persons shall together amount to as many as fifty. And thereafter, from time to time, on the request 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-offices; and every such arrangement and classification, upon being made, shall be reported to the president. Third. That from time to time said secretary, the postmastergeneral, and each of the heads of departments mentioned in the 158th section of the Revised Statutes, and each head of an office, shall, on the request of the president, and for facilitating 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 examinations herein provided for, include in one or more of such classes, so far as practicable, subordinate places, clerks and officers in the public service, pertaining to their respective departments not before classified for examination. SECT. 7. After the expiration of four months from the passage of this act no officer or clerk shall be appointed, 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 military or naval service any preference conferred by the 1754th section of the Revised Statutes, nor to take from the president any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the 1753d section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive branch of the government, or any person merely employed 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 classified or to pass an examination. BEARD, Alanson W. (collector of the port of Boston) Bills. (The Jenckes bills) (The Pendleton bill) (The Willis bill). Boston Civil-service Reform Association Boston Custom House 38, 55 II-12 17, 65 Business community, Sentiment of 16, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 34, 54, 55, 65 CABINET officers 19, 20, 24-29, 30-31 53 Chace, Hon. J. Changes of officers for political reasons 7, 18, 36-37, 40, 41, 50-51 36, 55 Church Congress at Providence, 1881. EATON, Dorman B. 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26-30, 36, 40, 42, Edmunds, Senator G. F. Eliot, President C. W., of Harvard University. England. See Great Britain. 47-48, 61-63 57 47-48 12, 14-16, 18, 20–29, 42–43, 49 18 GARFIELD, President J. A., 10, 19, 20, 22, 40-42, 44-45, 51, 54, 56-59 Grant, President U. S.. Great Britain, Civil service of Growth of public sentiment. Helps, Sir Arthur. 66 HAYES, President R. B. 39, 44 13, 14, 18, 20, 27, 39, 48 Higher officers," not under provisions of Pendleton bill . "Literary" nature of the examinations alleged Literature of civil-service reform. 22, 23, 41 36-37 12 31 II, 12, 37, 49 II, 32, 33 35, 36 24, 25 12, 22 II, 56, 64 Long, Hon. John D. MACVEAGH, Hon. W. Massachusetts Republican platform, 1881 Merritt, Edwin A. (late collector of the port of New York) 14, 15, 16, 35, 49-50 12, 14-17, 27-28, 29, 41, 44, 51 Office, Tenure of Office-holders Offices, Number of (under provisions of Pendleton bill) Office-seekers, .8, 20-21, 22, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 52, 53, 54, 65 Robertson, W. H. (collector of the port of New York) Robinson, Hon. G. D.. Rotation in office 8, 66 17 29, 42 SCHURZ, Hon. C. . Senate, Functions of the Senatorial "courtesy" 13, 14, 20, 41, 50, 53, 61 Soldiers and sailors. (Provisions of Revised Statutes) 66 Spoils system" State Department. Statesmanship Statistics 5-9, 10, 17, 18, 21, 24, 39–43, 48, 50-51, 58-60 II, 32, 33 14, 33, 35-37 44 32 9 61 6, 13, 20-22, 27 24-29 5-9, 48, 65 |