Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

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Tuesday, January 12, 1892

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1 min read (254 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 Benjamin Harrison on 1892-01-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Amendment of Civil Service Rules." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Amendment of Civil Service Rules.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

254

1,531 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules," Benjamin Harrison (Jan 12, 1892). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-amendment-civil-service-rules-24.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION The PRESIDENT. SIR: We have the honor to recommend that Executive orders heretofore issued designating the places to be filled by noncompetitive examination under clause (d) of section 2 of General Rule III be amended so as to include among those places, in all the Departments where authorized by law and employed, "captains of the watch" and "lieutenants of the watch." The captains and lieutenants of the watch in the Treasury Department and the captain of the watch in the Post-Office Department are now included in this category, and the object of this recommendation is to place all the Departments on the same footing with respect to these places. The occasion for the recommendation at this time is the receipt by this Commission of a request from the Secretary of the Interior for a noncompetitive examination of a person named by him for appointment as captain of the watch in the Interior Department. The place is now subject to competitive examination, but the Commission sees no good reason why one rule should not apply to all the Departments; hence this recommendation. If you approve the recommendation, your indorsement of approval on this letter and its return to the Commission is requested. As it is not a change of rule, it does not require to go to the Department of State for record. We have the honor to be, your obedient servants, CHAS. LYMAN, HUGH S. THOMPSON, Commissioners. EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 25, 1892. The within recommendation is approved. BENJ. HARRISON