Executive Order 1705

All artisans, citizens of the United States, who are now or may hereafter be in the service of the Isthmian Canal Commission and who have rendered one year's satisfactory service on the Isthmus of Panama, and who may be recommended, upon discharge, for transfer, may be transferred within three years to corresponding positions in the classified service under the several Executive Departments and independent Government establishments, without examination, subject to the other provisions of the civil service rules. .

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 * February 18th, 1913.