The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-08
NEW RULES.
The President Has Signed Several Orders of
 Importance.

| Importance.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-T he president | has signed several orders of great i'm portance in connection with the civil service reform movement, making i'm | portant extensions of the classified service to offices heretofore classified and revising existing classifications in branches of the service already clas- sified, so as to bring within the classi- fication many places heretofore ex- cluded These are as follows: | First-A revision of the customs classifica- tions so as to bring within the service ali em- | ployes not serving merely as workmcn or labor CTS, without regard to compensation. Hereto fore this service has been classified on the basis of compensation. All employees receiv- | ing compensation of less than 800 have been 1 excluded from the classification, and therefore not subject to the civil service rules. This &C., tion 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 l. extending the classification to include all cus- toms districts in which there are as many as twenty employees The present limit is fifty employees and under that limit eleven customs districts have been classified The extension of the classification to include all districts in which there are as many as twenty employees will bring into the classified service certainly eleven additional districts and proba ply sev- eral more.
 Third-An amendment to the classification of the department at Washington so as to in- clude in the classified service, and subject to the civil service rules in all the departments, messengers, assistant messengers and watch men.
 Fourth-An amendment to the civil service
  competitive examination, 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 one year into the places covered by examination.
 Fifth-An order extending the classification of the post office department so as to include in the classified service to the department the clerks employed in the offices of the post office inspectors.
 Sixth-Amendments to the postal rules with drawing from the excepted class very large proportion Of the places now excepted from ex- animation. This will transfer from the ex- cepted class in the classified post office to the non-excepted class probably not less than 1 800 places, the whole number Of excepted places in the classified post offices now being in the neighborhood of 2.30O Hereafter it will not in- clude more than 700 or 800.
 Seventh--An amendment to the department rules withdrawing from the excepted class in the department of agriculture the chiefs of the divisions of entomology. economic ornithology and mammalogy and pomology and the assist ant chiefs of these divisions
 Eighth-An amendment to the Indian rule providing for the appointment as assistant teachers in the Indian school service, without civil service examination, of graduates of the normal classes at the Salem, Ore; Santa Fe, N M Haskell institute, Lawrence, Kan. Car lisle school. Carlisle, Pa, and Hampton insti- ute, Hampton. 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 exam ination for not exceeding thirty days to places which may be filled by non-competitive exam ination in the departments at Washington in cases of emergency, pending an examination by the commission disappointment made un- der this authority can continue longer than thirty days.
 The president has had these changes under consideration for some time and before his return from his vacation notified the commission that immedi- ately upon his return he would consult with them in reference thereto.
 Other important changes involving an extention 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.