US Presidency
1888

No person may be transferred as herein authorized until the Commission shall have certified to the officer making the transfer requisition that the person whom it is proposed to transfer has passed an examination to test fitness for the place to which he is to be transferred, and that such person has during at least six months preceding the date of the certificate been in the classified service of the Department, customs district, or post-office from which the transfer is to be made: Provided, That no person who has been appointed from the copyist register shall be transferred to a place the salary of which is more than $ 900 per annum until one year after appointment. DEPARTMENTAL RULE IX. I. A person appointed from the copyist register may, upon any test of fitness determined upon by the promoting officer, be promoted as follows: ( a ) At any time after probational appointment, to any place the salary of which is not more than $ 900 per annum.