US Presidency
1888

For places which, in the opinion of the Commission, require, in addition to the knowledge required to pass the copyist or the clerk examination, certain technical, professional, or scientific knowledge, or knowledge of a language other than the English language, or peculiar or special skill. Special examinations. For places which, in the opinion of the Commission, require certain technical, professional, or scientific knowledge or skill. Each special examination shall embrace, in addition to the special subject upon which the applicant is to be tested, as many of the subjects of the clerk examination as the Commission may decide to be necessary to test fitness for the place to be filled. Noncompetitive examinations. For any place in the departmental service for which the Commission may from time to time ( subject to the conditions prescribed by General Rule III, clause 2 ) determine that such examinations ought to be held. 2.