l be
considered as within this classification, and no person so employed
shall be assigned to the duties of a classified place.

_Provided further_, That no person shall be admitted to any place
not excepted from examination by the civil-service rules in any of
the classes above designated until he or she shall have passed an
appropriate examination under the United States Civil Service Commission
and his or her eligibility has been certified to by said Commission.

BENJ. HARRISON.

CIVIL SERVICE.--AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

MAY 7, 1892.

Executive orders heretofore issued declaring the places subject to
noncompetitive examination under clause (_d_) of section 2 of General
Rule III are hereby amended so as to include among said places the
following:

In the Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Fish culturists and
machinists.

BENJ. HARRISON.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

MAY 7, 1892.

Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among
the places excepted from examination therein the following:

In the Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Ichthyologist and editor, one
scientific assistant, captains, officers, ships writers and crews on
vessels of the Commission, and pilots.

BENJ. HARRISON.

SEPTEMBER 16, 1892.

In order that the members of the Grand Army of the Republic employed in
the public service in the city of Washington may have the opportunity
of joining in the parade arranged for Tuesday, the 20th of September
instant, and that all others may unite with the citizens of the District
of Columbia in showing honor to the Union soldiers and sailors to be
gathered in the national capital on that occasion--

_It is hereby ordered_, That the several Executive Departments and the
Public Printing Office be closed on that day.

By the President:

BENJ. HARRISON.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _September 23, 1892_.

Departmental Rule X, Customs Rule VII, Postal Rule VII, and Indian Rule
VII are hereby amended by inserting in the proviso of each of said
rules, after the word "therefrom," the words "or the widow of any such
person," and after the word "he" the words "or she;" so that as amended
the proviso of each of said rules will read:

_Provided_, That certification may be made, subject to the other
conditions of this rule, for the reinstatement of any person who served
in the military or naval servic