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Executive Order No. 2569-A
Establishing civil service in first, second and third classes of postoffices.
THE WHITE HOUSE, March 31, 1917.
Hereafter when a vacancy occurs in the position of postmaster of any office of the first, second, or third class as the result of death, resigna- tion, removal, or, on the recommendation of the First Assistant Post- master General, approved by the Postmaster General, to the effect that the efficiency or needs of the service requires that a change shall be made, the Postmaster General shall certify the fact to the Civil Service Commission which shall forthwith hold an open competitive examination to test the fitness of applicants to fill such vacancy, and when such examination has been held and the papers in connection therewith have been rated the said Commission shall certify the result thereof to the Postmaster General, who shall submit to the President the name of the highest qualified eligible for appointment to fill such vacancy unless it is established that the character or residence of such applicant disqualifies him for appointment. No person who has passed his sixty-fifth birthday shall be given the examination herein provided for.
WOODROW WILSON.
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