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This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1894-05-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Amendment of Civil Service Rules." 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
▪1 is hereby amended by striking from the list of excepted places in the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture enumerated therein the following: The three professors of meteorology of highest grade.
▪The results of such examination shall be reported by the Commission to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
154
991 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
18
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," Grover Cleveland (May 1, 1894). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-amendment-civil-service-rules-9.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Section 6 of Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended by striking from the list of excepted places in the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture enumerated therein the following: The three professors of meteorology of highest grade. Said section is further amended by adding thereto the following: Noncompetitive examinations shall be held, on such dates and at such places as the Commission may from time to time determine, to test the competency of inspectors and assistant inspectors in the Bureau of Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture employed elsewhere than at Washington, who were so employed on the date inspectors and assistant inspectors were included in the classified service and have been continued in the service of the Department until opportunity has been provided for their noncompetitive examination. The results of such examination shall be reported by the Commission to the Secretary of Agriculture. Approved, May 1, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND.
