El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-14
CIVIL SERVICE ORDER.
EMPLOYEES TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO
MAKE DEFENSE.
Secretary Gage Prescribes Methods To BE
Adopted by Treasury Officials in
Making Removals.

| The secretary Of the treasury has is
sued the following circular providing
for the enforcement of the provisions
| of executive order dated July II, 1897
as to removals from the classified ser
| vice.
"rhe attention of the supervising
officers and agents of this department,
is called to so much executive order o.
July 81, 1897. as is amendatOry of civil
service rule No. 2, and provides fol
| lows: No removal shall BE- made from
| any position subject to competitive ex-
| animation except for just cause and
| u pon written charges filed with the
head of the department or other ap'
pointing officer and of which the &C
cused shall have full notice, and an OPP
portunity to make Defense
SIN view of the foregoing, whenever
any officer, agent, clerk or employe
in the service of this department. shall
appear to the officer or agent charged
with the supervision of his official
conduct to be guilty of such direliction
of duty, delinquency or misconduct, or
shall prove inefficient to such an ex-
tent as to seem to justify the removal OF
such person from the service, or hia re-
ductiOn in grade, it shall De the duty Of
such supervising officer to Immediately
forward to this Office written charges and
specifications detailing fully and eX-
plicitly the reason for removal or re-
ductiOn. At the same tine 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
officer for transmission to this effice
within three days from the date of the
receipt of the copy of the written char
ges.
"Whenever it is impracticab BILE to pre-
sent copy of the charges to the ac-
cused in person, it will be sent by re-
gistered mail. and the receipt carefully
preserved.
1.-The fact that the accused has thus
been furnished with complete copy of
the charges and informed Of the oppor
tunity TO make defense as above set
forth will be reported to this office and
at the same time the written copy OF
charges is formulated the accused as
aforesaid.
SIN the event that the accused fails
to mail his written defense to the
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 deliv-
cred in person when practicable. other
wise it should be forwarded to the
officer by registered mail
and after due examination, immediately
transferred to this Office, accompanied
by letter of the supervising officer
his views in the matter of
defense aud making such recommends
tiOns 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 be better subserved by
relieving the accused from
duty pending 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
classified service of the treasury depart
ment is II ,5Si ~