The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-30

the civil service rules which he has
had under consideration for about 4
year. 1t releases from the operations
of the civil service rules about 1000
offices. Among such places are the fol-
lowing:
Pension examining surgeons, Indians
employed in the Indian service not con-
nected with the Indian school service,
and manv places in the engineer de-
partment at large, the quartermaster's
department at large, the subsistence
department at large, the ordnance de-
partment at large, of the war depart
ment
With reference to the places in the
outside war departments service, il s
provided that they shall be subject to
regulations provided by the secretary
of war and approved by the president,
thus placing these branches of the
service on the same substantial basis
as the navy-yard service.
The following named employees or
positions. which have been classified
under the civil service act, are eX-
cepted from the requirements of eN-
animation or registration, unless other
wise stated:
taries or confidential clerks to the
president
2. Not exceeding two private secre-
taries or confidential clerks to the
head of each of the eight executive
departments.
In the Executive Departments.
8. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to each of me
assistant heads of the eight executive
departments.
4. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to each of the
following heads of bureaus appointed
by the president and confirmed by the
senate in the eight executive depart
ments: The commissioner of internal
revenue the treasurer of the United
States. the comptroller of the currency,
the comptroller of the treasury, the
superintendent of the coast and geo
detic survey. In the war department,
the major general commanding the
army, the adjutant general, the inspec-
tor general. the judge advocate general,
the quartermaSter general. the COM
missary -aneral of subsistence, the
surgeon general. the paymaster gen
eral, the chief of engineers, the chief
of ordnance, the chief signal officer, the
chief of the record, and the superin-
tendent of public buildings and
grounds; and, in the department of the
interior the commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office. the commissioner Of
Indian affairs, the commissioner OF pat
ents. the commissioner of education, tine
assistant attorney general for the IN
terror department, the director of the
geological survey, the commissioner of
pensions.
5. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to each of the
heads of bureaus. appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate
in the eight executive departments not
enumerated in paragraph " of this
rule if authorized by law.
6. All persons appointed by the pres !
ident with confirmation by the senate.
All Attorneys Exempt.
Z. Attorneys, assistant attorneys and
special attorneys.
S. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to the COM
missioner of labor.
9. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to the COM
missioner of nSh and fisheries.
10. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to the secre-
tary of the Smithsonian institution.
u. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk to each of the
interstate commerce commissioners.
u. All shipping commissioners.
Is. Not exceeding one cashier in each
customs district, if authorized by the
secretary of the treasury.
Il. Not exceeding one chief or prin- |
ciple deputy or assistant collector at |
each customs port, and not exceeding |
one principal deputy collector of Gus
toms at each SUPPORT or station.
10. Not exceeding one deputy naval 1
officer at each customs port. where a 1
naval officer is authorized bv law.
t. Not exceeding one deputy sur !
Veyor of customs at each customs port |
where a surveyor is authorized by law. |
In the Customs House.
II. Not exceeding one private secre- |
tary or confidential clerk, if authorized |
by the secretary of the treasury, to the |
collector Of each customs district where |
the receipts for the last preceding fiscal /!
year amounted to as much as S500, GEO. /
Is. Not exceeding one private secre-
tary or confidential clerk, if authorized /
by the secretary of the treasury, TO
each of the appraisers at the ports of
Boston, New York and Philadelphia,
respectively
19. Not exceeding one council before
the board of general appraisers.
20. Not exceeding one paymaster in
the New York customs district
q. All positions in Alaska in the Gus
toms and internal revenue services.
%. All deputy collectors of internal
revenue who are borne on the rolls as
such, and the allowance for whose SAL
aries II alEsiONSQ ny lile secretary |
the treasury. Provided that no posi-
ton designated as a clerkship under a
collector of internal revenue. appoint
ment TO which is made by the secre-
tary of the treasury, shdH be discon-
tinued for the purpose of substituting
a deputy collectorship therefor, or for
any purpose other than a bona fide re-
duction of force, and that before such
reduction shall be made the reasons
therefor shall be given in writing by the
collector of the district and shall be
approved by the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue and the secretary of the
treasury.
Storekeepers and Guagers.
eS. Storekeepers and guagers, whose
does not exceed SO per
day when actually employed, and
whose aggregate compensation shall not
exceed $500 per annum.
"a. officers in charge of the bureau of
statistics.
%. Not exceeding one chief clerk in
each mint or assay Office, who is au-
thorized by law to act for the superin-
tendent or assayer in charge during his
absence or disability.
rs. One private secretary or confiden-
tial clerk to the superintendent, one
cashier one deposit weigh clerk, one
assistant coiner, one assistant melter
and refiner, and one assistant assayer in
each mint or assay Office; provided.