October 09, 1903
Clarence A. Cook may be appointed special agent of the Bureau of Corporations, Department of Commerce and Labor, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, without examination under the civil-service rules.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206267