Executive Order 5859—Revocation of Schedule A, Subdivision III, Paragraph 10, of the Civil-Service Rules

Schedule A, Subdivision III, paragraph 10, of the civil-service rules, which permits the appointment, without competitive examination, of mounted inspectors in the customs service on the Mexican border, is hereby revoked. The present incumbents of these positions in the four customs collection districts bordering on Mexico, namely, San Antonio, El Paso, Arizona, and San Diego, will be included in the classified service with their positions upon recommendation by the Treasury Department, subject to such tests of fitness as the Civil Service Commission shall prescribe.

The Treasury Department concurred with the Civil Service Commission in the recommendation.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
June 21, 1932.