The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-07
EXTEND CIVIL SERVICE
President Cleveland Signs tie Order M
creasIng the List 10 Over $4,000.
ALL BRANCHES OF SERVICE.
Transfer or Appointing OF Ofsiciaf6f
Promptly forestailed--Exec cptlosa
Made I'm Favor OF Life Sowing sss-
vice. Free Delivery and Posos
hices!Come Under the order.

Washington. May 6.-The President by
his signature to-day extended the prpvi1;
s!ons of the civil service law to $4,000
Government employees. increasing the
number of positions on the classified 2ista
from 55.736 to S5.135, and with few
minor exceptions, between the extremes
Of officials whose continuation ny the
Senate Is constitut!onally requis,te.
down to mere laborers and tworkmen,s
governmental appointments are with.
drawn as far as possible from potitfcaf.
Influence, and protected in their tenure OF
Office by the merit system. The Prest-A
dents signature at II o'clock.this niorn4s
Ing cancelling all former orders issued
and substituting the new rules, was isn-j
medately filed in the State Department.,
and went into effect at once, thus force
stalling any possible action throuGhout
the country by appointing officials or
transferring employees, or in any other
way evadinE the rules before. being
formally notified of them. From the mo-
ment of his signature the new order made
all government officials directly responsi-A
bic to the commission for appointments
and changes. ~
To-day's revision OF the rules divides
the executive civil eervice into five
branches. as follows: The departmental,
service, the custom-house service, tho
post-ofice service. the government print;
Ing service, and the internal revenue
service.
In the departmental service are clRssi-
lied all officers and employees Except
laborers and persons wao have been
nominated for confirmat!on) in the sew
eral executive departments, the commis-
sions, the District of Columbia. the rail-
way mail service, Indian service pens
sion agencies. steamboat inspection SER
vice. marine hospital service, fnints and
assay offices. revenue cutter service, sub
trpa SiIras n M pi n Ia, MT,
the forces employed by custodians Of
public buildings. The only exception
made In the Treasury Department. Is In
favor OF those in the life saving SER.
vice. 6&
In the custom-house service are classl-
lied all officers and employees In any
customs district whose employees number
as many as five.
In the post-oftice service are classi-
lied all officers and employees In any
free delivery post-office. i
In the internal revenue service are
classified all officers and employees In
every internal revenue district exceer q
OF course. as in other cases, mere ia
borers. fsfstf- s
The number of classified places exempt Il
ed from examination has been reduced
from 2,099 to IT'S. which are mainly pc-
sitions OF cashiers in the customs. postal.
and Internal revenue services. Indians
employed Nm minor capacities In the In
dian service, are necessarily put In the
excepted list Almost all of the positions
In Washington which have iheretafere
been excepted have been included in the
competitive list. The only classified po-
sltions in Washington which will be.
excepted from examination under the
new rules will be private secreta rIes or
confidential clerks mot exceeding two)
to the President, and to the head Of each
OF the eight executive departments.