398 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER. 



All officers and employees of the United States of every description, serving in 

 or under any of the Executive Departments, and whether so serving in or oiit of 

 "Washington, are hereby forbidden, either directly or indirectly, individually or 

 through associations, to solicit an increase of pay or to influence or attempt to 

 influence in their own interest any other legislation whatever, either before Con- 

 gress or its committees, or in any way save through the heads of the Departments 

 in or under which they serve, on penalty of dismissal from the Government service. 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. 



White House, January 31, 1902 . 



amendment to the civil service rules. 



In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the Constitution and by 

 virtue of the one thousand seven hundred and fifty-third section of the Revised 

 Statutes, and of the Civil Service act approved January 16, 1883, Civil Service 

 Rule XI is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following section: 



5. No recommendation for the promotion of any employee in the classified serv- 

 ice shall be considered by any officer concerned in making promotions except it 

 be made by the officer or officers under ■whose supervision or control such employee 

 is serving: and such recommendation by any other person, with the knowledge 

 and consent of the employee, shall be sufficient cause for debarring him from the 

 promotion proposed, and a repetition of the offense shall be sufficient cause for 

 removing him from the service. 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. 



"White House, July 3, 1902. 



regulations governing appointment to positions of mere unskilled 

 laborer under department of agriculture in district of columbia. 



In the exercise of power vested in the President by the Constitution and by 

 section 1753 of the Revised Statutes, the following regulations governing appoint- 

 ment to positions of mere manual unskilled laborer under the Department of 

 Agriculture in the District of Columbia, having been recommended by the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture and the Civil Service Commission, are hereby approved and 

 promulgated, to be efl'ective from and after July 2, 1902: 



1. These regulations shall not have the effect of bringing positions of mere 

 laborer within the provisions of the act of January 16, 1883, known as the Civil 

 Service act, or of the rules in pursuance thereof; but the system of appointments 

 hereby established shall be separate and distinct from the classified service. 



2. No person shall be appointed to, or employed in, any position of mere laborer 

 under the Department of Agriculture in the District of Columbia except in 

 accordance with these regulations. 



3. The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint a board of labor employment of 

 not less than three members, who shall be officers or employees of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and who shall be divided as nearly as practicable between 

 different political parties. 



4. Each applicant shall make application on a form prescribed by the board of 

 labor employment and approved by the Civil Service Commission, showing his 

 age, physical condition, and other qualifications for the performance of mere 

 manual labor, as indicated by his past occupations. The form of application shall 

 be accompanied by certificates, or vouchers, from three reputable citizens who 

 have knowledge of and are competent to testify as to the applicant's character 

 and qualifications for performing manual labor. 



5. Political or religious affiliations of applicants shall not be given any consider- 

 ation whatever, nor shall political indorsements be received or entertained. 



6. Applications of persons over 65 years of age will not be considered, except of 

 honorably discharged United Statessoldiers or sailors of the civil war or of the 

 Spanish-American war and of those entitled to the benefits of section 1754, Revised 

 Statutes. 



7. Applications shall not be received from persons who are badly crippled or 

 deformed, or from persons who are not citizens of the United States; applicants 

 who claim citizenship through naturalization shall be required to submit to the 

 board documentary proof of their naturalization. 



