Executive Order 5124 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5124—Amending Civil Service Rules, Schedule A, Subdivision I, Paragraph 6

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Thursday, May 23, 1929

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1 min read (168 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 Herbert Hoover on 1929-05-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Civil Service Rules, Schedule A, Subdivision I, Paragraph 6." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Schedule A, Subdivision I, paragraph 6, of the Civil Service Rules, is hereby amended by striking out $480 and inserting $540 in lieu thereof.

▪ As amended, the paragraph will read as follows: 6.

▪ Any person receiving for his personal salary compensation aggregating not more than $540 per annum whose duties require only a portion of his time, or whose services are needed for very brief periods at intervals, provided that employment under this provision shall not be for job work such as contemplated in section 4 of Rule VIII.

▪ The name of the employee, designation, duties, rate of pay, and place of employment shall be shown in the periodical reports of changes; and in addition, when payment is not at a per annum rate, the total service rendered and the distribution of each service during the year shall be shown in the report of changes at the end of each year or when the employee is separated from the service.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

168

964 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5124, Herbert Hoover (May 23, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5124-amending-civil-service-rules-schedule-subdivision-i-paragraph-6.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Schedule A, Subdivision I, paragraph 6, of the Civil Service Rules, is hereby amended by striking out $480 and inserting $540 in lieu thereof. As amended, the paragraph will read as follows: 6. Any person receiving for his personal salary compensation aggregating not more than $540 per annum whose duties require only a portion of his time, or whose services are needed for very brief periods at intervals, provided that employment under this provision shall not be for job work such as contemplated in section 4 of Rule VIII. The name of the employee, designation, duties, rate of pay, and place of employment shall be shown in the periodical reports of changes; and in addition, when payment is not at a per annum rate, the total service rendered and the distribution of each service during the year shall be shown in the report of changes at the end of each year or when the employee is separated from the service. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, May 23, 1929.