The Meeker herald., 1894-11-10
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
IMPORTANT CHANGES AREl
MADE.
The President Agrees to a Revision of the
Customs Classification and the Exemp-
ton of Certain Employees from the
Civil Service Rules.

Washington, Nov. 3.-The PRESIDENT
yesterday signed several orders of great
Importance in connection with the CIV
IL service reform movement, making
Important extensions of the classified
service to offices not heretofore CLASH
fed and revised existing classifcations
in branches Of the service already clas-
sified so as to bring with 1t the classifi-
cation of many places heretofore ex-
cluded.
1. A revision Of the customs classifi-
cations SO as to bring within the service
all employees not serving merely as
workmen of laborers, without regard
to compensation. Heretofore this ser
vice has been classified on the basis
of compensation, all employees receiving
a compensation of $500, or a rate of
compensation less than 5000 per an
mum, have been excluded from the clas-
sification, 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.
2. An amendment to customs rule
extending the classification to include
all customs districts in which there are
as many as twenty employees, the pres
ent limit Is fifty employees, and under
that limit IL customs districts have
been classified. The extension of the
classification to include all districts in
which there are as many MS 20 en-
ployes will bring into the classified SER
vice certainly II additional districts
and Drnh1 bIV cnyarn1 I,lnrn
3. An amendment to the classical
tion Of the department at Washington
so as to include the classified service,
and subject to the civil service rules in
all the departments messengers, assist
ant messengers and watchmen.
4. An amendment to the civil SER
vice rule abolishing the right of trans
fer of dues on non-competitive eXamina-
tons Of persons appointed to excepted
places, after one years service in such
places, to classified non-excepted
places. Hereafter persons appointed
from the outside to excepted places in
any branch of the classified service.
cannot be transferred at the end of the
year into the places covered by exam
nation.
5. An order extending the classifica-
ton of the postotfice department so as
the department the clerks employed In
the offices of the postofiice inspectors.
6. Amendments to the postal rules
withdrawing from the excepted class Il
very large proportion of the places now
excepted from examination. This
amendment will transfer from the eX-
cepted class in the classified postoffice
to the non-excepted class probably not
less than 1,500 places, the whole num-
Der of excepted places in the classified
postotfices now being in the neighbor-
hood Of 1900. Hereafter it will not in
clude more than 100 or 500
Z. An amendment to the department
rules withdrawing from the excepted
class in the department of agriculture
the chiefs OF the divisions OF entomol-
ogy, economic orntholOgy and mann
malogy and pomology, and the assist
ant chiefs of these divisions.
s. An amendment to the Indian rule
providing for the appointment as assist
ant teachers in the Indian school SER
vice, without civil service examina-
ton, the graduates of the Normal
classes at the Salem, Ore; Santa Fe,
N. NJ; Haskell institute, Lawrence,
Kan; Carlisle school. Carlisle, Pa;
Hampton institute, Hampton, Va; up
on their certificates of graduation. But
before they can be advanced to full
teacherships they shall be required to
pass the regular civil service examina-
ton.
0. Allowing appointment without ex
animation for not exceeding 80 days TO
the places which may be filed by nou-
competitive examination in the depart
ment at Washington in cases Of emer-
gency, pending an examination by the
commission.
The appointment made under this
authority can continue longer than 30
days.
The president has had these changes
under consideration for some time, and
before his return from his vacation,
notified the commission that Immediate
ly upon his return, he would consult
with them In reference thereto. Other
important changes involving an ex-
tension of the classified service are still
under consideration and only await
arrangement Of minor details through
conference between the civil service
commission and the heads of various
departments.