Provided further, That no person shall be admitted to any place not excepted from examination by the civil-service rules in any of the classes above designated until he or she shall have passed an appropriate examination under the United States Civil Service Commission and his or her eligibility has been certified to by said Commission.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 13, 1896.
The civil-service rules are hereby amended as follows:
Rule III, clause 2 (a), is amended by adding after the words "the light-house service" the words "the life-saving service."
Paragraph (b) of the same rule and clause is amended by striking out after the words "who are in the service of the Treasury Department in any capacity" the words "except those in the life-saving service."
Approved:
GROVER CLEVELAND.
AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.