Executive Order 8855—Exempting Certain Positions From Salary Classification

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that there be exempted from the operation of Executive Order No. 6746 of June 21, 1934, prescribing a salary schedule for certain positions not subject to the Classification Act as amended, the positions of consultants, experts, specialists, attorneys, and other similar positions, the incumbents of which are intermittently employed on a per diem basis or employed on an annual basis at amounts representing the value of part-time service required, and who are or have been paid from the public works or other emergency funds administered by the Secretary of the Interior or by the Federal Works Administrator through the Commissioner of Public Works, available during the fiscal year 1942.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 16, 1941.