The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-01-19
THE JOURNAL.
CIVIL sHRVICE REFoRAT.
Report of the Civil Service Commits
sioneIs-What they Recommend.

Report of the Civil Service Commis-
sioners-What they Recommend.
The report of the Civil service
Commissioners embraces the follow
ing plan for securing reform in va
rious departments of Government
service:
1. No person shall be admitted to
any position in the civil service with
in the appointment of the President
or heads of departments who is not
a citizen of the United States who
shall not have furnished satisfactory
examination in speaking, reading,
and writing the English language.
2. An Advisory Board of suitable
persons to be employed by the Pres
ident, under the ninth section of the
act of March 3, 1871, entitled can
act making appropriations for sun
dry civil expenses of the government,
for the year ending June 80, 1872,
and for other purposes" shall so far
as practicable, group the positions
in each branch of the official service,
according to the character of the
duties to be performed, and shall
grade each group from the lowest to
the highest, for the purpose Of pro
motion within the group. Admis-
sion to the civil service shall always
be to the lowest grade of any group.
and to such positions as cannot be
grouped or graded, admission shall
be determined as provided for the
lowest grade.
8. A vacancy occurring in the
lowest grade Of and group Of Off
GERS shall be filled, after due public
notice, from all applicants who shall
present themselves, and who shall
have furnished evidence and salts
| fed the preliminary examination al
ready mentioned, and who shall have
passed a public competitive examina-
tion to test their knowledge, ability
and special qualifications for the
performance of the duties of the Of
flee. The Board conducting such
competitive examination shall pre-
pare, under the names and Supervi-
sion of the Advisory Beard list of
applicants in the order Of their eX-
cellence, as proved by such examina-
ton, beginning with the highest,and
shall then certify TO the nominating
or appointing power, as the case may
be, the names standing at the head
of such list, not exceeding three,
and from the names there certified
the appointment shall be made.
A. A vacancy occurring in any
grade in a group of officers above
the lowest, shall be filled by com
petitive examination of applicants
from other grades Of that group, and
the list of names from which the
appointment is to be made shall be
prepared and certified as provided
in the preceding rule; but if no such
applicants are found competent, the
appointment shall be upon an ex-
animation of all applicants, conduc-
ted in accordance with the provisions
for admission the lowest grade.
8. Applicants certified or other
wise qualified for appointment as
Cashiers. Collectors, Custom Cash
iers, Assistant Treasurers, Postmas-
ters, Superintendent of the Money
Order Division in Post Offices, and
other custodlans of large sums of
money as may hereafter be Gesigna-
ted by the Advisory Board, and for
whose pecuniary fidelity another
officer is responsible, shall, never
theless, not be appointed, except
with the approval of such other
officer.
6. Postmasters, whose annual sal
ary is less then 5000, may be ap-
pointed upon a written request of
applicants, with such evidence of
character and fitness as shall be sat
isfactory to the head Of the depart
ment.
Z. The appointment of all persons
entering the civil service in accord
ance with these regulations, except
ing persons appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appointments
of postmasters, and persons appoint
ed to any posion in a foreign counz
try, shall be made for the probation
ary term ofsix mon lbs, during which
the conduct and capacity of such
persons shall be tested, and if at the
end of such probationary term salts
factory proofs of their fitness shall
have been furnished by the Board
of Examiners to the head of the De
partment in which they have been
employed during the said term, they
shall be reappointed.
8. President will designate three
persons in each department of the
public service to serve as a Board of
Examiners, which under the super
vison of the Advisory Board, and
under the regulation to be prescribed
by it, and at such times and places
as it may determine, shall conduct
personally, or by persons approved
by the Adjusting Board, all investi-
cations and examinations for admis
sion into said departments, or for
promotion therein.
9. Any person who after long
and faithful service in a department,
shall be incapacitated by mental
or bodily infrmities for the efficient
discharge of the duties of his posi-
tion, may be appointed by the head
of the department at his discretion
to a position of less responsibility in
the same department.
10. Nothing in these rules shall
prevent tie appointment of aliens
to positions in the Consular service,
which by reason of small compensa-
ton or of other official cause are
in the judgment of the appointing
power, necessarily so filled, Tor the
appointment of such persons within
the United States as are indispensa-
bic to the proper discharge of the
duties of certsin positions, but who |
may not be familiar with the Eng !
lish language, or legally capable of
naturalization.
II. No head Of department or sub
ordinate officer of the Government |
shall, as such officer, authorize or