GROVER CLEVELAND.

In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the
Constitution, and by virtue of the seventeen hundred and fifty-third
section of the Revised Statutes and of the civil-service act approved
January 16, 1883, Rules IV, VI, XIX, XXI of the rules for the regulation
and improvement of the executive civil service are hereby amended and
promulgated as follows:

RULE IV.

I. The Commission may appoint boards of examiners as follows:

_The central board_.--A board composed of seven members, who shall
be detailed from the Departments in which they are serving when
appointed for continuous service at the office of the Commission. This
board shall mark such papers of examinations for admission to the
departmental, customs, and postal services as the Commission may direct.

_Departmental special boards_.--These boards shall mark such papers
of special examinations for the departmental service as the Commission
may direct, and shall be composed of persons in the public service.

_Departmental supplementary boards_.--These boards shall mark the
papers of such supplementary examinations for the departmental service
as the Commission may direct, and shall be composed of persons in the
public service.

_Departmental promotion boards_.--One for each of the Executive
Departments, of three members, and one auxiliary member for each bureau
of the Department for which the board is to act.

_Departmental local boards_.--These boards shall be organized at
one or more places in each State and Territory where examinations for
the departmental service are to be held, and shall each be composed of
persons in the public service residing in the State or Territory in
which the board is to act.

_Customs boards_.--One for each classified customs district, to be
composed of persons in the customs service in the district for which
said board is to act. These boards shall conduct examinations for
entrance to and promotions in the classified customs service, and shall
mark such of the examination papers for that service as the Commission
shall direct. They shall also conduct such departmental examinations as
the Commission may direct.

_Postal boards_.--One for each classified post-office, to be
composed of persons in the postal service at the post-office in which
said board is to act. These boards shall conduct examinations for
entrance to an