Executive Order 127

Rule X, section 4, is hereby amended by striking out the proviso thereof and substituting therefor the following:


 * Provided, That a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he was holding at the time of its classification, or which he entered in accordance with the provisions of these rules at a time when said position was subject to competitive examination, and has since served continuously therein, or a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he entered prior to the President's order of November 2, 1894, and has since served continuously therein, may, subject to the other conditions and provisions of this rule, be transferred to a position not excepted.

The section as amended shall read as follows:

Transfer shall not be made from an excepted position to a position not excepted: Provided, That a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he was holding at the time of its classification, or which he entered in accordance with the provisions of these rules at a time when said position was subject to competitive examination, and has since served continuously therein, or a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he entered prior to the President's order of November 2, 1894, and has since served continuously therein, may, subject to the other conditions and provisions of this rule, be transferred to a position not excepted. 

Approved.

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 * March 16, 1900.