The record-union., 1897-08-12
CLASSIFIED SERVICE.
SECRETARY CAGES CIRCULAR
RELATING TO REMOVALS.
Provides for the Enforcement of
the Executive Order of July
Twenty-Seventh.

| WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Sec
retary Of the Treasury to-day issued a
circular providing for the enforcement
of the provisions of the executive or
der of July 81, 1897, as to removals
from the classified service:
THE attention of supervising officers
and agents of this department is called
to so much of the executive order OF
July y, 1897, as is amendatory of
Civil Service rule IL and provided as
| follows:
mo removal shall be made from any
position subjected to competitive ex-
animation, except for just cause and
upon written charges filed with the
| head Of the department or other ap-
pointing officer and of which the ac-
cused shall have full notice and an
opportunity to make defense.
In view of the foregoing when 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 mis-
conduct 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
reduction in grade. it shall be the duty
of such supervising officer to imme-
diately forward to this office written
charges and such specifications detail
ing fully and explicitly the reasons for
removal 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 written charges.
whenever it is impracticable to pre-
sent a copy of the charges to the ac-
cused in person, it will be sent by reg
istered mail, and the receipt carefully
| preserved.
"The fact that the accused has been
furnished with a complete copy of the
charges, and informed of the oppor-
tunity 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 accused fails
to mail such written defense to the su-
pervising officer within the time above
specified. it will be assumed that such
person does not desire to embrace the
opportunity thus afforded.
THE written defense will be delivered
in person when practicable, otherwise
1t should be forwarded to the supervis-
| ing officer by registered mail and after
due examination, transferred to this of
fee, accompanied by a letter of the
supervising officer, submitting his views
In the matter of defense and making
such recommendation as the circum-
stances and the nature of the defense
may seem to warrant
''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 Iending action on the charges,
that course will be pursued. in which
case the action taken will be promptly
reported to this office.
Supervising officers will furnish each
officer. agent, clerk or employe within
their respective jurisdictions with a
copy of this circular, and enforce strict
compliance with its provisions
The number of employees in the classi-
fed service of the Treasury Department
is II, ,564.