The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-01-04

preceding rule. But ii no such appli
cants are found competent, appoint
ments shall be, upon examination of al
applicants, conducted in accordance with
the provision for admission to the low
est grade.
!; 5. Applicants certified or otherwise
qualified for appointment as cashiers
collectors, custom cashiers, assistant
treasurcrs, pOstmasters, superintendent
of money order division in postOfice
and such other custodians of large sums
Of money, rs may hereafter be designa
ted by the advisory board, and for whose
pecuniary fidelity another officer is re
spOnsible, shall nevertheless not be ap
pointed except with the approval OF
such other officers.
6. POstmastcrs whose annual salary is
less than $500 may be appointed upon
written request OF applicants, with such
evidence OF character and fitness as shall
be satisfactory to head of department.
Z. The appointment Of all persons en-
tering civil service in accordance with
these regulations, excepting persons ap-
pointed by the President, BY and with the
advice and consent of the Senate; ap-
pOintment Of pOstmasters, and persons
appointed to any position in foreign
country, shall he made for u probationary
term of six months, during which the
conduct and capacity Of such person shall
be tested, and il at the end of such pro-
dictionary term satisfactory proofs of
their fitness shall have been furnished BY
the board of examiners to the head Of
department in which they have been en-
ployed during said term, they shall be
rc-appointed.
z. The President will designate three
persons in each department of the public
service to serve as u board of examiners,
which, under the supervision of the ad-
visory board, and under regulations to be
prescribed by It, and nj such times and
places as it may determine, shall conduct
personally, or BY persons approved by
the advisory board, all investigations and
examinations for admission to said de-
partment, or for promotion therein.
.. ANY person who, after long and
faithful service IN department shall be
incapacited by mental or bodily infirmi-
ties, for the efficient discharge of the du-
ties Of his position, may be appointed by
the head of the department, at his dis
cretiOn, to u position Of less responsible
ity in the same department.
10. Nothing in these rules shall pre-
vent the appointment of aliens to posi-
tons in the consular service, which, BY
reason Of small compensation or of Other
sufficient cause, arc, in the judgment of
the appointing power, necessarily SO fill
ed nor the appointment of such per-
sons within the United States as are in
dispensiblc to the proper discharge of
their duties to certain positions, but who
may not be familiar with the English
language or legally capable of naturali.
LatiOn.
ii. No head of department nor any
officer of the government
shall, as such officer, authorize or permit
Or assist in levying any assessment of,
money for political purposes, under the |
Form Of voluntary contributions or 9TH !
'rwise, upon any person employed under
MS control so assessed.
IL. The advisory board shall ut any
lime recommend to the President such
.hanges in these rules as it may consider
necessary to secure greater efficiency of
he civil service.
ID. From these rules are excepted
reads of departments, assistant secretary,
assistant attorney general, first assistant
postmaster general, solicitor general, So
icitors of the treasury, naval solicitor,
olicitor of internal revenue, examiner
# claims in the state department, treas
rer of the United States, register of the
judges of the United States
ourts, district attorneys, private secre-
ary of the President ambassadors and
Their public ministers, superintendent
+ the coast survey, directors of the mint,
overnors Of territories, special commits
toner's, special annual visiting and ex-
mining boards, persons appointed to
ositions without compensation for scrv-
'es, dispatch agents and bearers Of dis
atchcs.