Executive Order 452

Appointments to clerical positions on the Isthmus of Panama paying less than $75 in gold per month may be made without examination under the civil-service rules.

Transfers or promotions from one classified position to another on the Isthmus of Panama may be made without reference to the usual limitations, but shall be shown on the monthly report of changes in the service made to the Civil Service Commission. No transfer shall be made from the service on the Isthmus of Panama to the office of administration, Isthmian Canal affairs, except in accordance with the transfer rules and regulations at present in effect.

T. Roosevelt.

The White House,

May 31, 1906.