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The Pendleton Act is a federal law passed in 1883 reforming the ceremonious service and establishing the Usa Civil Service Committee. It ended the spoils organization of political patronage and established competitive examinations for hiring civil servants.[i]

Background

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

Provisions

U.s. Civil Service Commission

The act established the United States Ceremonious Service Committee 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, non more two of whom could be members of the same political party.[1]

The primary duty of the Commission was to create and administer standardized competency examinations for civil service job candidates. The Commission as well appointed a Primary Examiner to coordinate the activities of state and territorial examination boards, which were modeled subsequently the federal commission. Finally, the deed authorized the federal commission to promulgate rules and regulations for the performance of its duties, which were to be published in an annual report to the President and Congress (rulemaking was not fully standardized and centralized until the passage of the Administrative Procedure Deed, after which all regulations were published in the Federal Register).[1]

Ban on Patronage

The act took several steps to eliminate political patronage in the civil service. As well requiring exams, it as well instructed the Commission to apportion civil service appointments among the states and territories according to their population. Whatsoever examiner who unfairly aided or injured a candidate's chances, or contradistinct the results of an exam, would be establish guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fines or imprisonment. No Senator or Representative could brand a recommendation to rent a candidate, they could simply offer character references. Finally, the deed held that only 2 members of the aforementioned could serve in the civil service at the aforementioned time.[1]

Ban on Political Activity by Civil Servants

The deed prohibited civil servants from using federal money or buildings for political purposes. It likewise 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 past ceremonious servants to other ceremonious servants to obtain political favors.

" That no officer, clerk, or other person in the service of the United states of america shall, directly or indirectly, requite or hand over to whatsoever other officer, clerk, or person in the service of the U.s.a....any coin or other valuable matter on business relationship of or to be applied to the promotion of any political object whatever.[1] [3] "

Alteration statutes

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

  • Civil Service Reform Act abolished the United States Civil Service Commission and replaced it with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Merit Systems Protection Board, and Federal Labor Relations Authority.

See besides

  • Civil Service Reform Act
  • United States Civil Service Commission
  • Authoritative land

External links

  • Full text of the act
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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 i.2 i.3 ane.iv OurDocuments.gov, "Pendleton Act (1883)," accessed January 3, 2018
  2. OurDocuments.gov, "Pendleton Act (1883)," accessed January three, 2018
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Whatever inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.