Executive Order 7304—Appointment of Collectors of Cotton Statistics

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth of subdivision SECOND of section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), Executive Order No. 6141, of May 23, 1933, amending schedule B of the civil-service rules, is hereby amended so as to permit the appointment under the provisions of paragraph 6, subdivision I, schedule A of the civil-service rules of any person employed by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, as collector of cotton statistics where the aggregate compensation is not more than $540 per annum.

This order is intended to have the effect of placing appointments to the positions involved within the terms of the above-mentioned provisions of the civil-service rules, which have existed for many years, governing similar part-time and intermittent employment in the Federal Government.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 27, 1936.