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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. (OIVIL-SEEVICE REFORM BILL.) 



SEO. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of 

 the Interior to cause suitable and convenient rooms 

 and accommodations to be assigned or provided, and 

 to be furnished, heated, and lighted, at the city of 

 Washington, for carrying on the work of said com- 

 mission and said examinations, and to cause the neces- 

 sary stationery and other articles to be supplied, and 

 the necessary printing to be done for said commission. 



SEC. 5. That any said commissioner, examiner, copy- 

 ist, or messenger, or any person in the public service 

 who shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in co- 

 operation with one or more other persons, defeat, de- 

 ceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his or her 

 right of examination according to any such rales or reg- 

 ulations, or who shall willfully, corruptly, and falsely 

 mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examina- 

 tion or proper standing of any person examined here- 

 under, or aid in so doing, or who shall willfully and 

 corruptly make any false representations concerning 

 the same or concerning the person examined, or who 

 shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person 

 any special or secret information for the purpose of 

 either improving or injuring the prospects or chances 

 of any person so examined, or to be examined, being 

 appointed, employed, or promoted, shall for each such 

 offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not 

 less than $100, nor more than $1,000, or by imprison- 

 ment not less than ten days, nor more than one year, 

 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



SEC. 6. That within sixty days after the passage of 

 this act it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury, in as near conformity as may be to the classi- 

 fication of certain clerks now existing under the one 

 hundred and sixty -third section of the Eevised Stat- 

 utes, to arrange in classes the several clerks and per- 

 sons employed by the collector, naval officer, surveyor, 

 and appraisers, or either of them, or being in the pub- 

 lic service, at their respective offices in each customs 

 district where the whole number of said clerks and 

 persons shall be altogether as many as fifty. And 

 thereafter, from time to time, on the direction of the 

 President, said Secretary shall make the like classi- 

 fication or arrangement of clerks and persons so em- 

 ployed, in connection with any said office or offices, 

 in any other customs district. And, upon like request, 

 and for the purposes of this act, said Secretary shall 

 arrange in one or more of said classes, or of existing 

 classes, any other clerks, agents, or persons employed 

 under his department in any said district not now 

 classified ; and every such arrangement and classifica- 

 tion upon being made shall be reported to the Presi- 

 dent. 



2. Within said sixty days it shall be the duty of the 

 Postmaster- General, in general conformity to said one 

 hundred and sixty-third section, to separately arrange 

 in classes the several clerks and persons employed or 

 in the public service at each post-office, or under any 

 postmaster of the United States, where the whole num- 

 ber of said clerks and persons shall together amount 

 to as many as fifty. And thereafter, from time to 

 time, on the direction of the President, it shall be the 

 duty of the Postmaster- General to arrange in like 

 classes the clerks and persons so employed in the 

 postal service in connection with any other post-office ; 

 and every such arrangement and classification upon 

 being made shall be reported to the President. 



3. That from time to time said Secretary, the Post- 

 master-General, and each of the heads of departments 

 mentioned in the one hundred and fifty-eighth section 

 of the Eevised Statutes, and each head of an office 

 shall, on the direction of the President, and for facili- 

 tating the execution of this act, respectively revise any 

 then existing classification or arrangement of those in 

 their respective departments and offices, and shall, for 

 the purpose of the examination herein provided for, 

 include in one or more of such classes, so far as prac- 

 ticable, subordinate places, clerks, and officers in the 

 public service pertaining to their respective depart- 

 ments not before classified for examination. 



SEC. *J. That after the expiration of six months from , 

 the passage of this act no officer or clerk shall be ap- 

 pointed, and no person shall be employed to enter or 

 be promoted in either of the said classes now existing, 

 or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said 

 rules, until he has passed an examination, or is shown 

 to be specially exempted from such examination in 

 conformity herewith. 



But nothing herein contained shall be construed to 

 take from those' honorably discharged from the mili- 

 tary or naval service any preference conferred by the 

 seventeen hundred and fifty -fourth section of the Ee- 

 vised Statutes, nor to take from the President any 

 authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by 

 the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of said 

 statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive 

 branch of the Government, or any person merely em- 

 ployed as a laborer or workman, be required to be 

 classified hereunder ; nor, unless by direction of the 

 Senate, shall any person who has been nominated for 

 confirmation by the Senate be required to be classi- 

 fied or to pass an examination. 



SEC. 8. That no person habitually using intoxicat- 

 ing beverages to excess shall be appointed to, or re- 

 tained in, any office, appointment, or employment to 

 which the provisions of this act are applicable. 



SEC. 9. That whenever there are already two or 

 more members. of a family in the public service in the 

 grades covered by this act, no other member of such 

 family shall be eligible to appointment to any of said 

 grades. 



SEC. 10. That no recommendation of any person 

 who shall apply for office or place under the provis- 

 ions of this act which may be given by any Senator 

 or member of the House of Eepresentatiyes, except as 

 to the character or residence of the applicant, shall be 

 received or considered by any person concerned in 

 making any examination or appointment under this 

 act. 



SEC. 11. That no Senator or Eepresentative or Ter- 

 ritorial Delegate of the Congress, or Senator, Eepre- 

 sentative, or Delegate elect, or any officer or employe" 

 of either of said Houses, and no executive, judicial, 

 military, or naval officer of the United States, and no 

 clerk or employe" of any department, branch, or bu- 

 reau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval 

 service of the United States shall, directly or indirect- 

 ly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned 

 in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscrip- 

 tion, or contribution for any political purpose what- 

 ever, from any officer, clerk, or employe of the United 

 States, or any department^ branch, or bureau thereof, 

 or from any person receiving any salary or compensa- 

 tion from moneys derived from the Treasury of the 

 United States. 



SEC. 12. That no person shall, in any room or build- 

 ing occupied in the discharge of official duties by any 

 officer or employe" of the United States mentioned in 

 this act, or in any navy-yard, fort, or arsenal : solicit in 

 any manner whatever, or receive any contribution of 

 money or any other thing of value for any political 

 purpose whatever. 



SEC. 13. No officer or employe" of the United States 

 mentioned in this act shall discharge, or promote, or 

 degrade, or in any manner change the official rank 

 or compensation of any other officer or employe", or 

 promise or threaten so to do, forgiving or withholding 

 or neglecting to make any contribution of money or 

 other valuable thing for any political purpose. 



SEC. 14. That no officer, clerk, or other person in 

 the service of the United States shall, directly or indi- 

 rectly, give or hand over to any other officer, clerk, or 

 person in the service of the United States, or to any 

 Senator or member of the House of Eepresentatives, 

 01* Territorial Delegate, any money or other valuable 

 thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion 

 of any political object whatever. 



SEC. 15. That any person who shall be guilty of 

 violating any provision of the four foregoing sections 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, 



