lture enumerated therein the following:

The three professors of meteorology of highest grade.

Said section is further amended by adding thereto the following:

Noncompetitive examinations shall be held, on such dates and at such
places as the Commission may from time to time determine, to test the
competency of inspectors and assistant inspectors in the Bureau of
Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture employed elsewhere
than at Washington, who were so employed on the date inspectors and
assistant inspectors were included in the classified service and have
been continued in the service of the Department until opportunity has
been provided for their noncompetitive examination. The results of
such examination shall be reported by the Commission to the Secretary
of Agriculture.

Approved, May 1, 1894.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 11, 1894_.

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTAL RULE NO. I.

Special Departmental Rule No. I is hereby amended by adding to the
exceptions from examination therein made in the Department of the
Treasury the following:

In the office of the Second Auditor: One skilled laborer with duties
exclusively of a carpenter and cabinetmaker.

In the Bureau of Engraving and Printing: Custodian of proving presses
and modeler.

SPECIAL CUSTOMS RULE NO. I.

Special Customs Rule No. I, authorizing certain exceptions from
examination in the classified customs service, is hereby amended by
adding to the statement of places therein excepted the following:

In the customs district of Vermont: One deputy collector and inspector,
to be stationed at Halifax during the winter and at Quebec during the
time the St. Lawrence River is open to navigation.

RAILWAY MAIL RULE IV.

Railway Mail Rule IV, section 2, clause (b), of the civil-service rules
is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "averages" in line
3 to and including the word "territory" in line 10, and the word
"further" in line 10; so that as amended the clause will read:

The Commission shall certify from the register of the State or Territory
in which the vacancy exists the names of the three eligibles thereon
having the highest averages: _Provided_, That if upon the register
of the State or Territory in which the vacancy exists there are the
names of eligibles having a claim of preference under section 1754,
Revised Statut