Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-09
ARTHUR AND REFORM.
HE APPROVES THE REVISED
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.

The Notifications in Detail and What
Their Effect Is-Keim's Name with
drawn and Chief Treasury Clerk Ly-
mans Substituted-A Vacant Alabama
POstmastership Filled.
WASHINGTON. May S.--The civil SER
vice rules as revised were approved this
morning by the President. The rules as
approved are twenty-five in number. The
clause preliminary to the rules contain
ing the formal PRONUNCIATION is recast
in form so that it begins 'sThe President
and goes on to say that he hereby pro-
mulgates the rules. Rules l, ,, and 4
are unchanged.
In rule ), which provides for three clas-
slflcatiOns of the service the only change
made is to call the first-clasS 'tThe DEPART
mental service" instead of 'eThe classified
service at Washington" the reason given
being that the service at theicapital is all
departmental. No change las been made
in rule in regard to competitive exami-
nations. The changes in rulk7 are to take
photography out of the fourth subdivision
and put it in the first, and LITTER writing
out of the first subdivision and put it in
the fourth. The reference tol50 per cent.
of complete proficiency in an eXamina-
required. A trifling change has been made
in rule $ by adding two words, 50 that the
rule now provides thatnO question during
ans examination shall call for the eX-
preston of any political or religious
opinion or attiliation, nor, if known these
two words are added, shall any discrimi-
nation be made by reason thereof. The
words ''if known" are believed to make
the rule more pointed and emphatic.
a oh Tn, 10
II slight modification is made. The
fifth subdivision requiring an applicant
to state. among other things, to
which he is required TO make oath,
his own moral character, is stricken
out, as 1t was believed best to
allow the Commissioners to refer
to the recommendations of the applicant
upon the subject. An addition requiring
an applicant to state what he knows as to
the employment of other members of his
family in the public service was made to
the rules. During the work of revision,
IN rule II the only change is one made at
the suggestion of the customs officers.
Instead Of providing that ''no one shall
be examined for customs inspector who is
under II years of age" 1t provides that
"nO one shall be examined, except for
clerk or messenger, if under 21 years of
age
Rules 13, IA and 10 are unchanged as
submitted. Rule 16 provided that when
any officer shall make a request for can
dldates to fill vacancy or vacancies the
Commissioners shall certify to three
names to be taken in order from the regis
ter OF those eligible, and the selection was
to be made from the three so
certified. AS it is changed this
rule provides that four instead
of three names shall be certified, and fur
ther change is made which provides
that those certified are to be the highest
on the list from the State for which the
vacancy is to be filled, instead of the first
on the list reported. The sixth sub
division limiting the power of the COM
mission, so that they shall certify the
same person ON the register only three
times to the same office in the postal or
customs service, and only twice to any
department at Washington, remains the
same as it was originally reported. No
changes have been made in II and 1S.
In rule 10 another clause is added to pro-
vide that the heads of bureas shall be ex-
cepted from examinations under the rules.
1t also eXcepts all examinations for pro-
motions until the rules can be matured to
regulate such examination. The Com
missiOners were of the opinion that it
was not time yet to prOmulgate those
rules.
Rules 90, 21 and % remain as original
ly submitted.
The report is current tonight that the
Of Mr.. Keim as Chief Exam
iner of the Civil Service Commission is to
be withdrawn, and the name of Charles
Lyman, Chief -CferK Uf-Une = reasury, has
been agree upon and will be sent to the
President with there commendatiOn of the
that he be appointed Chief
Examiner instead of Mr.. Keim.
Free mail delivery will begin at Mont
gOmery, Ala, July 1st.