The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-12
HOW TO FIRE THEM
METHOD FOR REMOVING TREAS
URY EMPLOYEES LAID
DOWN.
EVASION OF CIVIL SERVICE
MADE EASY BY FILING WRITTEN
CHARGES AGAINST THOSE TO
BE DEPOSED.
EasB TIDE OF IMMIGRATION
Lowest Point Since 1852 Reached, as
shown in Treasury
Statistics.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE secre-
tary of the treasury today issued the
following circular providing for the
enforcement of the provisions of the
executive order of July q, 1897, as to
removals from the classified service:
sThe attention of supervising officers
and agents of this department is called
to so much of the executive order
of July -. 1897, as is amendatory of civ
IL service rule II, and provides as fol-
lows:
'.No removal shall be made from any posi-
ton subject to competitive examination eX-
Cept for just cause, and upon written charges
other appointing officer, and of which the
accused shall have full notice and an oppor-
tun.ty to make defense"
IN view of the foregoing, whenever
an officer, agent, clerk or empioye IN
the service of the department shall
appear to the officer or agent charged
with the supervision of his official con-
duct to be guilty of such dereliction
of duty, delinquency or misconduct, or
shall prove inefficient to such an extent
as to seem to justify the removal of
such person from the service, or his
of such supervising officer to immedi-
ately forward to this Office written
charges and specifications detailing
fully and explicitly the reasons for re-
moval or reduction. At the same time
a complete copy of the charges and
specifications will be furnished to the
accused with the information that such
defense as is desired to be made in
the premises must be submitted to the
supervising officers for transmission to
this office within three days from the
date of.receipt of the copy Of the writ
ten charges.
whenever it is impracticable to pre-
sent a copy of the charges to the &C
cused in person, it will be sent by leg
istered mail and the receipt carefully
preserved.
The fact that the accused has thus
been furnished with a complete copy
pf the charges and informed Of the op-
portunity to make defense as above
set forth will be reported to this Office
at the same time that the written copy
of charges is forwarded to the accused
as aforesaid. In the event that the ac-
FUSED fails to mail his written defense
to the supervising officer within the
hat such person does not desire to en-
brace the opportunity thus afforded.
The written defense will be delivered in
person when practicable, otherwise it
should be forwarded to the 'supervis-
ing officer by registered mail, and, after
due examination, Immediately trans
fe-red to this office, accompanied by a
letter of the supervising officer sub
hitting his views in the matter of the
defense and making such Recommended
ton as the circumstances and the ma
tuCe of the defense may seem to war
raht. When the circumstances are
such as to render it evident that the
interests of the service will be better
subserved by Immediately relieving the
accused from duty, pending action on
tie charges, that course will be pur-
sEed. in which case the action taken
HSll be promptly reported to this Office.
Supervising officers will furnish each
officer, agent. clerk or employe within
their respective jurisdictions with a
c5py of this circular and enforce strict
compliance with it's provisions
The number of employees in the class
lied service of the treasury department
Is II ,564