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This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1895-08-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Civil Service: Withdrawing Compositors and Pressmen From the List of Places to Be Filled By Noncompetitive Examination." 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
▪So much of Executive orders heretofore issued under General Rule III, section 2, clause (c), as provides for the appointment of compositors and pressmen by noncompetitive examination is hereby revoked, and hereafter compositors and pressmen will be appointed by competitive examination.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
44
314 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
17.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Civil Service: Withdrawing Compositors and Pressmen From the List of Places to Be Filled By Noncompetitive Examination," Grover Cleveland (Aug 16, 1895). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-civil-service-withdrawing-compositors-and-pressmen-from-the-list-places-be.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
So much of Executive orders heretofore issued under General Rule III, section 2, clause (c), as provides for the appointment of compositors and pressmen by noncompetitive examination is hereby revoked, and hereafter compositors and pressmen will be appointed by competitive examination. Approved: GROVER CLEVELAND.
