History of amendments to the civil-service rules excepting positions from examination and of the transfer of positions from the excepted to the competitive class-Continued. [Where the number of positions under any designation was not reported the omission is indicated by a star.]

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1893.

June

1894.

6 Special Departmental In the Department of Agriculture:

Rule 1.

In the office of the Secretary: the assist-
ant chiefs of the following divisions: Of
Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy,
of Pomology, of Microscopy, of Vege-
table Pathology, of Records and Editing;
and 1 property clerk.

In the Weather Bureau: The assistant
chief of the Bureau, the 3 professors of
meteorology of highest grade, executive
officer, superintendent of telegraph lines,
and 1 property clerk.

In the United States Commission of Fish and
Fisheries, the following: Scientific or pro-
fessional experts to be temporarily em
ployed in investigations authorized by
Congress, but not to include any persons
regularly employed in that commission, nor
any person whose duties are not scientific
or professional, and who are not experts in
the particular line of scientific inquiry in
which they are to be employed.

Mar. 6 Special Indian Rule I. Exceptions from examination are hereby made

as follows: 1 superintendent, and the neces-
sary teachers, not exceeding 4 in number,
for the organization and equipment of a
normal school to be established at Albu-
querque, N. Mex.; this rule to expire by
limitation 6 months after the date of its
approval.

Department of Agriculture: Appointment
clerk.

Professors of meteorology..

Treasury Department:"

In the office of the Second Auditor: 1 skilled
laborer with duties exclusively of a carpenter
and cabinetmaker.

In the Bureau of Engraving and Printing:
Custodian of proving presses and modeler.
In the customs district of Vermont: 1 deputy
collector and inspector, to be stationed at
Halifax during the winter and at Quebec
during the time the St. Lawrence River is
open for navigation.

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History of amendments to the civil-service rules excepting positions from examination and of the transfer of positions from the excepted to the competitive class-Continued. [Where the number of positions under any designation was not reported the omission is indicated

Jan. 3 Postal Rule II.....

Post-Office Department: Superintendents of
branch post-offices at which carriers are
employed.

May 24 Departmental Rule II. Department of Agriculture: Director and as

sistant director of experiment stations, pri-
vate secretaries to bureau chiefs, chiefs of
divisions, Chief of Dairy Division, assistant
chief of division, scientific experts in Wash-
ington, disbursing clerks, chief clerks, su-
perintendent of grounds, artist.

1 designated clerk at each pension agency.
Interior Department, Geological Survey: Pro-
fessional experts, special agents, geologist,
assistant geologist, paleontologist, assistant
paleontologist, chief photographer, photog-
rapher, chief chemist, chemist, assistant
chemist, chief engraver, engraver, assistant
engraver, lithographic engraver, map print-
er, lithographic printer, assistant litho-
graphic printer, map reviser, statistical ex-
perts temporarily employed.
Bookbinders in all departments....
Special Departmental Rule I is hereby amended
to except from examination in the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, in the Bureau of En-
graving and Printing, 43 compositors and 8
pressmen now temporarily employed under
authority of the sundry civil act of March
2, 1895, such employment to cease prior to
March 14, 1896. Vacancies occurring in this
force shall be filled only by competitive ex-
amination under the civil service rules.
Department of Labor: Statistical and tempo-
rary experts.

Persons receiving less than $300 per annum in
customs service.

Interior Department: Assistant attorneys,
law clerks.

Transferred to competitive class...

(a) 1 assistant postmaster, or chief assist-
ant to the postmaster, of whatever desig.
nation, at each post-office.

Nov. 2....do

(b) 1 cashier of each first-class post-office,
when employed under the roster title of
cashier only.

Internal Revenue Service:

1 cashier in each internal revenue district..
Attorneys or assistant attorneys in any de
partment whose main duties are connected
with the management of cases in court.
By striking out after "internal revenue
service" the words "one cashier in each inter-
nal revenue district," and inserting in lieu
thereof-

"One employee in each internal revenue
district, who shall act as cashier or chief dep
uty or assistant collector, as may be determined
by the Treasury Department."

History of amendments to the civil-service rules excepting positions from examination and of the transfer of positions from the excepted to the competitive class-Continued. [Where the number of positions under any designation was not reported the omission is indicated

"(d) Assistant secretary Smithsonian Institu-
tion, in charge of United States National
Museum."

