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Executive Order

Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland
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Monday, July 2, 1888
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1 min read (231 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1888-07-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Executive Order." 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

▪ Ordered , That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the following designated places in the classified departmental service be, and are hereby, authorized: 1.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
231
1,636 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order, "Executive Order," Grover Cleveland (Jul 2, 1888). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-234.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
Ordered , That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the following designated places in the classified departmental service be, and are hereby, authorized: 1. In all the Departments: Engineers, assistant engineers, pressmen, and compositors. 2. In the Department of the Treasury: In the office of the Secretary: Storekeeper, inspector of electric lights, foreman of laborers, captain of watch, lieutenants of watch, and locksmith and electrician. In the office of the Treasurer: Seventeen clerks employed as expert money tellers. In the office of the Supervising Surgeon-General of Marine-Hospital Service: Hospital steward, employed as chemist. 3. In the Department of the Interior: In the office of the Secretary: Stenographer (to be confidential clerk to Secretary), members of the boards of pension appeals, returns-office clerk, and six clerks to act as assistant disbursing clerks. In the Bureau of Pensions: Superintendent of buildings and two qualified surgeons. In the Patent Office: Librarian, principal examiners, machinists, and model attendants. In the office of the Commissioner of Railroads: One bookkeeper. In the Bureau of Education: Clerk of class 4, as librarian. In the Geological Survey: In permanent force--Librarian. In temporary force--Assistant paleontologists, assistant geologists, topographers, and assistant photographers. 4. In the Department of Agriculture: In the disbursing office: Four clerks. 5. In the Post-Office Department: In the office of the Assistant Attorney-General: Stenographer (to be confidential clerk to the Assistant Attorney-General). Approved, July 2, 1888. GROVER CLEVELAND