February 21, 1891
Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among the places excepted from examination therein the following:
In the Department of the Treasury, in the Coast and Geodetic Survey: Clerk to act as confidential clerk and cashier to the disbursing officer.
In the Post-Office Department, office of Assistant Attorney-General: Confidential clerk to the Assistant Attorney-General.
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/205692