US Presidency
1888

Upon requisition of a nominating officer in any customs district the board of examiners thereof shall certify for reinstatement in any office under his jurisdiction, in a grade requiring no higher examination than the one in which he was formerly employed, any person who within one year next preceding the date of the requisition has, through no delinquency or misconduct, been separated from the classified service of said office. CUSTOMS RULE VIII. Each nominating officer of a classified customs district shall report to the board of examiners - ( a ) Every probational and absolute appointment, and every appointment under any exception to examination authorized by Customs Rule II, clause 5, made within his jurisdiction. ( b ) Every refusal by him to nominate a probationer for absolute appointment and every refusal or neglect to accept an appointment in the classified service under him. ( c ) Every transfer into the classified service under him. ( d ) Every separation from the classified service under him, and whether the separation was caused by dismissal, resignation, or death.