The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-08-19
CLASSIFIED REMOVALS.
Secretary of the Treasury issues
Circular Explaining IN EXec"-
live Order.

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE secretary
of the treasury today issued the follow
ing circular providing for the ENFORCE
ment of the provisions OF executive OF
der dated July 81, 1897, rs to removals
from the classified service:
1.-The attention of supervising officers
and agents of this department is called
to so much of executive order OF July
-. 1897. as is amendatory of civil SER
vice rule >. and provides rs follows:
"'No removal shall he made from any
position subject to competitive eNalm-
nation except for just cause ana upon
written charges filed with the head OF
department or other appointing officer.
and of which the accused shall have 1nll
notice and an opportunity to make II
defense
"In view of the foregoing. whenever
any officer, agent. clerk or emplOye IN
the service of this department shall ap-
pear to the officer or agent charged
with the supervision of his official con.
duet to he guilty of such dereliction OF
duty. delinquency or misconduct or snail
prove inefficient to such an extent as
to seem to Justify the removal of such
person from the service or his reduc.,
ton in grade. it shall he the duty of
such supervising officer to Immediately
forward to this Office written charges
and specifications detailing fully ana
explicitly the reasons for removal or
reduction.
AT the same time Il complete copy OF
the charges and specifications will he
furnished to the accused with the in
formation that such defense as is de-
sired to be made in the premises must
he submitted to the supervising officer
for transmission to this Office within
three days from the date of the receipt
of the copy of the written charges.
Whenever it is impracticable to pre-
sent copy of the charges to the ac-
cused in person, it will he sent by reg
istered mail and the receipt carefully
preserved.
The fact that the accused has thus
been furnished with complete copy
of the charges and informed of the OPP
portunity to make defense as above set
forth. will be reported to this office, and
at the same time the written copy of
charges is forwarded to the accused as
aforesaid.
I'm the event that the accused fails
to mail his written defense to the super
vising officer within the time above
specified, it will he assumed that such
person does not desire to embrace the
opportunity thus afforded.
The written defense will be delivered
i'll person when practicable, otherwise
it should he forwarded to the supervis-
ing officer by registered mail. and after
due examination Immediately trans
ferred to this office. accompanied by a
letter of the supervising officer submit
ting his views in the matter of the de-
Tense and making such recommendation
as the circumstances and the nature of
the defense may seem to warrant.
when the circumstances are such as
to render evident the interests of the
service will he better subserved by i'm
mediately relieving the accused from
duty pending action on the case, that
course will he pursued. in which case
the action taken will be promptly re-
ported to this office.
Supervising officers will furnish each
officer, agent. clerk or employee within
their respective jurisdictions with
copy of this circular and enforce strict
compliance with its provisions.
The number of employees in the class
ihed service of the treasury department
is 1,5S4."