Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-01-03
The following are the rules sub
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not citizen Of the United States, who
shall not have furnished satisfactory
evidence in regard TO uochsracter, health
and age, and who shall not have
passed satisfactory examination in
speaking, reading, and writing the
English language.
2. An advisory board of suitable
persons is to be appointed by the
President under the 9th section of the
act of March 3, 1871, entitled, An act
making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1872.
and for other purposes" 4" who shall, so
far as practicable, group the positions
in each branch of the civil service
according to the character of the du
ties to be performed, and shall grade
each group, from the lowest to the
highest, for the purpose of promotion
within the groups. Admission to
the civil service shall always be the
lowest grade of any group, and to such
positions as can not be grouped or
graded, admission shall be determined
as provided for the lowest grade.
8. a vacancy occurring in the low
er grade of any group of officers shall
be filled, after due public notice, from
all applicants who shall present them
/ selves, and who have furnished evil
/ dences and satisfied the preliminary
! examination already mentioned, and
who shall have passed public COM
/ petitive examination. To test the
knowledge, ability, and special quail
( fieations for the performance of the
duties of the office, the board aonduc-
! ting such competitive examination
shall prepare, under the supervision
of the advisory board, list of names
OF applicants in the order Of their
excellence as proved by such an ex-
animation, beginning with the high
est and shall then certify to the
nominating or the appointing power,
as the case may be, the names stand
ing at the head of such list not eX-
ceeding three. and from the names
thus certified the appointment shall
be made.
4. A vacancy occurring in any grade
of a group of officers above the lowest
shall be filled bya competitive exami-
nation of applicants from the other
grades of the group, and the list OF
names from which the appointment is
to 9e made shall be prepared and GER
tlted, as provided in the preceding
rule; but if no such applicants are
found competent, the appointment
snail be upon an examination of all
applicants, conducted in accordance
with the provisions for admission to
the lowest grade.
3. Applicants certified, or otherwise
qualified for appointment as cashiers !
of Collectors of Customs, cashiers of |
Assistant Treasurers, cashiers of |
Postmasters, superintendent of the /
money order division in POstOffices, !
and such other custodians of large |
sums of money as may hereafter be |
designated by the Advisory Board, /
and for whose pecuniary fidelity an
other officer is responsible, shall new
eftheless not be appointed except /
with the approval of such other Off
Ger.
6. Postmasters whose annual salary
Is less than 5000 may be appointed
upon the written request of the appli-
cants, with such evidence of character
and fitness as shall be satisfactory to
the head Of the Department.
Z. The appointment of all persons
entering the civil service in accor-
dance with these regulations, excep-
ting persons appointed by the Presi-
dent by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, appointments Of
pOstmasters, and persons appointed
to any position in foreign country,
shall be made for a probationary term
of six months. during which the con-
duct of such persons shall be tested,
and if at the end Of such probationary
term satisfactory proofs Oftheir fitness
shall have been furnished by the
Board of Examiners to the head of
the department in which they shall
have been employed during such
term. they shall be re-apDointed.
s. The President will designate
three persons to each department of
the public service to serve as a board
of examiners, which under the super
vision of the advisory board and un-
der the regulations to be prescribed
by it, and at such times and places as
it may determine, shall conduct per-
sonaliy or by persons approved by the
Board all Investigations and {
examinations for admission into said
or for promotion therein. :
8. Any person who, after long and
service in department. shall !
be incapaciated by mental or bodily l
for the efficient discharge ,
Of the duties of his position, may be
appointed by the head of the depart !
ment, at his discretion, to a position !
Of less responsibility in the same de-
partment.
10. Nothing in these rules shall pre-
vent the appointment of aliens to po-
sitions in the Consular service, which s
by reason of the small compensation '
Or of other sufficient cause, are, in the
Judgment of the appointing power, s
necessarily so filed; nor the appoint l
ment of such persons within the Uni
ted States as are indispensable to i
proper discharge of the duties of GER
tain positions, but who may not be
familiar with the English language, or '
legally capable of naturalization. I
IL. No head of a department nor
any subordinate officer of the Govern !
ment shall, as such officer, authorize l
or permit, or assist in levying any {
of money for political pur- I
poses, under the form of voluntary !
contributions or otherwise, upon any
person employed under his control, {
nor shall any such person pay any {
money so assessed.
II. The Advisory Board shall, at 8
any time, recommend TO the Presi-
dent such changes in these rules as it |
may consider necessary to secure the {
greater efficiency Of civil service, s
l3. From these rules are exempt {
heads OF departments, Assistant Sec '
retaries of departments, Assistant
General and First Assistant {
Postmaster Genera, Solicitor General, 1
Solicitor of the Treasury, Naval SOli- I
,itor, Solicitor of Internal Revenue, I
Examiner of Claims in the State De- s
partment, Treasurer of the United
States, Register of the Treasury, First
and Second Controllers of the Treas
lry, Judges of the United States s
Courts, District Attorneys, Private 8
of the President, Embassa- '
1ors, and other public ministers, Su-
of the Coast Survey, Di- {
rector of the Mint, Governors of J
Territories, Special Commissioners, S
Special Annual Visiting and Examin-
ing Boards, persons appointed to posi-
lions without compensation for ser
vices, dispatch agents and bearers of '
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oers of the Edinburgh Working Boys ;
and Girls Religious Society. in con-