The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-04
The New Rules Which Are to
Govern It
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
Several Very Important changes AZ
the System of Appointments on
Test of Fitness to Places
Washington Wisps-


a circular to customs officers in regard |
to the rate of
DRAWBACK ON DRIED REFINED SUGARS
which provides that the rate OF draw
back Professionally established by the
circular of September 2Sth, 1885, on all
refined loaf, cutlosf, crushed, gran
Mated and powdered sugar. stove
dried. or dried by other equally
effective process, viz: 2 60-l00 cents per
pound, less legal retention OF l per
cent, is hereby declared permanent.
This question has been pending before
the department for many months.
The Treasurer, to-day, issued the
following notice, in re ard to the issue
Dr. of 81 and 50 silver certificates: me
Treasurer of the United States VIII
issue . A
SILVER CERTIFICATES
of the denominations of 81 and 5 in
return for national bank notes, or for
United States notes, or silver certif
Gates mutilated or unfit for circulation,
.o3lv received for redemption under the
regnIations now in force. AS hereto
fore, the charges for transportation. to
Washington on national bank notes, ID
sums or muitiples of $1,000, will
be paid by the government. The
charges on United States notes
and silver certificates forwarded 1or
redemption or exchange, VIII De
deducted from the proceeds OF remit
tances at contract rates. unless prepaid,
and charges for returns in new silver
certificates to be paid by the conslgnee,
at government contract rates. A COPY
of this notice will be mailed to every
bank and banker in the United states,
with the view of meeting the demand
for these small notes. .t
The House commission on mines ana
mining will report to the House, favor
ably, a bill for the relief OF
WILLIAM II 'eARRAHAN. 81
It proposes to submit to the court OF
claims, for adjudication, the title OF
McGarrahan to the mineral interests
of Rancho Panoch Grande, in Cali
fornia, The tract OF land il dispute is
now in possession of the New 1dria
Quicksilver Mining Company. a min
ority report will be presented.
The President has approved and
promulgated revision OF
which makes several very important
changes in the system of appoint
ments on the tests of fitness ap-
oiled to applicants for places
in the departments at Washing
ton. and in the classified GUS
tom offices and postoffices. The COM
mission has also revised the civil service
regulations to conform tolthe new rules
These revisions have been under con-
sideration by the commission during
great part of the year, and both havere
ce;ved careful consideration by Presl-
dent Cleveland. He has read them a.
length several times and made changes
and notifications. Not one of the OLD
rules or regulations remains in its orlgl
nal form. A few of the most salient
be-, features of the new rules may be statec
as follows:
parts, general rules. departmental rules
customs rules, and postal rules. j.
Second. = The general rules are
nine in number, and are ap,
plicable, except in one or two
particulars, to all parts OF thu
classified service, and to some parts O
the service not yet classified under tht
law and rules.
Bv these rules it is made an otfenst
punishable hy dismissal of any officer o
the executive civil service: % TO us'
his official authority or influence fol
for the purpose of interfering with al
election or controlling the results
thereof; or (2l &c dismiss or Gauss
TO be dismissed, or to use in
fuence of any kind to procur'
dismissal Of any person from any plact
oaru,oa hnnanen Snph DarS01
has refused to be coerced in his pollt
icaI action, or has refused to contribute
money for any political purpose, or II
render political service; and it is es
peciallv provided that any officer
clerk or other employee who Il
shall violate section II of the civil ser
vice act. which prohibits the receipts OF
solicitation of assessment, subscription
or contribution for any political pur
pose whatever; or (2) who shall
violate section y which provide
that any person who shall solicit sor re-
ceive, in any manner whatever, contri
buttons of money or other things o
value, for political purposes whatever
which provides that no officer or EN-
ployee of the United States mentioned
in the civil service act, shall discharg
or promote, or in any man
ner change the Official rank o
.any officer or employee, o
promise or threaten to do so
for giving or refusing contribution; O
141 who shall violate section Il, which
1rovides that no officer, clerk or othe
peTson in the service of the Unite
States. shall, directly or Indirectly
hand over to any person money o
other valuable things on account O
nromotion, for any political purpos
whatever, shall be dismissed from ser
f its also provided that no questio
in any examination be SO framed as t
elicit the political or religious opinio
or afiliation of competitors for place
and if any appointing or nominatin
officer makes inquiry concerning
ar in any other way attempt