Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Amendments of Civil Service Rules

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Friday, November 2, 1894

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1 min read (236 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Grover Cleveland on 1894-11-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Amendments of 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

▪ Postal Rule II is hereby amended by striking out all of section 5 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 5.

▪ Exceptions from examination in the classified postal service are hereby made as follows: (a) Assistant postmaster or the chief assistant to the postmaster, by whatever designation known.

▪ No person appointed to a place under any exception made by any postal rule shall be transferred to any other place not also excepted from examination.

▪ Postal Rule IV is hereby amended by inserting after the word "manner," in section 1, line 3, the following: Provided , That superintendents of mail shall be selected from among the employees of the railway mail service or of the mailing division of the post-office at which they are respectively to serve.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

236

1,436 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Amendments of Civil Service Rules," Grover Cleveland (Nov 2, 1894). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-amendments-civil-service-rules-8.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Postal Rule II is hereby amended by striking out all of section 5 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 5. Exceptions from examination in the classified postal service are hereby made as follows: (a) Assistant postmaster or the chief assistant to the postmaster, by whatever designation known. (b) One secretary to the postmaster, when authorized by law and allowed by the Post-Office Department. (c) Cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that roster title. (d) Assistant cashier, when authorized by law and employed under that roster title. (e) Superintendents of station or branch post-offices at which letter carriers are employed. (f) Printers and pressmen, when authorized by law and allowed by the Post-Office Department and employed as such. 6. No person appointed to a place under any exception made by any postal rule shall be transferred to any other place not also excepted from examination. Postal Rule IV is hereby amended by inserting after the word "manner," in section 1, line 3, the following: Provided , That superintendents of mail shall be selected from among the employees of the railway mail service or of the mailing division of the post-office at which they are respectively to serve. Postal Rule VIII is hereby amended as follows: In clause (a), line 2, after the word" by," insert the word "any," and in the same line strike out "II, clause 5." Approved, November 2, 1894. GROVER CLEVELAND.