al on this
letter and its return to the Commission is requested. As it is not a
change of rule, it does not require to go to the Department of State for
record. We have the honor to be, your obedient servants,

CHAS. LYMAN,
HUGH S. THOMPSON,
_Commissioners_.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 25, 1892_.

The within recommendation is approved.

BENJ. HARRISON.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

FEBRUARY 23, 1892.

Indian Rule VI is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"appointment" the following: "from one agency to another;" so that as
amended the rule will read:

Subject to the conditions stated in Rule IV, transfers may be made
after absolute appointment from one agency to another, from one school
to another, and from one district to another, under such regulations as
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary
of the Interior, may prescribe.

Indian Rule IV, section 1, clause (_b_), is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "averages" the following: "who have not been three
times certified;" so that as amended the clause will read:

If fitness for the vacant place is tested by competitive examination,
the Commission shall certify from the proper register of the district
in which the vacancy exists the names of the three eligibles thereon,
of the sex called for, having the highest averages, who have not been
three times certified: _Provided_, That the eligibles upon any register
who have been allowed preference under section 1754 of the Revised
Statutes shall be certified, according to their grade, before all other
eligibles thereon: _And provided further_, That if the vacancy is in
the grade of matron or teacher, and the wife of the superintendent of
the school in which the vacancy exists is an eligible, she may be given
preference in certification if the appointing officer so requests.

Section 5 of the same rule is also hereby amended by inserting after
the word "vacancy" the following: "in any agency or;" so that as
amended the clause will read:

In case of the sudden occurrence of a vacancy in any agency or in any
school during a school term which the public interest requires to be
immediately filled the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized, in
his discretion, to provide for the temporary filling of the same until
a regular appointment can be made under the provisions of sections 1,
2, and 3 of