The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-12
REMOVALS FROM OFFICE.
How the Executive Order of July ~
VIII BE Enforced.

VIII BE Enforced.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE secretary
of the treasury to-day issued the following
circular providing for the enforcement of the
provisions of the executive order of July
N 1887 as to removals from the classified
service:
The attention of supervising officers and
agents OF this department is called to so
much OF executive order of July o. 1897, as
is amendatOry of civil-service rule II, and
provides as follows: No removals shall be
maze from any position subject to competi-
tive examination except for just cause and
on written charges filed with the head of
the department or other appointing officer
ana or which the accused shall have full
notice and an opportunity to make de-
tense. In view of the foregoing. whenever
any otflcer, agent, clerk or employee in the
service OF THIS department shall appear to
the officer or agent charged with the SUI
perviston 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 leem to justify the
removal Of such person from the service
or his reduction in grade, it shall be the
DUTY Oh such supervising officer to imme-
dlately forward to this Office written
charges and 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 in
formation that such defense as is desired
TO be made in the premises must be sub
mitted to the supervising officer for trans
mission to this Office within three days
from the date of receipt of the copy of
the written charges.
Whenever it is impracticabe to present
a copy of the charges to the accused in
person, it will be sent by registered mail
and the receipt carefully preserved. The
fact that the accused has thus been fur
niShed with a complete copy of the charges
and informed of the opportunity to make
defense as above set forth will be re-
ported to this Office at the same time that
the. written copy of charges is forwarded
that the accused fails TO mail his 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 delivered in
person when practicable, otherwise it
should be forwarded to the supervising of
animation, Immediately transferred to his
office, accompanied by a letter of the super
vising officer submitting his views in the
matter of the defense and making such rec
ommendatiOn as the circumstances and the
nature of the defense may seem to war;
rant. When the circumstances are such
as to render it evident that the interests
Immediately 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 employee within their
respective jurisdictions with a copy of this
circular. and enforce strict compliance with
it's provisions
The number of employees in the classified
service of the Treasury Department is
II 564.