O.E. BABCOCK,
Secretary.
WASHINGTON, May 29, 1874.
The Civil Service Commission, at its sessions at Washington, having recommended certain rules[83] to be prescribed by the President for the government of the Light-House Service of the United States, these rules as herewith published are approved, and their provisions will be enforced by the proper officers.
U.S. GRANT.
AUGUST 31, 1874.
It appearing to me from their trial at Washington and at the city of New York that the further extension of the civil-service rules will promote the efficiency of the public service, it is ordered that such rules be, and they are hereby, extended to the several Federal offices at the city and in the customs district of Boston, and that the proper measures be taken for carrying this order into effect.
U.S. GRANT.
SIXTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 7, 1874.
To the Senate and House of Representatives: