§ 554a. — Employees to be appointed without regard to political affiliations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC554a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 554a. Employees to be appointed without regard to political
affiliations
Forest inspectors, superintendents, supervisors, surveyors, rangers,
and fire patrol are to be hereafter appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture wholly with reference to their fitness and without regard
for their political affiliations.
(July 7, 1898, ch. 571, Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 673; Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288,
Sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628.)
Transfer of Functions
Act Feb. 1, 1905, transferred certain functions with regard to the
administration of public forests from Secretary of the Interior to
Secretary of Agriculture.
