GOVERNMENT AND LAW. 



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to obtain a grade of 70, and are certified to 

 appointing officers before all others. Subject 

 to the other conditions of the rules, any person 

 who served in the military or naval service of 

 the United States in the war of the rebellion, 

 and was honorably discharged therefrom, or 

 the widow of any such person, or any army 

 nurse of said war, may be reinstated without 

 regard to the length of time he or she has been 

 separated from the service. 



Provisions Concerning 1 Political 

 Discrimination, Assessments, Etc. 

 The Civil Service rules provide that no person 

 in the Executive Civil Service shall dismiss, or 

 cause to be dismissed, or make any attempt to 

 procure the dismissal of or in any manner 

 change the official rank or compensation of 

 any other person therein, because of his polit- 

 ical or religious opinions or affiliations; that 

 no removal shall be made from any position 

 subject to competitive examination except for 

 just cause and upon written charges filed 

 with the head of the department or other ap- 

 pointing officer, and of which the accused 

 shall have full notice and an opportunity to 

 make defense ; and that no person in the Ex- 

 ecutive Civil Service shall use his official au- 

 thority or official influence for the purpose of 

 interfering with an election or controlling the 

 result thereof. Such rules also provide that 

 any person in the Executive Civil Service who 

 shall willfully violate any provision of the 

 Civil Service act or rules shall be dismissed 

 from office. 



The Civil Service act contains provisions for- 

 bidding any person in the service of the United 

 States from levying upon or collecting from 

 persons in the Executive Civil Service contri- 

 butions to be devoted to political objects, the 

 collection of such contributions by any person 

 in any public building of the United States, or 

 discrimination against persons who do not 

 make such contributions or render political 

 service. A violation of any of the provisions 

 concerning political assessments, or their col- 

 lection in a public building of the United 



States, is declared to be a misdemeanor, pun- 

 ishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand 

 dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not ex- 

 ceeding three years, or by such fine and im- 

 prisonment both in the discretion of the court. 

 The act also declares that when rules to carry 

 its provisions into effect shall have been pro- 

 mulgated, " it shall be the duty of all officers 

 of the United States in the departments and 

 offices to which any such rules may relate, to 

 aid, in all proper ways, in carrying said rules, 

 and any modifications thereof, into effect." 



Political Activity of Officials An 

 executive order of July 14, 1896, which is 

 still in force, warns office-holders that, while 

 individual interest and activity in political 

 affairs are by no means condemned, they must 

 bear in mind that their time and labor are due 

 to the Government, and that they should scru- 

 pulously avoid, in their political action as well 

 as in the discharge of their official duty, offend- 

 ing, by obtrusive partisanship, their neighbors 

 who have relations with them as public 

 officials. 



The Unclassified Executive Civil 

 Service. The portion of the Executive 

 Civil Service which is not classified embraces 

 the following : All officers nominated by the 

 President and confirmed by the Senate, in- 

 cluding members of the Cabinet, assistant sec- 

 retaries, certain chiefs of bureaus, etc., in the 

 Executive Departments at Washington, col- 

 lectors, naval officers, surveyors, and ap- 

 praisers in the Customs Service, collectors in 

 the Internal Revenue Service, and first, second, 

 and third class postmasters. Other unclassi- 

 fied positions are fourth class postmasters, the 

 employees of the District of Columbia, the em- 

 ployees of the Library of Congress, clerks in 

 post offices not having free delivery, mere 

 laborers and workmen, certain positions hav- 

 ing a compensation of less than <$300 a year, 

 and the Consular Service. Examinations for 

 positions in the service last named are non- 

 competitive, and conducted by a board of the 

 Department of State. 



UNITED STATES CUSTOMS DUTIES. 



A TABLE OF LEADING ARTICLES IMPORTED, GIVING RATE AT KNTRY BY THE 



TARIFF ACT OF 1897. 

 N. e. s. indicates " when not elsewhere specified." 



ARTICLES. Tariff Rate. i, ARTICLES. Tariff Rate. 



Alcohol, amylic, or fusel oil V 4 c. p lb.: 'Blankets, value 40c to 50c . . 33c. p lb. and 35 p. c. ad val 



Alcohol, absolute $3.25 i> gal.] Blankets, wool, value over50c.$>lb..33c.$ > lb.<Xr40p.c. " 



Barley, bushel of 48 Ibs 30c \ bu.j Bonnets, silk 60 p. c. ad val 



Beads, glass (not strung) 35 p. c. ad val. L Books, charts, maps 25 



Beads, glass (strung) 45 p. c. Bronze, manufactures of 45 



Beef, mutton and pork 2c. p lb. 'Brushes 40 



Beer, ale, not in bottles 20c. ty gal. Butter, and substitutes for 6c. ^ lb. 



Beer, porter, and ale, in bottles 40 c. " Buttons, sleeve and collar, gilt 50 p. c. ad val. 



Bindings, cotton 45 p. c. ad val. Canvas for sails 45 



Bindings, flax 45 " Caps, fur and leather 36 



Bindings, wool 50c. $?lb. and 60 p. c. ad val. Carpets, treble ingrain. . 22c. & sq. yd. & 40 



Blankets 22c. p lb. and 30 p. c. ad val. 



Carpets, two-ply ........ 18c. 



40 



