https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-accepting-the-republican-nomination-for-president

Executive Order

June 23, 1904

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L. Ralph as curator of the section of birds' eggs in the National Museum, at a salary of $100 per month.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206836

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