The Portland daily press., 1899-05-30
About 1000 Offices Exempted From
Rules.
New Regulations To Be
Substituted.
New Rule Classifies All Offices
In Service.

Washington, May 30. -President Mo.
Kinley today issued the amendments to
the civil service rules which be has had
under consideration for about year. 1t
releases from the operations of the civil
service rules about 1000 officers. Among
such are the following: Pension exami-
ming surgeons; Indians employed in the
Indian service not connected with Indian
school service, aud many places in the
engineer department. at large; the quar-
termaster's department at large; the sub
sistence department at large; the ordnance
department at large of the War Depart
ment. With references to these places In
the outside War Department service 1t is
provided that they shall be subject to
regulations to he prescribed by the score
tary of war and approved by the Presl-
dent, thus placing these branches of the
| services on substantially the same basis
as the navy yard service.
! The following named employees or po-
sitions which have been classified under
civil service act are exempted from the
requirements of examination or registra-
| tion, unless otherwise stated:
| met exceeding two private secretaries
or confidential clerks to the President.
2-Not exceeding two private secretaries
or confidential clerks to the head of
each OF the eight executive departments
eR3-Not exceeding one private secretary
or oonfidential..clerk to each of the assis-
tant heads Of the executive departments.
Mot exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to each Of the fol-
| lowing heads of bureaus appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Senate
| In the eight executive departments: The
commissioner of internal revenue, the
| treasurer of the u nited States the comp
troller of the currency, the comptroller
of the treasury. r the superintendent of
the coast of geodetic survey; in the War
| Department. the major general command
| ing the army, the adjutant.generalt the
| ms pector-general, the judge advocate gen.
| eral, the commissary general. of subsis-
| tence, the surgeon general. the paymas-
| ter general. the chief of engineers. the
chief of ordnance, the chief signal officer,
the chief of the record In pension office
and the superintendent of public build
ings and grounds; and in the Department.
| of the Interior, the commissioner of the
general land Office, the commissioner of
Indian affairs, the commissioner of parks
the commissioner of education, the as
sistapt encouragement for the Interior
Department; the directors OF the geologi-
cal survey, the commissioner of pensions.
5-Not exceeding one private secretary
| or confidential clerk to each of the heads
of bureaus appointed ty the President
and confirmed by the Senate in the eight
executive departments not enumerated
| in paragraph of this rule, If authorized
by law.
Gall persons appointed by the Presi
dent with confirmation by the Senate
attorneys. assistant attorneys and speciai
| attorneys.
S-Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to the commissioner
of labor.
9-Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to the commission
of fish and fisheries.
1O-Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk TO the secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution.
11-Not exceeding one private secretary
or confidential clerk to each of the inter-
state commerce commissioners.
12-All shipping commissioners
l3-Not exceeding one cashier in each
customs district, If authorized by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
14-Not exceeding one chief or princi-
pal deputy OF assistant collector at each
customs port; and not exceeding one
principal deputy collector of customs at
each sub port or station
l5-Not exceeding one deputy surveyor
of customs at each customs port where
a surveyor is authorized by law.
17-Not exceeding one private secretary
| or chief clerk. IL authorized by the SEQ re-
tary of the Treasury. TO the collector of
eaon customs district where the receipts
| of the last preceding fiscal year amounted
| to Us much as $500,OO0
lS-Not exceeding one private secretary
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 counsel before
the board of United States general APP
praisers.
2O-Not exceeding one paymaster In
t he New York customs district.
2l-All positions in ALASKA n.the GUS
toms and Internal revenue service.
22-All deputy collectors of internal
revenue who are borne on the rolls as
such and the allowance for.whose salaries
is approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury:
Provided-that no person designated to
a CLERK ship under collector of internal
revenue, appointment to which is made
by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be
discontinued for the purpose o. substitu
ting a2deputy colleotorship therefor or for
any purpose other than a bona tide re-
duction Of force, and that before snch re-
duction shall be made, the reason there
| for shall be given in writing by the col
Iector of the district and shall be approved
nv the commissioner of internal revenue
and the Secretary of the Treasury.
So-StOrektepeTs dnu SduStrs Wuosc
compensation does not exceed So per day
when actually employed and whose aggre-
gate compensation shall not exceed $500
per annum.
"a Officers In charge of the bureau of
statistics.
25-Not exceeding one chief clerk in
each mint or any officer who Is autho-
rized by law to act for the superinten-
dent or assaysr OF charge during his alb
sence or disability.
26-One private secretary or confidential
clerk to the superintendent, one cashier,
one deposit weigh clerk, one assistant
coiner, one assistant melter and reflner,
and one assistant assayer in each mint
or assay office.
Provided that appointments to the po-
sitions nansd In this rule in clause Is.
IA, 10, 10. - and 20 shall be subject to
an examination. to be prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury, equivalent to