Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:
Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism
General Order No. 406. NAVY DEPARTMENT The President of the United States announces the death of ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes in the following proclamation (order): It is hereby directed, in pursuance of the instructions of the President, that on the day of the funeral…
Benjamin Harrison The Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments at Washington be draped in mourning and the flags thereon placed at half-staff for a period of thirty days, and that on the day of the funeral all public business in the Departments be suspended, and that suitable…
Benjamin Harrison The Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments at Washington be draped in mourning and the flags thereon placed at half-staff for a period of thirty days, and that on the day of the funeral all public business in the Departments be suspended, and that suitable…
Benjamin Harrison Section 2 of Postal Rule I is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The classification of the postal service made by the Postmaster-General under section 6 of the act of January 16, 1883, is hereby extended to all free-delivery post-offices; and hereafter whenever any…
Benjamin Harrison Washington, November 26, 1892. The PRESIDENT: The treaty of June 9, 1855 (12 Stats., 954), provides for a reservation of a tract of land not exceeding in quantity one township of 6 miles square for the Yakima Indians in the then Territory of Washington, to be known as the…
Benjamin Harrison The following tracts of land in the State of Minnesota, viz: Fractional section 33 in township 152 north, of range 32 west, and fractional sections 4, 9, 16, 17, 19, and 20, and section 21 in township 151 north, of range 32 west, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from entry…
Benjamin Harrison The Executive order of May 17, 1884, by President Chester A. Arthur, withdrawing from sale and settlement and setting apart as a reservation for Indian purposes certain lands in the Territories of Utah and Arizona, be, and the same hereby is, modified so that all the lands…
Benjamin Harrison Departmental Rule X, Customs Rule VII, Postal Rule VII, and Indian Rule VII are hereby amended by inserting in the proviso of each of said rules, after the word "there from," the words "or the widow of any such person," and after the word "he" the words "or she;" so that as…
Benjamin Harrison That the several Executive Departments and the Public Printing Office be closed on that day. By the President: BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following: In the Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Ichthyologist and editor, one scientific assistant, captains, officers, ships writers and crews on…
Benjamin Harrison Executive orders heretofore issued declaring the places subject to noncompetitive examination under clause (d) of section 2 of General Rule III are hereby amended so as to include among said places the following: In the Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Fish culturists and…
Benjamin Harrison That the office of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries be, and the same is hereby, classified as a part of the classified departmental service and for the purpose of applying the civil-service rules thereto the officers, clerks, and other employees of said…
Benjamin Harrison Indian Rule VI is hereby amended by inserting after the word "appointment" the following: "from one agency to another;" so that as amended the rule will read: Subject to the conditions stated in Rule IV, transfers may be made after absolute appointment from one agency to…
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph 10 the following: "and elevator conductors;" so that as amended the paragraph will read: In all the Departments: Bookbinders and elevator conductors. BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison The PRESIDENT. SIR: We have the honor to recommend that Executive orders heretofore issued designating the places to be filled by noncompetitive examination under clause (d) of section 2 of General Rule III be amended so as to include among those places, in all the Departments…
Benjamin Harrison SIR:* In my message to the first session of the Fifty-first Congress I said: I have suggested to the heads of the Executive Departments that they consider whether a record might not be kept in each bureau of all those elements that are covered by the terms "faithfulness" and…
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination the following: In the Department of the Treasury, in the Bureau of Statistics: One confidential clerk to the Chief of the Bureau. BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison The limits of the Hoopa Valley Reservation in the state of California, a reservation duly set apart for Indian purposes, as one of the Indian reservations authorized to be set apart, in said State, by Act of Congress approved April 18, 1864, (13 Stats., 39), be and the same are…
Benjamin Harrison General Rule III, clause 6, is hereby amended by striking out the words "under such regulations as the Commission may make" and substituting therefor the following: "under regulations to be approved by the President;" so that as amended the clause will read as follows: So far…
Benjamin Harrison The classified Indian service shall include all the physicians, school superintendents, assistant superintendents, school-teachers, and matrons in that service, classified under the provisions of section 6 of the act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United…
Benjamin Harrison The civil-service rules are hereby amended as follows: GENERAL RULE II. In line I strike out the word "four" and insert in lieu thereof the word "five." Add at the end of the rule the following: 5. The classified Indian service. GENERAL RULE III.
Benjamin Harrison The national flag be displayed at half-mast upon the public buildings of the United States on the day of his funeral. BENJ. HARRISON By the President: WILLIAM F. WHARTON, Acting Secretary of State .
Benjamin Harrison That the several Executive Departments and the Government Printing Office be closed on Saturday, the 30th instant, to enable the employees to participate in the decoration of the graves of the soldiers and sailors who fell in defense of the Union during the War of the Rebellion.
Benjamin Harrison That all physicians, school superintendents and assistant superintendents, school-teachers, and matrons in the Indian service be, and they are hereby, arranged in the following classes, without regard to salary or compensation: Class 1. Physicians. Class 2.
Benjamin Harrison Clause (c) of section 2 of General Rule III is hereby revoked, and clauses (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) are lettered, respectively, (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g). BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following: In the Treasury Department, office of the Secretary: One clerk in the office of the disbursing clerk. BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following: In the Post-Office Department, office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General: Assistant superintendent of free delivery. BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following: In the Department of Agriculture, in the office of the Secretary: Clerk to act as appointment clerk. BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison In accordance with an act of Congress approved September 27, 1890, the following limits to the punishment of enlisted men, together with the accompanying regulations, are established for the government in time of peace of all courts-martial, and will take effect thirty days…
Benjamin Harrison Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following: In the Department of the Treasury, in the Coast and Geodetic Survey: Clerk to act as confidential clerk and cashier to the disbursing officer.
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