is not required by these rules, in the opinion of the Commission, an examination involving essential tests different from or higher than those involved in the examination for original entrance to the position formerly held by the person proposed to be reinstated: And provided further, That, subject to the other conditions of these rules, 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, may be reinstated without regard to the length of time he or she has been separated from the service.

RULE X.

Within that part of the civil service of the United States which has been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act, transfers shall be governed as follows:

1. A person in any department or office may be transferred within the same department or office and the same branch of the service upon any test of fitness, not disapproved by the Commission, which may be determined upon by the appointing officer, subject to the limitations of the provisos of section 2 of this rule.

2. A person who has received absolute appointment may be transferred without examination from any department, office, or branch of the service upon requisition and consent of the proper officers and the certificate of the Commission: Provided, That no transfer shall be made of a person to a position within the same department or office and the same branch of the service, or to a position in another department, office, or branch of the service, if from original entrance to such position said person is barred by the age limitations prescribed therefor, or by the provisions regulating apportionment, or if in said position there is not required, in the judgment of the Commission, the performance of the same class of work, or the practice of the same mechanical trade, performed or practiced in the position from which transfer is proposed: And provided further, That transfer shall not be made without examination, provided by the Commission, to a position for original entrance to which, in the judgment of the Commission, there is required by these rules an examination involving essential tests different from or higher than those involved in the examination required for original entrance to the position from which transfer is proposed; but a person employed in any grade shall not because of such employment be barred from the open competitive examination provided for original entrance to any other grade. 3. Upon requisition of the proper officer and the certificate of the Commission, transfer may be made without examination from the office of the President of the United States, after continuous service therein for the two years next preceding the date of said requisition, to any position classified under the civil-service act, if in

said position there is required, in the judgment of the Commission, the performance of the same class of work that is required to be performed in the position from which transfer is proposed.

4. Transfer shall not be made from an excepted position to a position not excepted: Provided, That a person holding an excepted position at the time said position is classified under the civil-service act, or a person holding an excepted position which he entered prior to the President's order of November 2, 1894, may, subject to the other conditions and provisions of this rule, be transferred to a position not excepted. 5. Transfer shall not be made from a position not classified under the civil-service act to a classified position: Provided, That a person who, by promotion or transfer from a classified position, has entered a position, appointment to which is made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and has served continuously therein from the date of said promotion or transfer, may be transferred from said Presidential appointment to the position from which he was so transferred or to any position to which transfer could be made therefrom.

6. Transfer shall not be made from a position outside the District of Columbia to a position within the District of Columbia, except upon the certificate of the Commission, subject to the other conditions and provisions of this rule.

7. Any person who has been transferred from a classified position to another classified position may be retransferred to the position in which he was formerly employed, or to any position to which transfer could be made therefrom, without regard to the limitations of this rule.

8. All transfers herein authorized shall be made only after the issuance by the Commission of the certificates therefor, except those which may be specifically exempted from such condition by regulation of the Commission.

9. Whenever a person is proposed for transfer from one branch of the service to another branch of the service, and from a part of the service not within the provisions regulating apportionment to a part of the service within said provisions, and the transfer is one which, under the provisions of this rule, may be allowed without examination, such person shall be required, precedent to his transfer, to file a statement, under oath, setting forth the same facts, accompanied by the same certificates or vouchers relating to residence as may be required in an application for examination.

RULE XI.

1. In pursuance of the requirements of section 7 of the civil-service act, competitive tests or examinations shall, as far as practicable and useful, be established to test fitness for promotion in any part of the civil service of the United States which has been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act.

2. The details regulating promotions shall be formulated by the Commission after consultation with the heads of the several departments, bureaus, or offices. It shall be the duty of the head of each department, bureau, or office, when such regulations have been formulated, to promulgate the same, and any amendments or revocations thereof shall be approved by the Commission before going into effect.

3. The Commission shall, upon the nomination of the head of each department, bureau, or office, designate and select a suitable number of persons, not less than three, in said department, bureau, or office, to be members of a board of promotion. In the departments, bureaus, or offices in Washington, and in all other offices, the members of any board of examiners shall not all be adherents of one political party when persons of other political parties are available and competent to serve upon said board.

