Executive Order 585

Section 7 of civil-service Rule II is hereby amended to read as follows:


 * "On the date of the establishment of the free-delivery system in any post-office these rules shall apply to its officers and employees in the same manner as they apply to those in existing free-delivery offices, and the Postmaster-General shall promptly notify the Commission of all orders for such establishment: Provided, however, That without the express consent of the Commission no officer or employee in any such post-office shall be classified under the terms of this section if he has been appointed within less than sixty days of the establishment of the free-delivery system therein: And provided further, That appointments in such office after an eligible register has been established shall be made by regular selection from the register."

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 * March 14, 1907.