# Executive Order 92

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Amends Executive Order 89, May 6, 1896.
Signed by President Grover Cleveland Monday, November 2, 1896
Amendments to Civil Service Rules.
The civil-service rules, as revised May 6, 1896, are hereby amended as follows:
Rule I.
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.
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:
Rule III, section 6, is amended by inserting in the second line, after the word "employees," 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:
Rule VI.
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 employee in each internal-revenue district, who shall act as cashier or chief deputy or assistant collector, as may be determined by the Treasury Department.
Rule VIII.
Amend Rule VIII by striking out section 3.
Rule IX.
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.
Rule XI, section 2, is amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "The details regulating" and inserting in their stead the words "Regulations to govern;" so that as amended the section will read:
Rule XI, section 3. The word "examiners," in line 7, is changed to "promotion," making the section read:
Approved November 2, 1896.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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