4. Until the regulations herein authorized have been approved for any department, bureau, or office, in which promotion regulations approved by the Commission are not in force, promotions therein may be made from one class to another class which is in the same grade, and from one grade to another grade, upon any test of fitness, not disapproved by the Commission, which may be determined upon by the promoting officer: Provided, That no promotion of a person shall be made, except upon examination provided by the Commission, from one class to another class, or from one grade to another grade, if for original entrance to said class or grade to which promotion is proposed there is required by these rules an examination involving essential tests different from or higher than those involved in the examination required for original entrance to the class or grade from which promotion is proposed: And provided further, That no promotion of a person shall be made, except upon examination provided by the Commission, to a position in which, in the judgment of the Commission, there is not required the performance of the same class of work, or the practice of the same mechanical trade, which is required to be performed or practiced, in the position from which promotion is proposed; but a person employed in any grade shall not, because of such employment, be barred from the open competitive examination provided for original entrance to any other grade: And provided further, That no promotion of a person shall be made to a class or grade

from original entrance to which such person is barred by the age limitations prescribed therefor or by the provisions regulating apportionment.

RULE XII.

1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the civil-service act, every nominating or appointing officer in the executive civil service of the United States shall furnish to the Commission a list of all the positions and employments under his control and authority, together with the names, designations, compensations, and dates of appointment or employment, of all persons serving in said positions or employments; said list to be arranged as follows: (a) Classified positions not excepted from examination; (b) classified positions excepted from examination; (c) unclassified positions.

2. Every nominating or appointing officer in the executive civil service shall report in detail to the Commission, in form and manner to be prescribed by the Commission, all changes, as soon as made, and the dates thereof, in the service under his control and authority, setting forth among other things the following: The position to which an appointment or reinstatement is made; the position from which a separation is made, whether the same was caused by dismissal, resignation, or death; and the position from which and the position to which a transfer or promotion is made; the compensation of every position from which or to which a change is made; the name of every person appointed, reinstated, promoted, transferred, or separated from the service; and every failure to accept an appointment and the reasons therefor. Approved, May 6, 1896.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., May 7, 1896.

In the exercise of the authority vested in the President by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third (1753d) section of the Revised Statutes

It is ordered, That the office of the Interstate Commerce Commission be, and the same is hereby, classified as a part of the classified departmental service, and for the purpose of applying the civil-service rules thereto the officers, clerks; and other employees of said Commission are hereby arranged in the following classes, viz:

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

CLASS B.-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 C.—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 D.-All persons receiving a salary of $900 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $900 or more, but less than $1,000 per annum.

CLASS E.-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 1.-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 2.-All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,400 or more per annum, or a compensation at the rate of $1,400 or more, but less than $1,600 per annum. CLASS 3.-All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,600 or more per annum, or an annual compensation at the rate of $1,600 or more, but less than $1,800 per annum. CLASS 4.-All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,800 or more per annum, or a compensation at the rate of $1,800 or more, but less than $2,000 per annum. CLASS 5.-All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,000 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,000 or more per annum.

Provided, That no person who may be appointed to an office, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that no person who may be employed merely as a workman or laborer, shall be considered as within this classification, and no person so employed shall be assigned to the duties of a classified place.

Provided further, That no person shall be admitted to any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service rules in any of the classes above designated until he or she shall have passed an appropriate examination under the United States Civil Service Commission and his or her eligibility has been certified to by said Commission. GROVER CLEVELAND.

Employees classified and list sent to Civil Service Commission in accordance with above order. (Minutes of Commission, May 15, 1896.)

EDW. A. MOSELEY, Secretary.

AMENDMENT OF THE CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

The civil-service rules are hereby amended as follows:

Rule III, clause 2 (a), is amended by adding after the words "the Light-House Service" the words "the Life-Saving Service."

Paragraph (b) of the same rule and clause is amended by striking out after the words who are in the service of the Treasury Department in any capacity" the words "except those in the Life-Saving Service."

Approved.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 13, 1896.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

The Civil-Service Rules, as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows: Rule I, section 2, clause (b), in the third line, after the word "act," insert "and these rules;" so that as amended the clause will read:

"(b) The term 'classified service' refers to all that part of the executive civil service of the United States included within the provisions of the civil-service act and these rules."

Rule III, section 2, clause (a), is amended by adding thereto the following clause: "The Ordnance Department at large."

Rule III, section 2, clause (a), is amended by striking out after "persons" in the third line the words "who have been nominated for" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "whose appointments are subject to."

