Executive Order 7852—Amending Paragraph 5, Subdivision XI, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 6 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 406), it is ordered that paragraph 5, Subdivision XI, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"5. Seaman, deck-hand, fireman, and employees in the mess department on vessels of, in addition to lamplighters in, the Lighthouse Service."

The present incumbents of the positions placed in the competitive classified civil service by this order may acquire a competitive classified status in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of Civil Service Rule 37, as amended.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 29, 1938.