Executive Order 8179

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution, by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631), by the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, the Civil Service Rules are hereby amended as follows:

 Section 2 of Civil Service Rule IX is amended to read:

Subsection (a) of section 6 of Rule X is amended to read:

Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1 of Rule XI are amended to read:


 * This order is recommended by the Civil Service Commission.

, June 21, 1939.