SIXTYZEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1924. 141 Provided, That all such appointments shall be made b and with P"m**¤¤- the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided furthesr, That all ¤¤Sippl°val Mm Sm official acts of such officers while on duty in either the diplomatic i,,g§,°c‘§lm§$§,,§§§?'d‘ or the consular branch of the Foreign Service shall be performed under their respective commissions as secretaries or as consular officers. Sec. 5. That hereafter appointments to the osition of Forei n APP°**;*¤¤¢¤*S mr Service officer shall be made after examination aiid a suitable periiid i°iiii>iiii¤iieii1fiil€iii(Zii.°r · of probation in an unclassified grade or, after five years of continuous service in the Department of State, by transfer therefrom under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe: Pr . Provided, That no candidate shall be eligible for examination for Auiiiiligu citizenship Foreign Service officer who is not an American citizen: Provided '°‘}§{,;};,,8mm, by further, That reinstatement of Foreign Service officers separated E¤sgt¤;¤_;iv¤ or<i¤r wrfrom the classified service by reason of appointment to some other ml ° position in the Government service may be made by Executive order of the President under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. _ All appointments of Foreign Service officers shall be by com- b,:*§§,‘§fi,‘},§‘,,‘§L}f,°’;,*‘{,,*’§ mission to a class and not by commission to any particular post, cmand such officers shall be assigned to posts and may be transferred from one post to another by order of the President as the interests PWM of the service may require: Provided, That the classification of sec- rmssniwmmisious retaries in the Diplomatic Service and of consular officers is hereby “°"mp""°d‘ abolished, without, however, in any wise impairing the validity of the present commissions of secretaries and consular officers. Promotions ima Sec. 6. That section 5 of the‘Act of February 5, 1915 (Public, °%°.SS§;p_mmmd. 242), is hereby amended to read as follows: . °di,epm ,0,,16 Pm, “S1~:c. 5. That the Secretary of State is directed to report from am of immmeiiiie time to time to the President, alon with his recommendations, the QYZES '°' p'°"‘°°‘°“’ names of those Foreign Service ogcers who by reason of efficient service have demonstrated special capacity for promotion to the grade of minister, and the names of those Foreign Service officers E i mm and emlplo ees and officers and employees in the Department of i,.k?§f“°’ t° State w o by reason of efficient service, an accurate record of which shall be kept in the Department of State, have demonstrated special eiliciency, and also the names of persons found upon taking the pre- i.,£t¥’§§L{LiY"°"°° °° scribed examination to have fitness for appointment to the lower grades of the service.” ‘ ‘ mmm mm , Src. 7. That on the date on which this Act becomes effective the pimia alias ai iis Secretary of State shall certify to the President, with his recom- §§',§§“?,§,,{,° mendation in each case, the record of eiliciency of the several sec- d¤¢¤¤¤¤- retaries in the Diplomatic Service, consuls general, consuls, vice consuls of career, consular assistants, interpreters, and student interpreters then in office and shall, except in cases of persons found to merit reduction in rank or dismissal fiom the service, recommend _ _ to the President the recommissioning, without further examination, ,,,,{"§,‘§,°,,‘{{,"gg,*§§§}‘,{""""’ of those then in office as follows: Class me Secretaries of class one designated as counselors of embassy, and ' cpnsuls general of classes one and two as Foreign Service oilioers of c ass one. Secretaries of class one designated as counselors of legation and CW *"°— consuls general of class three as Foreign Service officers o class two. ummm Secretaries of class one not designated as counselors, consuls ' general of class four, and consuls general at large as Foreign Service officers of class three. Secretaries of class two, consuls eneral of class five, consuls of °'“ ”°“'· classes one, two, and three, and Cginese, Jgpanese, and Turkish secretaries as Forei Service omcers of class our. Consuls of class giiir as Foreign Service omcers of class five. °""“'°·
