Approved, November 1, 1888.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
Washington, D.C., October, 3 1888.
The PRESIDENT.
SIR: Approval of the following order for noncompetitive examinations under the provisions of General Rule III, section 2, clause (e), of Revised Civil-Service Rules, is respectfully recommended:
Ordered, That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the following-designated places in the classified departmental service are hereby authorized:
1. In the Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, permanent force: Assistant photographers.
2. In the Department of Labor: Special agents.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
CHAS. LYMAN,
Commissioner, in Charge.