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Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules

Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland
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Monday, July 15, 1895
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2 min read (338 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1895-07-15, 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

▪ The section and clause as amended will read: 1.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
338
2,036 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
31.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules," Grover Cleveland (Jul 15, 1895). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-amendment-civil-service-rules-38.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
DEPARTMENTAL RULE VIII. Section I, clause (a), is hereby amended as follows: Strike out the period after the word "made" in the second line, insert a semicolon, and add the following: But transfers from a pension agency of the Interior Department may be made only as follows: From a pension agency of the Interior Department to the office of the Secretary of the Interior, or of the Assistant Attorney-General for the Interior Department, or to the Pension Office, or from any of the above-named offices to a pension agency, or from one pension agency to another pension agency, upon requisition of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided , That a transfer from a pension agency to a position in the Interior Department shall not be made when the person to be transferred would not be eligible to original appointment in the departmental service under the law requiring an apportionment of appointments among the States, Territories, and the District of Columbia according to population. The section and clause as amended will read: 1. Transfers may be made as follows: (a) From one Department to another, upon requisition by the head of the Department to which the transfer is to be made; but transfers from a pension agency of the Interior Department may be made only as follows: From a pension agency of the Interior Department to the office of the Secretary of the Interior, or of the Assistant Attorney-General for the Interior Department, or to the Pension Office, or from any of the above-named offices to a pension agency, or from one pension agency to another pension agency, upon requisition of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided , That a transfer from a pension agency to a position in the Interior Department shall not be made When the person to be transferred would not be eligible to original appointment in the departmental service under the law requiring an apportionment of appointments among the States, Territories, and the District of Columbia according to population. Approved, July 15, 1895. GROVER CLEVELAND.