EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, December 6, 1888_.
The above proposed amendment is hereby approved.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Amendments to General Rules II, III, IV, Departmental Rules V, VIII,
Customs Rule III, and Postal Rules II, VI, are hereby made and
promulgated as follows:
GENERAL RULE II.
In line 1 strike out the word "three" and insert in place thereof the
word "four." At the end of the rule insert the following: "4. The
classified railway mail service." The rule as thus amended will read:
There shall be four branches of the classified civil service, as
follows:
1. The classified departmental service.
2. The classified customs service.
3. The classified postal service.
4. The classified railway mail service.
GENERAL RULE III.
In section 9, line 2, after the word "service," insert the words "and
the classified railway mail service." The section as thus amended will
read:
9. Every applicant for examination for the classified departmental
service and the classified railway mail service must support the
statements of his application paper by certificates of persons
acquainted with him, residents of the State, Territory, or district in
which he claims _bona fide_ residence; and the Commission shall
prescribe the form and number of such certificates.
In section 10, line 1, after the word "or," insert the words "procured
by his;" strike out all after the word "connivance" in line 1 to and
including the word "and" in line 3, and in place of the words stricken
out insert the words "or any;" strike out all after the word "consent"
in line 1 to and including the word "examination" in line 5; strike out
the words "for refusing" in line 6; change the period to a comma at the
end of line 6 and insert after the comma the words "or to certify him
for appointment, or for his removal after appointment.
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