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The Pendleton Deed is a federal law passed in 1883 reforming the civil service and establishing the United States Civil Service Committee. It ended the spoils system of political patronage and established competitive examinations for hiring ceremonious servants.[1]

Background

The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 established the spoils system, in which federal ceremonious service jobs went to political supporters, party members, family, and friends of the winning assistants. Following the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881 by a disgruntled job-seeker, public support grew for civil service reform. The new President, Chester Arthur, who had been Garfield's Vice-President, signed the Pendleton Act into law in 1883.[2]

Provisions

Usa Civil Service Committee

The human action established the U.s.a. Civil Service Commission equally a nonpartisan federal agency to oversee the hiring of federal civil servants. The commission consisted of three members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than than two of whom could be members of the aforementioned party.[1]

The primary duty of the Commission was to create and administer standardized competency examinations for civil service job candidates. The Commission also appointed a Master Examiner to coordinate the activities of state and territorial examination boards, which were modeled afterward the federal committee. Finally, the act authorized the federal commission to promulgate rules and regulations for the performance of its duties, which were to be published in an almanac study to the President and Congress (rulemaking was not fully standardized and centralized until the passage of the Administrative Procedure Human action, subsequently which all regulations were published in the Federal Register).[1]

Ban on Patronage

The act took several steps to eliminate political patronage in the ceremonious service. Besides requiring exams, it likewise instructed the Commission to apportion ceremonious service appointments amongst united states and territories according to their population. Any examiner who unfairly aided or injured a candidate'south chances, or contradistinct the results of an exam, would be constitute guilty of a misdemeanor and field of study to fines or imprisonment. No Senator or Representative could make a recommendation to rent a candidate, they could only offer character references. Finally, the act held that only two members of the aforementioned could serve in the civil service at the same time.[one]

Ban on Political Activity by Civil Servants

The act prohibited ceremonious servants from using federal money or buildings for political purposes. Information technology also banned them from coercing a subordinate to make any sort of political donation or action. Section 14 of the act issued a blanket ban on payments by ceremonious servants to other civil servants to obtain political favors.

" That no officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the Usa shall, directly or indirectly, requite or mitt over to any other officer, clerk, or person in the service of the United states of america...any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be practical to the promotion of any political object whatever.[one] [iii] "

Amending statutes

Below is a partial list of subsequent laws that amended provisions of the Pendleton Act:

  • Civil Service Reform Human activity abolished the Us Civil Service Committee and replaced it with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Merit Systems Protection Board, and Federal Labor Relations Authority.

See as well

  • Civil Service Reform Human activity
  • United states of america Civil Service Committee
  • Authoritative state

External links

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 one.i 1.ii 1.three 1.4 OurDocuments.gov, "Pendleton Deed (1883)," accessed January 3, 2018
  2. OurDocuments.gov, "Pendleton Act (1883)," accessed Jan 3, 2018
  3. Notation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.