Rule III, section 2, clause (b), is amended by inserting in the second line, after the word "designation," the words "except persons merely employed as laborers or workmen and persons whose appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate." Rule III, section 2, clause (b), is amended by adding thereto the following words: "Who are employed in the Department of Justice under the annual appropriation for the investigation of official acts, records and accounts of officers of the courts." Rule III, section 3, is amended to read as follows:

"3. The custom-house service shall include such officers and employés as have been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act who are serving in any customs district, whose officers and employés number as many as five. And whenever in any customs district whose officers and employés number less than five, the number of officers and employés shall be increased to as many as five, the Secretary of the Treasury shall at once notify the Commission of such increase, and the officers and employés of said district shall be included within the classified service from the date of said increase."

Rule III, section 6, is amended by inserting in the second line, after the word employés," the following: "in any internal-revenue district;" and in the third line, after the word "act," by striking out the following: "in any internal-revenue district," so that as amended the section will read:

"6. The internal-revenue service shall include the officers and employees in any internal-revenue district who have been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil service act."

Rule VI is amended, by adding in the departmental service an additional clause making exceptions from examination to read as follows:

"(c) Attorneys or assistant attorneys in any Department whose main duties are connected with the management of cases in court."

Amend Rule VI by striking out, after "internal-revenue service," the words "one cashier in each internal-revenue district" and inserting in lieu thereof:

"One employe in each internal-revenue district, who shall act as cashier or chief deputy or assistant collector, as may be determined by the Treasury Department." Amend Rule VIII by striking out section 3.

Rule IX is amended by striking out, in the seventh line, the word "classified" and inserting in lieu thereof, after the word "position" in the same line, the following: "included within the classified service," so that as amended the line will read: "misconduct, been separated from a position included within the classified service at the." Rule XI, section 2, is amended by striking out, in line one, the words "The details regulating" and inserting in their stead the words "Regulations to govern," so that as amended the section will read:

“2. Regulations to govern promotions shall be formulated by the Commission after consultation with the heads of the several departments, bureaus, and offices. It shall be the duty of the head of each Department, bureau, or office, when such regulations have been formulated, to promulgate the same, and any amendments or revocations thereof shall be approved by the Commission before going into effect."

Rule XI, section 3. The word "examiners," in line seven, is changed to "promotion," making the section read:

"3. The Commission shall, upon the nomination of the head of each department, bureau, or office, designate and select a suitable number of persons, not less than three, in said department, bureau, or office, to be members of a board of promotion. In the departments, bureaus, or offices in Washington, and in all other offices, the members of any board of promotion shall not all be adherents of one political party when persons of other political parties are available and competent to serve upon said board."

Approved, November 2, 1896.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE ORDER.

The regulations of the Navy Department governing the employment of labor at navy-yards having been adopted by the Civil Service Commission as a regulation of the Commission July 29, 1896, under the authority conferred by clause 1, Rule I, of the Revised Civil-Service Rules of May 6, 1896, it is hereby ordered that no modification of the existing regulations shall be made without the approval of the Civil Service Commission.

Amend clause 2 (b) of Rule III by adding at the end thereof the following: "And all officers and employees in the penitentiary service who are by law subject to classification."

Approved.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 23, 1896.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

1897.

AMENDMENT TO CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

Amend Rule VIII by striking out section 12 and substituting therefor the following:

"Whenever there are no names of eligibles upon a register for any grade in which a vacancy exists and the public interest requires that it must be filled before eligibles can be provided by the Commission, such vacancy may, subject to the approval of the Commission, be filled by appointment without examination and certification for such part of three months as will enable the Commission to provide eligibles. Such temporary appointment shall expire by limitation as soon as an eligible shall be provided, and no person shall serve longer than three months in any one year under such temporary appointment or appointments unless by special authority of the Commission previously obtained. Said year limitation shall commence from the date of such first appointment: Provided, That whenever an emergency shall arise requiring that a vacancy shall be filled before a certification can be issued and an appointment made thereto in the manner provided in these rules, such vacancy may be filled without regard to the provisions of these rules for such part of thirty days as may be required for the issuance of a certificate and the execution of the necessary details of an appointment thereto in accordance with said provisions. Such appointment shall in no case continue longer than thirty days."

Approved.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 2, 1897.

GROVER CLEVELAND.