Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-02
| OWL SERVICE COMMISSION.

FU. 8 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
10 IN. .sSso@ Ese ss'i Tor
regulating the Civil Service Of the United States,
August, 1873, il is Intended to hold Of
sppiica1is Tor admission to such service a, herein
follows:
, For the purpose OF bringing the examination for
the civil Service as near to the residences Of those
command Of the PTesidsnt warrant, and for the
qrther purpose OF facilitating, as far as practica
equally from the several portions of the Union,
while st the So ne time preserving the principle Of
promoting merit as tested by fair competition, is
GJ That The several States and Terri.ori.. are
Service Districts the said Districts to be numbered
cepseSniiyely from one to i've, as follows:
New Hampshire, MASSACHUSETTS Vermont, Connec-
and S ses and 81.
Of New YORK and the city Of Boston, but first ct the
III. TIE Second District embraces the States Of
New New Jersey, Pepppsylyania, Delawsre, Maryland,
the District Of Columbia; and the exsminsti SIs
therein shall be hels at sshineton.
Ohio, Michigan. Indiana. Wisconsin, ' and Ken ~
lucky; AID the examinations therein shall be held
alternately at Cincinnati and Detroit, but first at
Nv r. Fourth District embraces the States of H.
hnois. Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebras-
ks, Nevada, California, and Oregon, and also all the
Territories except New Mexico and the District of
Columbia; and the examinations therein shall be
held at st. Louis.
The run UtStrtcf embraces the States OF South
Carolina, Gsorgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
A ARIA, L9nisIsna, Texss and Tennessee; TO,
examinatiops therein shall be held alternately at
the city Of Savannah and the city Of Memphis, but
Cd That in each Of said Districts, examinations
Tor admission 10 the Civil Service at ,shinRton,
those whose residence is within any such District at
the time OF filing the application for examination
reference both 10 clmpetitiSn and 10 requirements
and each District shall be treated as a sphere Of com
examined, shall be regarded as Competing only with
each other; but person residing in any District
may Dc allowed or notihsd to be examined in any
I(sl An applications for examination f,r service
at asbbgiOn must be addressed to the head Of the
De partment Of that city which the appcsn desires
TO enter and be in conformity to the previous rules
BY this series; and every such application must be
a the State or Territory, where tbs sppicsnt has
his legal residence, aud also his post address,
z: Tbs previous rules and regulations referred to
/. Every application must be made In the handwrit-
ing the applicant to the head Of the in
which employ ment Is desired. II must state ~ ap-
ni,Gsnt; name in full ~ place and date Of birth;
whether ever emplOysd in the civil service, and, Il
and Tor leaving the serrce and % xSsthsi
ever IN the regular or volunteer Army or Navy,
and, II So when, and In what organization and ca
II; The .pglican. mus. certify to having composed
The truth q the Shish IT 20
the Union and the Constt1sOn; and ever IN the e
regular OF volunteer Army or Navy, to having been
III. livery application must be accompanied BY .
eeslneate signed BY two r1sswortny and fesp9nsi
they reside, that the applicant is personally Well
known to them TO be Of good moral character, and
fnl 70 the Union and the Constitution Of the Unted
". Every application must also be accompanied
by the certncste Of predicting ph ysican as TO the
applicants general health and physical oapsc ity to
" Applications died previously to the adoption of
these regulations must be renewed or perfected In
ten. 70 applications from persons under eighteen
on in the
cahts for which must not be less than sixteen years
vi. All applications upon their receipt will be
carefully examined, and those which do not conform
and such a show that the appicsnts are manfestly
not qualified for clerical service, will be rejected,
will be desgpaed as eligible for examination, aud
viii be so notified. lnasmuch as applications are
upon its merits, personal importantly viii have no
8, The examinations herein notified as soon to be
at Cincinnati for the Third District at St. Louis
District; and il due time district examinations will
be held at Washington for the second District.
for him. be no,ed to appear " and
TSs IL 0'h n N ss TSst cv will
and notified for date about the middle Of October,
and the three others Will follow at intervals Of ten
or fifteen days thereafter.
6. Applications must, therefore, be promptly sent
to one OF the Departments at Washington, accord
ina to the rules quoted. so that applicants MAJ be
sessonabIy notified to sBpear for examination
vides, thai persons who may be required to be ex-
amined for any Custom house, Post once, other
local office place of service other than Washing
ton, may be notified by the head Of such Office to
| appear and be examined Of any examination pro-
vided for under this rule; aud the result of such
examination shall be reported by the Chief Exam
iner, or his substitute, to the proper Exami ning
Board for such office place, or 20 the head Of the
4 local office.
| 8. IL the numbers who shall appear for examina-
ton shall be excessive the examination must stop
with the examine alton Of . reasonable lumber.
DORMAN B. EATON, Chairman.
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