The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-07

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 3.-The
president yesterday signed several orders
OF great Importance in connection with the
civil service reform movement, making
important extensions of the classified SER
Vice to offices not heretofore classified and
revising existing classiicatio in branches
of the service already classified, SO as to
bring within the classification many places
heretofore excluded.
First-A revision Of the customs CLASH
hcations so as to bring within the service
all employees not serving merely as work.
men or labOrers, without regard to COM
pensation. Heretofore this service has
been classified on the basis of compensa-
tion' all employees receiving a compensa-
ton OF less than $500, or a rate of COM
pensation less than 5000 per annum, have
been excluded from the classified ton, and
therefore not subject to the civil service
rules. This action of the president brings
the classification of the customs service
INTO harmony with those of the other
branches of the service.
Second-An amendment to customs rule
extending the classification to include
all customs districts in which there are
as many as 20 employees The present
limit is so employees. and under that limit
II customs districts have been classified.
me extension of the classification to in
clude all districts in which there are as
many as 20 employees will bring into the
classified service certainly II additional
districts, and probably several more.
Third-An amendment to the classified
tlon OF the departments at Washington,
so as to include the classified service and
subject to civil service rules in all the
departments, messengers, assistant mes
Sengers and watchmen.
Fourth-An amendment to the civil serv-
ice rules abolishing the right of transfer,
upon non-competitive examination, of per-
sons appointed to excepted places after one
years service in such places to classified
non-excepted places Hereafter persons APP
pointed from the outside to excepted places
in any branch of the classified service can
not be transferred at the end of one year
into the places covered by examination
Fifth-An order extending the classical
ton of the postoffica department so as to
include in the classified service to the de-
partment the clerks employed in the of
fees of the postoffica inspectors.
SiXth-AmendmentS to the postal rules
withdrawing from the excepted class very
large proportion of the places now excepted
from examination. This amendment will
transfer from the excepted class in the
classified postoffices to the non-excepted
class probably not -4ess than 1,5G0 places,
the whole number Of. excepted places in the
classified postoffices 1ow being in the neigh
borhood of 2,300. Hereafter it will not in
clude more than 7OOspr 800.
Seventh-An amendment to the depart
mental rules withdrawing from the except
the chiefs of the divisions of entomology,
economic ornithologyrand mammalogy and
pomology, and the assistant chiefs of these
divisions.
Eighth-An amendment to the Indian rule
providing for the appointment assistant
teachers in the Indian school service with
out civil service examination, the graduates
of the normal classes at Salem, Oregon,
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Haskell Institute. Law
renee, Kansas; Carlisle school, Carlisle, Pa. !;
Hampton Institute, Ha n1pton Va, upon
their certificates of graduation; but before
they can be advanced to full teacherships
they shall be required to pass the regular
civil service examination.
Ninth-Allowing appointment without ex-
the places which mey be filled by non-com-
petitive examination in the department at
Washington in cases of emergency, pending
an examination by the commission No ap-
pointment made under this authority can
continue longer than thirty days.
The president has had these changes I'M
der consideration for some time and before
his return from his vaca ton notified the
commission that Immediately upon his re-
turn he would consult with them in refer
ence thereto. Other important changes in
volving an extension of the classified SER
vice are still under consideration and only
await arrangement of minor details
through conference between the civil service
commission and the heads of various de-