Executive Order 7853—Amending Paragraph 4, Subdivision III, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 6 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 406), it is ordered that paragraph 4, Subdivision III, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"4. The Director of Air Commerce, two Assistant Directors of Air Commerce, and not exceeding ten consulting aeronautical experts qualified in some branch of theoretical or applied aeronautical science, aviation medicine, or aviation law, whose training and experience indicate the possession of qualifications necessary to discharge the duties to be assigned."

Employees of the Bureau of Air Commerce now occupying positions brought into the competitive classified civil service by this order may acquire a competitive classified status in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of Civil Service Rule II, as amended.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 29, 1938.