June 23, 1904
An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L. Ralph as curator of the section of birds' eggs in the National Museum, at a salary of $100 per month.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206836