Executive Order 1776

The Executive orders of November 30, 1908, and October 15, 1912, bringing the positions of postmaster of the fourth class into the competitive classified service, are hereby amended by adding thereto the following:

No person occupying the position of postmaster of the fourth class shall be given a competitive classified status under the provisions of said orders unless he has been appointed as a result of open competitive examination, or under the regulations of November 25, 1912, or of January 20, 1909, or until he is so appointed.

At any post office of the fourth class where the present postmaster was appointed otherwise than as above set forth, appointment shall be made in accordance with the regulations approved November 25, 1912, as amended this date; and for this purpose the Civil Service Commission shall hold an open competitive examination for each such office having an annual compensation of as much as $180, such examinations for all such post offices to be held by States as requested by the Postmaster General; provided that in the event that for any such examination less than three persons apply, the Civil Service Commission may in its discretion authorize selection in accordance with the provisions of the regulations as amended this date governing selections for appointment to offices having annual compensation of less than $180; and in like manner the regulations of November 25, 1912, as amended this date, shall be applied to each office where the annual compensation is less than $180 and where the present incumbent was appointed otherwise than as above set forth.

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 * May 7, 1913.