ss his appointment to such excepted
place was by promotion from a nonexcepted place.

Approved, December 15, 1894.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 3, 1895_.

Postal Rule II, clause 5, is amended by striking out paragraph (_e_)
and relettering paragraph (_f_) as (_e_), so that as amended the clause
will read:

5. Exceptions from examination in the classified postal service are
hereby made as follows:

(_a_) Assistant postmaster, or the chief assistant to the
postmaster, by whatever designation known.

(_b_) One secretary to the postmaster, when authorized by law and
allowed by the Post-Office Department.

(_c_) Cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that
roster title.

(_d_) Assistant cashier, when authorized by law and employed under
that roster title.

(_e_) Printers and pressmen, when authorized by law and allowed by
the Post-Office Department and employed as such.

Approved:

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 12, 1895_.

Departmental Rule VII, clause 8, is hereby amended to read as follows:

In case of the occurrence of a vacancy in any Department which the
public interest requires shall be immediately filled, and which can not
be so filled by certification from the eligible registers of the
Commission, such vacancy may be filled by temporary appointment outside
the civil service until a regular appointment can be made under the
provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this rule: _Provided_, That
such temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than ninety
days, and shall expire by limitation at the end of that time: _And
provided further_, That no person shall serve longer than the period
herein prescribed in any one year under such temporary appointment.

The year limitation in regard to reappointment shall begin to run on the
date of the original appointment.

Every such temporary appointment and the discontinuance of the same
shall at once be reported to the Commission.

Postal Rule IV, clause 4, is hereby amended to read as follows:

4. In case of the occurrence of a vacancy in a position within the
classified service of any post-office which the public interest requires
shall be immediately filled, where there is no eligible remaining on the
proper register, such vacancy may be filled by t