UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
_Washington, D.C., October, 3 1888_.
The PRESIDENT.
SIR: Approval of the following order for noncompetitive examinations
under the provisions of General Rule III, section 2, clause (_e_),
of Revised Civil-Service Rules, is respectfully recommended:
_Ordered_, That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the
following-designated places in the classified departmental service are
hereby authorized:
1. In the Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, permanent
force: Assistant photographers.