December 04, 1903
Mr. Francis L. Hawes, of New York, may be appointed a special agent in the Bureau of Corporations at $1,600 per annum, without examination under the civil-service rules.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206274