Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-01
& CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

nSU. OWL SEkYIOE COMMISSION,
Paf.asnt 70 the .s s%sfr ksiss i Tor
regulating the Civil Service Of the United states
August 1873, IL is intended to hold examinations Of
Portions 90 Ss Ninth Rss
follows:
For the purpose Of bringing the examination for
the Civil Service to the resdences OF those
Of Presssn w and for the
further purpose Of facilitating, far practica-
equally from the several portions of the Union,
while At the ne time preserving the principle OF
promStiss melt ss tested BY fair competition, 1t Is
TS: IS, ,Ss :sSs,.l States and Territories,
Service Districts the said District. to De numbered
S% S1s sS s,s
New HsmBshir., Masssehu.etts Vermont, Connec;
S s '
Of New 1ork and the city Of Boston, but first ct the
ii Tie Second District embraces the States Of
New Jersey. Pennsy!vania, Delaware, Maryland,
the District Of Columbia: and the exsminstions
therein shall be hela ct washipston.
Ohio, Michigan. Indiana. wisconsin, and Ken.
lucky; az the examinations therein shall be held
slerns,s,y at Cincinnati and Detroit but hr's ct
Nv. re Fourth District embraces the State. of H.
10, Nevada, California, and Oregon, and also ali the
Territories except New Mexico and the District Of
C9inmbIa and the examin ations therein shall be
W lie rsjfS district embraces the States Of South
sstheT With the territory 81 New nesicC and The
the city Of ssvsnnsh and the city Of Memphis, but
taJ That in es:h Of said districts, examinations
Tor admission to the Civil Service at WashinstonS
tRose WHOSE sdsSos is Within sny sPcS District al
ss P be 1s ns tss for
r,frenee both to esmpetitien and to appointments;
ard each District shall be treate sphere Of
examined, shall be regarded as competing only with
each other; but Q person residing in any District
may De allowed or notih ID to be examined in any
.(sl An applications for examination fer service
De partme Of that city which the applicant desires
to enter and be in conformity to the previous rules
6y this series; and every such application must be
as %ss ss Of 9S ys
his legal residence, and also his post address
~. Inc p5evi9u. rules and regulations referred to
1. Every application must be made in the handvrit
which employmen 70 desired II must state: III ap.
RfsnS s.ss IN full aS Place and Sate Of birth
edncation; IS eccu patton, past, and present Ts
whether ever employed in the civil service, and, il
and Tor leaving ths services and az sSsthsi
ever In the regular or volunteer Army or Navy,
and, II 50, when, and In what organization and ca
II. The applicant must certify to having composed
q the xhicS conssns
being citizen Of the United States and faithful to
regular or volunteer Army or Navy, to having been
honorably discharged.
certificate signed By two Trustworthy and respond.
Ole persons, we'll known in the community In which
SHOWN to them to be Of good mora. chsractsr, snd
Of and industrious habits and to be faith
,ni 70 the Union and the Constitution Of the Unied
;, ~; Every application mu.t also be accompanied
applcants general health and physical ospac ty to
". Applications fiied previously to the adoption Of
mIst be renewed or perfected in
ton. No applications from persons under eighteen
years OF age will be considered except for the posi-
cshts for which must not be less than sixteen years
carefully exsmined, and those Which do not cSnfOr@
in every particular to the foregoing requirements,
not qualified for clerical service, will be rejected
and the applicants 80 notified. All other applicants
will be so notified. Inasmucn as applications are
to be made in writing, and each be decided
upon its merits, personal importantly will have no
8: The examinations herein notified as soon TO he
the Third Bsre .ne a. fsIsf Losi. &
Foarth District, and at Savannah for the Fifth
be h, ID at Washington for the Second District.
,, T. person Issidng in any district may, when
be examined In any other district.
8 The ex animation in New York city will be fixed
and the three others will follow interv ais Of ten
or fifteen days thereafter.
6. AIpicat must, therefore, be promptly sent
TO one Of the Departments at Washington, accord
ing TO the rules quoted, that applicants may be
sessonably notified to appear for examination.
The 18th clause Of Rule Q, Of August, ISIS, pro-
v1des, that persons who may be required to be ex-
amined fer any Custom house, Post once, or other
local ONCE or place Of service other than Washing
ton, may be notified BY the head Of such office to
appear and be examined ct any examination pro-
'lded Tor under this rule; and the result Of such
81 aminaton shall be reported by the Chief Exam
,ier, or his substitute, to the proper Examining
Board Ior such ONCE or place, or 70 the head Of the
8. II the numbers who shall appear for ex amina-
lion shall be excessive the exam alton must stop
with the exaulin alton Of reasonable lumber
DORMAN B. BATON, Chsirmau.