Executive Order 2996

Section 4 of the Executive Order dated February 2, 1914, providing conditions of employment for the permanent force for The Panama Canal, and paragraph 15, subdivision I, schedule A, of the civil service rules, as amended by the Executive Order of April 5, 1918, are hereby amended so as to permit appointments to clerical positions in the Federal service on the Isthmus of Panama paying not more than $106 a month, without examination under the civil service rules. This order shall remain in effect only so long as the unusual conditions due to the present war exist and no longer than six months from the end of the war.

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 * 16 November, 1918.