Executive Order 234

Miss Emma J. Rawlings, the daughter of a veteran of the civil war, was employed from February 12, 1870, to February 16, 1876, as expert money teller in the redemption division of the Treasury Department. Her health having failed she resigned and her position was taken by her widowed mother. Miss Rawlings afterwards served in several temporary positions in the Census Office and Treasury Department. In June, 1903, having regained her health, and her mother's health having failed, she sought reinstatement to her mother's position. The Treasury Department made request upon the Commission September 8, 1903, for a certificate for her reinstatement, quoting a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury from the secretary to the President stating that the President approved her reinstatement. The Commission issued the certificate November 5, 1903.

The letter was regarded by the Civil Service Commission as an Executive Order.

Theodore Roosevelt.

White House,

August 27, 1903.