Executive Order 127

by President of the United States

Rule X, section 4, is hereby amended by striking out the proviso thereof and substituting therefor the following:

Provided, That a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he was holding at the time of its classification, or which he entered in accordance with the provisions of these rules at a time when said position was subject to competitive examination, and has since served continuously therein, or a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he entered prior to the President's order of November 2, 1894,^[1] and has since served continuously therein, may, subject to the other conditions and provisions of this rule, be transferred to a position not excepted.

The section as amended shall read as follows:

4. Transfer shall not be made from an excepted position to a position not excepted: Provided, That a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he was holding at the time of its classification, or which he entered in accordance with the provisions of these rules at a time when said position was subject to competitive examination, and has since served continuously therein, or a person holding a position which is excepted, but which he entered prior to the President's order of November 2, 1894,^[1] and has since served continuously therein, may, subject to the other conditions and provisions of this rule, be transferred to a position not excepted.

Approved.

William McKinley.

Executive Mansion,

March 16, 1900.

Notes

1. Executive Order 35 through Executive Order 50 were all issued on November 2, 1894; each section was later given separate executive order numbers even if on the same physical document, so this may be referring to any or all of them.