the last paragraph, relating to
non-competitive examinations, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

1. To test the fitness for admission to the classified postal service
one or more examinations shall be provided, as the Commission may
determine, which shall not include more than the following subjects:
Orthography, copying, penmanship, arithmetic (fundamental rules,
fractions, and percentage), elements of the geography of the United
States, local delivery, reading addresses, physical tests: _Provided_,
That when special examinations are needed to test fitness for any place
requiring special or technical knowledge or skill the examination shall
include, in addition to the special subjects required, such of the
subjects of the regular examination as the Commission may determine.

Strike out section 2 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

No person shall be examined for the position of letter carrier if under
21 or over 40 years of age, and no person shall be examined for any
other position in the classified postal service if under 18 years of
age.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 6, 1893_.

The foregoing amendments are hereby approved.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 16, 1893_.

In accordance with section 16 of the act of Congress approved April 25,
1890, and entitled "An act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by
holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures,
and the product of the soil, mine, and sea in the city of Chicago, in
the State of Illinois," the designations of the following-named persons
as members of the board of control and management of the Government
exhibit at the World's Columbian Exhibition are hereby approved:

W.W. Rockhill, chief clerk of the Department of State, to represent that
Department, _vice_ William E. Curtis.

Lieutenant-Commander E.D. Taussig, United States Navy, to represent the
Navy Department, _vice_ Captain R.W. Meade, United States Navy.

Frank W. Clark, chemist, United States Geological Survey, to represent
the Department of the Interior, _vice_ Horace A. Taylor.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

SPECIAL SESSION MESSAGE.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _August 8, 1893_.

_To the Congress of the United States_:

The existence of an alarming and extraordinary business situation,
involving the welfare and prosperity of all o