The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-05
President Cleveland Makes an Order
For Important Extensions
Thereto.
my NEW POSITIONS
Will Hereafter Be Brought Under
the Jurisdiction of the Com
> mission.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.--The presi.
dent has signed orders of great impor-
~ tance in connection with the civil SER
vice reform movement, making impor-
tant extensions of the classified service
to offices net heretofore classified and
revising existing classifications i'm
branches of the service already classi-
fled, SO as to bring within the classifica-
ton many places heretofore excluded.
!. A revision of the customs classi-
fcations, so as to bring within the SER
vice all employees not serving merely as
workmen or laborers, without regard to
compensation. Heretofore this service
has been classified on the basis of COM
pensation, all employees receiving COM
pensation of less than 5000 or
rate of compensation less
than $500 per ~ annum, have
been excluded from the classification
and therefore not subject to the civil
service rules. This action, of the presi-
dent brings the classification of the GUS
toms service into harmony with those
OF the other branches of the service.
2. An amen dment to customs rule /,
extending the classification to include
all customs districts in which there are
as many as 90 employees. The present
limit is 90 employees, and under that
limit ii customs districts have been
classified. The extension of the classi-
fication to include all districts in which
there are as many as 20 employees will
bring into the classified service GER
tainly II iditional districts and prob
ably stv raj more.
3. An endment to the classifica-
tion of the departments at Washington.
SO as to include the classified service,
and subject to civil service rules i'm all
the departments, messengers, assistant
messengers and watchmen.
4. An amendment TO the civil service
rules abolishing the right of transfer,
upon non-competitive examination, Of
persons appointed to excepted places
after one years service in such places
to classified non-excepted places. Here
after persons appointed from the out
side to excepted places in any branch
of the classified service cannot be trans
ferred at the end Of one year into the
places covered by examination.
B, An order extending the classifca-
tion of the postofice department so as
to include in the classified service to
the department the clerks employed in
the offices of the postoffice inspectors.
8. Amendment to the postal rules
withdrawing from the excepted class a
very large proportion of the places now
excepted from examination. This
amendment will transfer from the ex-
cepted class In the classified postoffice
70 the non-excepted class probably not
less than 1860 places, the whole mum.
Der OF excepted places in the classified
postoffices now beng in the neighbor-
hood OF 2,300 Hereafter it will not in |
clude more than 700 or 800.
2. An amendment 10 the depart. |
mentul rnles withdrawing from the ex-
cepted class In the department Of agri-
culture the chiefs of the divisions az |
entomology, economic ornithology and
Inalnmalology and pomology and the |
assistant chiefs OF those divisions.
8. An amendment to the Indian rule |
providing for the appointment as assist |
ant teachers in the INDIAN school SER
vice without civil service examination. /
the graduates Of the normal classes at
Salem, Or, Sante Fe, N. NJ, Haskell
Institute, Lawrence, Kan, Carlisle
School, Carlisle, Pa, Hampton Insti-
tute. Hampton, Va, upon their certifi.
Gates OF graduation; but before they can
be advanced to full teacherships, they
shall be required to pass the regular
civil service examination.
8. Allowing appointment without
examination for not exceeding 80 days
to the places which may be filed by
non competitive examination in the de-
partment at Washington in cases OF
emergency, pending an examination by,
the commission. No appointment
made under this authority can continue
longer than 30 days.
The president has had these changes
under consideration for some time. ana
before his return from his vacation M.
titled the commission that immediatelv
upon his return he would consult with 4
them In reference thereto. Other i'm.
portant changes Involving an extension
of the classified service are still unfler
and only await ARRANGE.
nent of minor details through confer
snce between the civil service commis.
ZION and the heads OF various depart
ments 1