SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose.
And whereas it is provided by section 3 of the said act that it shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose:
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, do hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the said act, proclaim the 15th day of December, 1890, as the day on which the said act shall take effect.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day of November, A.D. 1890, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.
[SEAL.]
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.