The age-herald., 1899-05-30
A SLASH AT THE
 CIVIL SERVICE President Issues Amendments to the
 Rules. RELEASED FROM OPERATION Are About Four Thousand eas Offices. AN EASY THING IS IN STORE
AN EASY THING IS IN STORE
For the Many Who in Future Will Not Have to Stand Examination for the Offices to Which
 They Aspire.

| consideration for about year. It releases l from the operations of the civil service | about 4,OOU officers Among such places are
 tho following:
 Tension examining surgeons, Indians en- l pioyed in the Irdlan service not connected with the Indian schools service and many l places in the engineer department at large, l the quartermastcr's department at large, 1 the subsistence department at large the
 ordnance department at large of the war ] department With reference to these i places in the war department service 1t is l provided that they shall shall be subject to
 regulations to be prescribed by the seHre-
 tary ot war ana approved by the president,
 thus placing these branches of the service
 on substantially tn. same basis as the 1 ravy yard servlce.
 Employees Excepted
 The following named employees or posi- 1 tioAs which have been classified under the
 civil service act, are excepted from the re- l quirements of examination or registration, 1 Lsiess otherwise stated: l First-No1 exceeding two private sec:"- l tarles or confidential clerks to the prcei' ! den.
 Second-Not exceeding two private socIe-
 taries or confidential clerks to the head l Ol GdtD Ol luS ciSHl SASSut4NS oSp' | mcnts.
 Tnrd-Not exceeding one private secre- l taly or confidential Jerk to each of the l assistant heads of the eight executive de- 1 partments.
 Fourth-.Not exceeding one private soers- l tary, c1 confidential clerk, to each of tlIe | following hea6s of bureaus appointed by l tue tse2idont and confirmed by the se"ate 1 in tue elght executive departments: The 1 commissioner of internal revenue, the treasurer of the United States, the comp. troiler of the currency, the comptroller )f 1 the treasury the superintendent of the 1 coast and geOdotic survey; in the war dc l Iartment the major general commanding the army, the adjutant-general, the in 1 spector-seneral, the iuIge advocate-gen- 1 era,. the commissary-general of 6ubsi9t- | eLGe, tho Surs seoG-general, the paymastcr- general, the cE ci of engineers, the chief Of l u1.Eance the chef signal officer, the chief l of the record and pension office and the 1 superintendent of public buildings and l grounds: in tina department of the interior, l tte commi 3ioner of the general land office, l the commissioner of patents, the comnis- | aioner Of atents, the commissioner of e1U- 1 cation, the assistant attorney-general of l the irter'cr depai tment, the director of the l, geological survey, the commissioner of l Iensious.
 fifth-I>ot exceeding one private secre- l tary, or confidential clerk, to each of the l heads of hureaus appointed by the prcsi- | dent and confirmed by the senate in the | executive departments rot enumera Sd in 1 paragraph of this rule if authorized hy law.
 Slxth-Ar persons appointed by the presi- | dent, with confirmation by the senate oeventh-Attorneys assistant attorneys | and special attorneys.
 | Eighth-Not exceeding one private secre- taIy, confidential clelk. to the commits sloner of labor.
 Ninth-Not exceeding one private secru- | tary or confidential clerk, to the comn,is- sIoner of fish and fisheries. Tenth-Not exceeding one private secre.
 taly, or confidential clerk, to the secretary Of the Smithsonian institution Private Secretaries Eleventh-Not exceeding one private sec retary, or confidential clerk, to each of the interstate commerce commissioners Twelfth-All shipping commissioners. 1hirteenth-Not exceeding one cashier in each customs district if authorized by the secretary of the treasury. Fourteenth-Not exceeding one chief prin- cipal deputy, or assistant collector at each
 customs port, and not exceeding one prin- cipal deputy collector of customs at each sub-port or station.
 Fifteenth-Not exceeding one deputy na-
 val officer at each customs port where a
 naval officer is authorized by law Sixteenth-Not exceeding one deputy sur
 
 where prveyor Is authorized by law. Srve~ teentf-Not exceeding one private secretary or confidential clerk if author .zed
 by the secTetary Of the treasury to the col. le2tors of each customs district, where the receipts .f the last preceding fiscal year amounted to as muo! as $500 0G0. Eighteenth-Not exceeding one prvete secretary or ccnfidef' ia clerk, If author iZe1 Sy the secretary of the treasury, to each of the appraisers at the ports of Bos- ton, New York and Philadelphia respect lively.
 Nlnelcenth-Not exceeding enc counsel before the board of the United States gen. eral appraisers.
 Twenieth-Not exceeding one paymaster in the New York customs district. Twenty-frst-All positions in Alaska in the customs and in the internal revenue services
 Twenty-second-Al deputy collectors of internal revenue, who are borne on Ire rolls as such and the aIowance for whose salaries is approved ty the secretary of ;no treasury, provided that no position desig- hated as a clerk ship under a collector of interna! revenue, appointment to which is made by the secretary of the treasury, shall be continued for the purpose of substi- tlting deputy collectorshp therefor. or for any other r1ri ose than bona ffdo reduc- ton of force, a, d that before such reduc. ton shall he mfde the reasons therefor shall be g!een ,r writing by the collector Of the d.Str.tt and shall be approved by the commissioner of internal revenue ar the socreLa,y Of the treasury Twenty y-third-Storekeeper and guagers whose composition does not exceed $3 per day when actually employed and whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed $500 per ennum.
 Statisticians Twenty y-fourthAOfficers in charge of the Bureau of Statistics. t) Twenty -flfth-Not exceeding one chief clerk in one mint or assay office who is authorized by law to act for the assayer in charge during his absence or disability Twenty -sixth-One private secretary, or confidential clerk, to the superintendent, | ona ca shiar nna danosdt weigh clerk ana