US Presidency
1888

( e ) That the Commission, with the approval of the President, has decided that such an examination should be held to test fitness for any particular place requiring technical, professional, or scientific knowledge, special skill, or peculiar ability, to test fitness for which place a competitive examination can not, in the opinion of the Commission, be properly provided. ( f ) That a person who has been appointed from the copyist register wishes to take the clerk examination for promotion to a place the salary of which is not less than $ 1,000 per annum. ( g ) To test the fitness of a person for a place to which his transfer has been requested. ( h ) When the exigencies of the service require such examination for promotion as provided by clause 6 of this rule. 3. All applications for examination must be made in form and manner prescribed by the Commission. 4.