GROVER CLEVELAND.

Departmental Rule VII is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the

first sentence of section 1 the following:

_Provided_, That no certification shall be made from the clerk or any

supplementary register to any Department to which promotion regulations

have been applied under General Rule III, section 6, to fill a vacancy

above the grade of class 1.

So that as amended the first paragraph of section 1 will read:

1. Vacancies in the classified departmental service, unless among the

places excepted from examination, if not filled by either promotion or

transfer, shall be filled in the following manner: _Provided_, That

no certification shall be made from the clerk or any supplementary

register to any Department to which promotion regulations have been

applied under General Rule III, section 6, to fill a vacancy above the

grade of class 1.

Approved and promulgated.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _November 1, 1888_.

The foregoing amendment is hereby approved.

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