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This executive order, signed by President William Howard Taft on 1909-08-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Civil Service Rules to Except More General Land Office Special Agents from Examination." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules is hereby amended by striking out the word three in paragraph 11 of Section VI relating to the Interior Department and inserting in lieu thereof the word six, so that the paragraph shall read: 11.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
70
400 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 1121, William Howard Taft (Aug 6, 1909). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1121-amending-civil-service-rules-except-more-general-land-office-special.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules is hereby amended by striking out the word three in paragraph 11 of Section VI relating to the Interior Department and inserting in lieu thereof the word six, so that the paragraph shall read: 11. Six special agents of the General Land Office to investigate fraudulent entries and other matters of a criminal nature. WM. H. TAFT. THE WHITE HOUSE, August 6, 1909.
