US Presidency
1888

No person may be transferred as herein authorized until the board of examiners, acting under ( a ) of clause I, or until the Commission, acting under ( b ) or ( c ) of clause 1 of this rule, 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 been at least six months preceding the date of the certificate in the classified service of the Department or customs district from which the transfer is to be made. CUSTOMS RULE VII.