The appointment of a successor to the pres
ent incumbent of the position of Assistant
Attorney-General for the Post-Office Depart-
ment may be made without examination
under the civil-service rules.
The appointment of a successor to the pres-
ent incumbent of the position of law clerk
for the Post-Office Department, who shall
act for the Assistant Attorney-General in
his absence, may be made without examina-
tion under the civil-service rules.
"Custom-house service:

"(a) 1 cashier in each customs district.....
(b) 1 chief or principal deputy or assist-
ant collector in each customs district.
"(e) 1 principal deputy collector at each
subport or station.

"(a) lassistant postmaster, or chief assist-
ant to the postmaster, of whatever des
ignation, at each post-office.

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"Post-office service:

(b) 1 cashier of each first-class post-office
when employed under the roster title of
cashier only.

"Internal Revenue Service:

"(a) 1 employee in each internal revenue
district, who shall act as cashier, or chief
deputy, or assistant collector, as may
be determined by the Treasury Depart-
ment.

"(b) 1 deputy collector in each internal.
revenue district where the number of
employees in the office of the collector
exceeds 4.

"(c) 1 deputy collector in each stamp (or
branch) office."

Appointments to the positions named in this
rule in the custom-house service and in the
Internal Revenue Service shall be subject to
an examination to be prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, not disapproved by
the Commission, equal to the examination held
by the Commission for positions of like grade.
Such examination shall be conducted by the
Commission in accordance with its regula
tions.

Repromulgation; status unchanged by amendment to Rule VI of July 27, 1897.

$59

$40

$83

EXTENSIONS OF THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE MADE SINCE

JANUARY 16, 1883.

January 16, 1883, to March 3, 1885.

PRESIDENT ARTHUR.

(Approximate.)

Classified by the first order of classification..

Extensions of classification......

By growth of the service to March 3, 1885-4 post-offices, each attaining 50 employees

March 3, 1885, number of places classified

13, 924 1,449

200

15, 573

Railway Mail Service, December 31, 1888, to take effect May 1, 1889 *.

5,320

School employees and physicians, Indian service, April 13, 1891.
United States Fish Commission, May 5, 1892
Weather Bureau, January 5, 1893.

548 free-delivery post-offices, January 5, 1893†

By growth of the service, 1889 to 1893:

10 post-offices, each attaining 50 employees.. Other miscellaneous growth. (See note below.)

March 3, 1893, number of places classified.

March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1897.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND (SECOND TERM).

626

140

314

7,610

500

6, 408

42,928

Extensions of classification:

In the Department of Agriculture (Bureau of Animal Industry and Weather Bureau), May 24, 1895....

In the Department of the Interior, July 25, 1894

In the Post Office Department, November 2 and December 3, 1894.
Messengers and watchmen in all departments, November 2, 1894.

Firemen in all departments, June 15, 1895

Census employees (act of Congress of March 4, 1895).

Internal Revenue Service, December 12, 1894..

Government Printing Office, June 13, 1895

Pension agencies, July 15, 1895..

Indian service at large, May 11, 1894

Custom-house service, November 2, 1894..

Indian agency and school employees, March 20, 1896.

Revision of rules of May 6, 1896

Executive Office..

Civil Service Commission

Laborers performing classified duty....

State Department

Laborers performing classified duty.

767

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43

868

94

90

2,939

2,709

505

89

1,527

743

21

Allotment force under superintendent State, War, and Navy Department building.
Treasury Department-

Laborers performing classified duty.

Mints and assay offices....

* Of the 5,320 employees classified by order of President Cleveland on December 31, 1888, 2,300 were removed between March 4, 1889, and May 1, 1889, under the administration of President Harrison, and their places filled without examination, presumably by Republicans.

† Several hundred of the clerks and carriers at these post-offices were removed under the succeeding Administration; but nevertheless the Commission enforced the classification by all the means in its power, and succeeded in securing the reinstatement of some of the removed employees

NOTE. Although not formally classified under the civil-service act, the navy-yard service, with about 5,000 employees, was put under a merit system by Secretary Tracy, with the approval of President Harrison.

Laborers performing classified duty, and miscellaneous (including 98 assistant

*These positions were placed under the merit system in the preceding Administration.
Of the 3,278, 2,061 are Indians excepted from examination.

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455

70

92

3,278

4, 120

98

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