e needful to protect and defend the
rights and interests of the United States in respect of such
indebtedness, and to take steps to foreclose the mortgages or liens of
the United States upon the property of these railroad companies.

In the case of the other aided Pacific railroads, as to which no
foreclosure suits are pending, a different situation is presented, which
requires further consideration before deciding the course to be taken by
the Government.

Yours, truly,

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

Rule VI of the civil-service rules is hereby amended by adding to the
exceptions from examination in the departmental service a new clause, to
read as follows:

(_d_) Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institution, in charge of
United States National Museum.

Approved, January 27, 1897.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

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