Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20

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obtains, and In addition, has aseertained the
methods Of the Civil Service Commission
IN the examination of candidates for posi-
tons at Washington. The data thus obtained
Is here appended
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
The Collector of Internal Revenue has
the personal appointment of twelve depu-
ties and clerks the location of their offices
and their salaries being as follows: Wheel
ing, n deputy at 81, 800 and one al 81, 900;
Grafton, three deputies at $1,000 each;
Fairmont one deputy at 81 900; Clarksburg,
ore deputy at $500; Braxtsk C. H., one
deputy at $500; Parkersburg, one deputy
ats, 200; Msrtinsburg one deputy at 81, 0O9;
Charleston, one deputy at $1,000; Bald
Knob, Boone county, one deputy at $500.
Applicants for these positions do not come
under the Civil Service law. Parties who
desire appointment as deputy collectors
should make application directly to the Col
leetor, taking are that their papers have
good backing from representative party men,
residents of the collection division which
they are applying for. The salary Of the
collector is $3.50.
Storekeepers aud gsugers are appointed
by the Secretary ofths Treasury upon the
recommendation of the Collector and the
COMMISSIONS Of Internal Revenue. There
are three storekeepers at $l,24O each, and
four storekeepers and gaugers at $3.50
each.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL.
The commission of the present incumbent
Of this Office, G. W. Atkinson, expires on the
llth Of May next. The Civil Service rules
do not apply to this Office in any way.
There are eleven deputies, appointed BY the
Marshal, at salaries ranging from $500
down. The MarshaPs salary is 5000 and
fees.
SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS.
The surveyor of customs at this city is
also custodian of the public buildings, dis
bursting agent and agent of the Marine Hos
pitsl. The commission of the present in.
eumbent expires in August, 1886. The
salary is, we believe, $3.50 and fees. As
custodian he has the appointment Of q isni.
tor at the custom house, who receives a
salary Of $50 per month in summer and SIS
per month in winter. There are also iani,
tors, with ike salaries, at Psrkersburg and
Charleston. The civil service laws have
nothing to do with these offices.
INSPECTORS OF HULLs y BOILERS.
These offices are not within either the
tenure Of Office or civil service laws, and in
Cumt ents are Likely to be removed at any
time. But 8 Though this is q fsct,the pres
emf officials are liable to be retained for q
long time, for the reason that it requires
special knowledge in several departments
Of skilled labor in order to fit a person for
the discharge of the duties pertaining to
the Offices. The salary is $1,000 for each
Office.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Besides the officers above named, there
are three others, District Judge, salary 49,
500; District Attorney, salary 5000 and fees,
and an Assistant District Attorney, at a
salary Of $500, which do not come under
the scope Of this article.
PosTNAsTERs. =
There are twenty.three Presidential post
Offices in this State, classed as follows:
Salary $500, Wheeling; salary $500 10
$1,000, Charleston, Chsrlestown, Clarks-
burg, Huntington, Msrtinsburg,
and Parkersburg; salary $1,000 to
$1,000, Grafton, Piedmont; salary $3.50
to 81, 900, Fairmont, Hinton, Keyser, Lewis
burg, Morgantown, Moundsville, PIT. Pleas
ant, Shep6erdstoEn and Wellsburg; $500
to $3.50, Berkeley Springs, Coalburg, Hsr-
per's Ferry, Volcano, Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs. In these Offices
letter carriers and clerks are employed as
follows: Wheeling, six carriers at $3.50
each, two carriers at S400 each, one clerk
at 81, 200, one at 81, $50, one at 81 ,00O, one
at $3.50, one at 5000, one at 1915, one at
$40, one al 5000, one at S675; Psrkers-
burg, one clerk at $3.50; Huntington, one
clerk at $40; Charleston, one clerk at
$500.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
The Civil Service Commission, for the
examination Of candidates for appointments
at Washington in any Of the various de-
partments, will sit at Pittshurg sonetimein
the pear future. The examinations are di,
vided into three classes, the departmental
service, customs service and postal service,
and again into grades based upon the sals
ries Of the positions applied tor. All regu,
lar applications for competitive exsmina-
lions for admission to the classified service
must be made on deliberately gotten up
blanks, which blanks can be obtained as fol-
lows: If for the Classified Depart
mental address to the U. 5.
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. c.; if for the classified Postal Ser
vice, to the postmaster under whom service
il sought limited to offices in which fifty
or more persons are employed); if for the
classified Customs Service, to the head Of
either customs Office in which service is
sought. In his application, the persons
seeking office is required to make, among
other things, 8 statement under oath, set
ting forth his or her name, residence, ma
tivity, that he or she does not use intoxi-
cants toexcess, is of good health, occupation
during each of the previous i've years,
education and where obtained.
When the commission has met at a GER
tain point for the purpose Of holding an
examination, all applicants within the Gus
toms or postal districts coming under the
law are notified at least eight days before
sueh examination, and are required to be
present upon the day selected. The ex-
animation is conducted in q room set apart
for the purpose, all the applicants being
seated at q table in plain view OF the mem
hers of the commission. Blanks, contain
inc questions to be answered are then
distributed simultaneously to the candidates,
the questions being grouped BY subjects,
nnnw hlank