d:

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE VII.

Section 2 is hereby amended as follows: At the end of the section, after
the word "law," add the following proviso:

_Provided_, That appointments to positions at pension agencies
shall not be charged to the apportionment.

The section as amended will read as follows:

2. Certifications hereunder shall be made in such a manner as to
maintain as nearly as possible the apportionment of appointments among
the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia as
required by law: _Provided_, That appointments to positions at
pension agencies shall not be charged to the apportionment.

Section 3, paragraph 2, is hereby amended as follows: In the second
line, after the word "register," insert the following: "or when
certification is made from any register to fill a vacancy at any pension
agency."

The paragraph as amended will read:

When certification is made from a supplementary or special register or
the printer's assistant or page and messenger-boy register, or when
certification is made from any register to fill a vacancy at any
pension agency, and there are more vacancies than one to be filled,
the appointing officer may select from the three names certified more
than one.

Section 6 is hereby amended as follows: Strike out the word "and" at the
beginning of line 9, and in line 12, after the word "appointment,"
insert the following proviso:

_And provided further_, That at each pension agency at the time of
the quarterly payment of pensions such temporary appointments may be
made as the needs of the service may demand for a period not to exceed
thirty days, which appointments shall not be extended or renewed until
the date of the next quarterly payment of pensions.

The section as amended will read:

6. 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:
_Provided