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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1936-09-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Paragraph 7, Subdivision III, Schedule A, Civil Service Rules." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪403, 404), it is ordered that paragraph 7, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 6.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
160
1,073 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
19.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7459, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Sep 26, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7459-amendment-paragraph-7-subdivision-iii-schedule-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, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that paragraph 7, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 6. . Public Health Service: Attendants employed in hospitals, quarantine stations, sanatoriums, and other similar establishments where, in the opinion of the Commission, the establishment of registers is impracticable; employees engaged on problems in preventive medicine financed or participated in by the Treasury Department and a cooperating State, county, municipality. Incorporated organization, or an individual, in which at least one-half of the expense is contributed by the cooperating agency either in salaries, quarters, materials, equipment, or other necessary elements In the carrying on of the problem; and employees assigned to classified positions during treatment or convalescence at Government sanatoriums." FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, September 26, 1936.
