November 18, 1889
Special Customs Rule No. 1 is hereby amended by adding to the places excepted from examination at the port of New York the following:
Office of the General Appraiser: Chief clerk and law clerk.
Approved, November 18, 1889.
BENJ. HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison, Executive Order—Amendment of Civil Service Rules Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/205170