Iron County register., 1899-06-01
FOUR thousand OFFICES.
Amendments to the Civil Service
Rules Made Public by
the President.
IT AFFECTS FOUR THOUSAND OFFICES.
They Are Released from the Opera
tion of the Civil Service Rules,
and VIII be Subject to Regula-
tions Prescribed by the Depart
ment i'm which They Serve.

menI w nIcn Lhey SeEFes
Washington, May 30.-President Nc
KinIey has issued the amendments to
the civil service rules which he has
had under consideration for about a
year. 1t releases from the operations
of the civil service rules about 1000 Of
fees. Among such places are the fol-
lowing: Pension examining surgeons,
Indians employees in the Indian serv-
ice, and many places in the engineer
department at large, the quartermas-
ter's department at large, the subsist-
eHce department at large, the ord
nance department at large of the war
department. With reference TO these
places in the outside war department
service, it is provided that they shall
be subject to regulations to be pre-
scribed by the secretary of war and
approved by the president, thus plac-
ing these branches of the service on
substantially the same basis as the
navy yard service.
The following named employees or
positions which have classified under
the civil service act are excepted from
the requirements of examination or
registration, unless otherwise stated:
The Exempted Offices.
1. Not exceeding two private secretaries
or confidential clerks to the president.
2 Not exceeding two private secretaries
of the eight executive departments.
3. Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to each of the as
sistant heads OF the eight executive de-
partmentS.
l. Not exceeding one private secretary
al ole n aac Oh nf
lowing heads of bureaus appointed by the
president and confirmed by the senate in
commissioner of internal revenue. the
treasurer of the United States, the comp
troller of the currency, the comptroller
of the treasury, the superintendent of the
coast and gOedetic survey; in the war de-
partment, the major general commanding
the army, the adjutant general, the In
spectOr general. the judge advocate gen.
eral, the QuartermaSter general, the COM
rnisSary Kenerai OF subsistence the sur
geon general, the paymaster general, the
chief of engineers, the chief or ordnance,
the chief signal officer, the chief of the
record and pension office, and the super
iutendent of public buildings ana grounds,
and in the department OF the interior, the
the commissioner of indian affairs, the
commissioner of pa tents, the commission
of education, the assistant attorney gem
eral for the interior department, the di-
rector OF the geological survey, and the
commissioner of pensions.
D. Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to each of the heads
of bureaus appointed by the president
and confirmed 10y the senate in the eight
executive departments not enumerated
ir paragraph ". of this rule, OF author
lied by law.
dent with confirmation by the senate
4 Attorneys, assistant attorneys and
s. Not exceeding one private secretary
confidential clerk to the commissioners
O. Not exceeding one private secretary
OF confidential clerk TO the commissioner
of fish and fisheries.
10. Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to the secretary of
the Smithsonian institution
IL Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to each of the inter
state commerce commissioners
II. All shipping commissioners.
13. Not exceeding one cashier in each
customs district, if authorized by the sec
retary of the treasury.
II. Not exceeding one Chief or principal
deputy or assistant collector at each Gus
toms port, and not exceeding one princi-
pal deputy collector of customs at each
SUPPORT or station.
Is. Not exceeding one deputy surveyor
of customs at each customs port where
surveyor is authorized by law.
II. Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk. if authorized by the
secretary of the treasury. to the collector
of each customs district where the
ceipts for the last preceding fiscal year
amounted to as much as S5nO,OOO.
IS Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk, of authorized by the
secretary OF the treasury. to each of the
York and Philadelphia respectively.
19. Not exceeding one counsel before the
board of United States general appraisers.
%. Not exceeding one paymaster in the
New York customs district.
21- All positions in Alaska in the Gus
toms and internal revenue service.
% All deputy collectors of internal rev.
enue who are borne on the rolls such,
and the allowance for whose salaries is
approved by the secretary of the treasury;
Provided, that no position designated as
q clerkship under a collector OF internal
Is
BY the secretary of the treasury, shall be
discontinued for the purpose of substi-
tuting a deputy collectorship therefor,
or for any purpose other than bona fide
reduction of force, and that before such
therefor shall be given in writing by the
collector of the district, and shall be ap-
proved by the commissioners of internal
revenue and secretary of the treasury.
.. Storekeepers and gaugers whose
compensation does not exceed IS per day
when actually employed, and whose ag-
gresate compensation shall not exceed
500 per annum-
- Officers in charge of the bureau of
statistics.
25. Not exceeding one chief clerk in each
mint or assay office, who is authorized by
law to act for the superintendent or as
ability. -,'D-'>''>
%. One private secretary or confidential
clerk to the superintendent, one cashier
one deposit, eight clerks, one assistant
coiner, one assistant melter and refiner.
and one assistant assayer in each mint
or assay office: Provide, that appoint
mentS to the positions named in this
rule in classes 13. IA. Is IS. p and % shall
De subject to an examination to be pre-
scrfbed by the secretary of the treasury.
equivalent to the examination held by the
commission for positions of like grade
Such examinations small be conducted py
the commission in accordance with its
may be waived by the secretary of the
treasury for appointments in the Alaska
customs service and internal service in
Alaska
, g. Not exceeding one clerk to each army
paymaster in actual service.
=. Wardens. .chaplains and physicians in
the United States penite1tiaries or pris-
Ons.
%. Not to exceed one private secretary
confidential clerk to each United States
district attorney.
80. Examiners.
81 The assistant attorney general for
the post office department
g. Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to the assistant at
torney general
80. Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to the postmaster.
IL authorized by the postmaster general
at each post office where the receipts of
the last precedinS fiscal year amounted
81. Not exceeding one auditor at the
post office lin New York city.
So. Not exceeding one cashier or finance
clerk at each first class post office.
81. Not exceeding one cashier and one
finance clerk at each post Office where the
receipts for the last preceding fiscal year
amounted to as much as $4,000.
IS. Not exceeding one cashier and two
finance clerks at each post office where |
the receipts for the last preceding year
amounted to as much as S.000O00.
finance clerks at eacn post Office where |
the receipts for the last preceding fiscal |
year amounted to as much as s., ,00o. 900. |
be a regular physician. at each first class
pest office, when authorized by the post
master general, to examine applicants |