s among the
places excepted from examination, if not filled by either promotion or
transfer, shall be filled in the following manner: _Provided_, That
no certification shall be made from the clerk or any supplementary
register to any Department to which promotion regulations have been
applied under General Rule III, section 6, to fill a vacancy above the
grade of class 1.

Approved and promulgated.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _November 1, 1888_.

The foregoing amendment is hereby approved.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

The following amendments to departmental rules are hereby made and
promulgated:

To Departmental Rule IV: After the word "service," in section 1 of said
rule, insert the following:

_Provided_, That any person may apply for the position of printer's
assistant in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who is not under 18
nor over 35 years of age.

And after the word "for," in the same section, strike out the words
"which purpose" and insert in lieu thereof the words "such application,"
so that as amended section 1 will read:

1. Any person not under 20 years of age may make application for
admission to the classified departmental service: _Provided_, That
any person may apply for the position of printer's assistant in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing who is not under 18 nor over 35 years
of age; and blank forms for such application shall be furnished by the
Commission.

To Departmental Rule VI: After the word "examination," where it first
occurs in section 5 of said rule, insert the words "or an examination
for printer's assistant in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing." After
the word "which" strike out the words "supplementary or special," where
they last occur in said section, and insert in lieu thereof "the," so
that as amended section 5 will read:

5. But the names of all competitors who have passed a supplementary or a
special examination, or an examination for printer's assistant in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, shall be entered, without regard to
State residence, upon the register of persons eligible to the class or
place to test fitness for which the examination was held.

To Departmental Rule VII: After the word "or," in the second paragraph
of section 3 of said rule, strike out the article "a," and after the
word "register" in said paragraph insert the words "or the
printer's-assistant register," so that as amended said second paragrap