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REGISTER
VOLUME 18

1934

NUMBER 63

Washington, Thursday, April 2, 1953
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10440
Am e n d m e n t o p C i v i l S e r v ic e R u l e
VI

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Stat utes of the United States 5 U. S. C.
631, by the Civil Service Act of Janu ary 16, 1883 22 Stat. 403, and by sec tion 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President o f the United States, it is ordered as follows:
S e c t io n 1. Civil Service Rule VI, as established by Executive Order No. 9830
of February 24, 1947, and as amended by Executive Order No. 9973 of June 28, 1948, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

RULE VI EXCEPTIONS FROM THE
COMPETITIVE SERVICE

ination as may be prescribed by the Commission, Schedule C. Positions of a confiden tial or policy-determining character shall be placed in Schedule C.
6.3 Status of incumbents of ex cepted positions.
Persons given ex cepted appointments to positions listed in Schedules A, B, and C or to positions excepted from the competitive service by statute shall not acquire a com petitive status by reason of such ap pointments. Persons appointed to such positions in the same manner as com petitive positions are filled may acquire a competitive status in accordance with the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
6.4 Removal of incumbents of ex cepted positions. Except as may be re quired by the Veterans Preference Act, the Civil Service Rules and Regulations shall not apply to removals from posi tions listed in Schedule C or from posi tions excepted from the competitive serv ice by statute. The Civil Service Rules and Regulations shall apply to removals from positions listed in Schedules A and B of persons who have competitive status, however they may have been or may be appointed.

6.1 Authority to except positions from the competitive service, a The Commission is authorized to except from the competitive service and to place in appropriate schedules positions to which appointments through competitive ex amination are not practicable and, upon the recommendation of the agency con cerned, positions which are of a confi dential or policy-determining character.
Such exceptions from the competitive 6.5 Assignment of excepted employ service shall be effective upon publica tion thereof in the F ed er al R e g is t e r . ees. Persons who are appointed to ex Positions excepted by the Commissi on cepted positions without competitive ex shall be listed in the Commissions an amination shall not be assigned to the nual report for the fiscal year in which work of a position in the competitive the exceptions are made.
service without prior approval of the b The Commission shall decide Commission.
Whether the duties of any particular po 6.6 Revocation of exceptions. The sition are such that it may be classified Commission may remove any position ss an excepted position.
from or may revoke in whole or in part 6.2 Classes of excepted positions.
any provision of Schedule A or B, and, Commission shall classify positions with the concurrence of the agency con that it excepts as follows:
cerned, may remove any position from or Schedule A. Positions other than may revoke in whole or in part any pro those of a confidential or policy-detervision of Schedule C. Such changes shall Wining character fo r which it is not become effective upon publication there Practicable to examine shall be placed o f in the F e d e r a l R e g ist e r .
pi Schedule A.
Schedule B. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-deterouning character for which it is not Practicable to hold a competitive examcation shall be placed in Schedule B.
Appointments to these positions shall 06 subject to such noncompetitive exam
S e c . 2. The Commission shall classify the positions now listed in Schedules A
and B into Schedules A, B, and C as pro vided in this order. The positions in Schedules A and B as presently consti tuted shall continue therein until the Continued on next page
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Orders
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Amendment o f Civil Service Rule V I_________________________ ___
Continuing in effect certain ap pointments as officers and war rant officers o f the Army and the Air Force__________________
Inspection of income, excessprofits, declared value excessprofits, capital stock, estate, and gift tax returns by the Sen ate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce_:______

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Production and Marketing Administration.

Alaska Road Commission Notices:
Abandonment of road_______ _

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Alien Property, Office of Notices:
Ultra Corp.; dissolution order_

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Federal Power Commission Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
Colfax and Boyce, La________
Independent Natural Gas Co_
Independent Natural Gas Co.
et al________ ______1______
Natural Gas Pipeline Co.
of America. _________ _____
Texas Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Co. and Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of Amer ica._______________________
Upper Peninsula Power Co_

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Interior Department See Alaska Road Commission;
Land Management, Bureau of;
Reclamation Bureau.

Internal Revenue Bureau

Rules and regulations:
Income tax; taxable years be ginning after December 31, 1941:
Collapsible corporations____
Definition of regulated in vestment company amend ed to include certain venture capital registered management investment companies_________________
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