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This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1895-07-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Amendments 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
▪Section 3, providing for exceptions from examination in the classified departmental service, is hereby amended as follows by the insertion of clause (g): One designated clerk at each pension agency (designated to sign official checks for the pension agent).
▪The section as amended will read: 4.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
257
1,508 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
20.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Amendments of Civil Service Rules," Grover Cleveland (Jul 15, 1895). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-amendments-civil-service-rules-18.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
DEPARTMENTAL RULE II. Section 3, providing for exceptions from examination in the classified departmental service, is hereby amended as follows by the insertion of clause (g): One designated clerk at each pension agency (designated to sign official checks for the pension agent). Section 4 is hereby amended as follows: In the third line, after the word "examination," add the following proviso: Provided , That any person employed in an excepted place in any office or bureau at the time when said office or bureau is brought into the classified service, or any person transferred directly from a nonexcepted to an excepted place in the office or bureau in which he is serving, may at any time be directly transferred from such excepted place to any nonexcepted place in the office or bureau in which he is serving. The section as amended will read: 4. No person hereafter appointed to a place under the exceptions to examination made by any departmental rule shall be transferred from such place to a place not also excepted from examination: Provided , That any person employed in an excepted place in any office or bureau at the time when said office or bureau is brought into the classified service, or any person transferred directly from a nonexcepted to an excepted place in the office or bureau in which he is serving, may at any time be directly transferred from such excepted place to any nonexcepted place in the office or bureau in which he is serving. Approved, July 15, 1895. GROVER CLEVELAND.
