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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1935-07-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Schedule A, Subdivision 1, Paragraph 6, of the Civil-Service Rules." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪The name of the employee, designation, duties, rate of pay, and place of employment shall be shown in the periodical reports of changes; and in addition, when payment is not at a per annum rate, the total service rendered and the distribution of such service during the year shall be shown in the report of changes at the end of each year or when the employee is separated from the service.
Exec. Order No. 7103, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 18, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7103-amendment-schedule-subdivision-1-paragraph-6-the-civil-service-rules.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth of subdivision SECOND of section 2 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1885 (22 Stat. 403, 404), schedule A, subdivision 1, paragraph 6, of the civil-service rules is hereby amended to read as follows: "Any person receiving from one department or establishment of the Government for his personal salary compensation aggregating not more then $540 per annum whose duties require only a portion of his time, or whose services are needed for very brief periods at intervals, provided that employment under this provision shall not be for job work such as contemplated in section 4 of rile VIII. The name of the employee, designation, duties, rate of pay, and place of employment shall be shown in the periodical reports of changes; and in addition, when payment is not at a per annum rate, the total service rendered and the distribution of such service during the year shall be shown in the report of changes at the end of each year or when the employee is separated from the service. The additional employment under similar conditions of such a person by another department or establishment of the Government will be subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission." FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, July 18, 1935.
