MAY 4, 1889.

Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended by including among the
places excepted from examination thereunder in section 2 the following:
"custodian of dies, rolls, and plates at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, two subcustodians, keeper of the vault, and distributer of
stock."

As amended so much of that section as relates to the office of the
Secretary of the Treasury will read:

2. In the Department of the Treasury, in the office of the Secretary:
Government actuary, inspector of furniture, custodian of dies, rolls,
and plates at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, two subcustodians,
keeper of the vault, and distributer of stock.

BENJ. HARRISON.



AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 27, 1889_.

Departmental Rule VIII is hereby amended as follows:

At the end of section 1 insert an additional clause, as follows:

(_d_) From the office of the President of the United States, after two
years' continuous service therein immediately preceding the transfer,