The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-12
III THE CLASSIFIED SERVI(E.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER
AS TO REMOVALS.
Secretary of the Treasury Issues a
Circular In Regard to the Provi-
sions Set Forth July 27.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE secretary
of the treasury today issued a circular
providing for the enforcement of the
July q, 1897. as 10 removals from the
classified service as follows:
The attention of supervising officers
and agents of this department is called
to so much of the executive order of
July 81, 1897. as is amendatory of civil
service rule II and provided as follows:
" No removal shall be made from
any position subjected to competitive
examination 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 employee 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 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 reduc-
ton in grade, ii shall be the duty of
such supervising officer to Immediately
forward to this office written charges
and such specifications, detailing 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 re-
ceipt of the copy of the written charges.
Whenever it is impracticable to
present a copy of the charges to the
accused in person, it viii be sent by
registered mail, and the receipt care
fully preserved.
The fact that the accused has thus
been furnished with a complete copy
of the charges and informed of the OPP
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 accused fails
to mail such written defense to the
supervising 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 de-
livered in person when practicable;
otherwise, it should be forwarded to
the supervising officer by registered
mail, and after due examination i'm
mediately transferred to this office, ac
companied by a letter of the super
vising officer, submitting his views in
the matter of the defense, and making
such recommendation as the nature of
the defense may seem to warrant.
when the circumstances are such as
to render it, evident that the interests
of the services will be better sub
served by Immediately relieving the
accused from duty, pending action on
the charges. that course will be pur-
sued. in which case the action taken
should be promptly reported to his Of
flee.
Supervising officers will furnish each
officer. agent. clerk or employee 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 de-
partment is II, 564.