Executive Order 585

Section 7 of civil-service Rule II is hereby amended to read as follows:

"On the date of the establishment of the free-delivery system in any post-office these rules shall apply to its officers and employees in the same manner as they apply to those in existing free-delivery offices, and the Postmaster-General shall promptly notify the Commission of all orders for such establishment: Provided, however, That without the express consent of the Commission no officer or employee in any such post-office shall be classified under the terms of this section if he has been appointed within less than sixty days of the establishment of the free-delivery system therein: And provided further, That appointments in such office after an eligible register has been established shall be made by regular selection from the register."

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

March 14, 1907.