Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-19
DATA FOR DEMOCRATS
Who Contemplate Becoming AppIi-
cants for Office.
A Few Facts Bearing Upon the Various
Places Of Profit Falling to West Yr-
ginians---The Civil Service
Commission.

At the request of considerable number
OF readers, the REGISTER has looked up q
few facts connected with the various Fed
eral Offices in this city and State, the
salaries, location, and the time Of the ex-
piration of the commissions held by the
present incumbents, when tenure Of Office
obtains, and in addition, has ascertained the
| methods of the Civil Service Commission
10 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 enc deputy at 81, 500 and one at 81, 900;
| Grafton, three deputies at 81 200 each;
Fsirmont, one deputy at 81 900; Clarksburg,
! one deputy at $500; Braxton c. H., one
deputy at $500; Parkersburg, one deputy
at 81 200; Martinsburg, one deputy at 81 ,0Os;
| Charleston, one deputy at 81 200; 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. |
lector, taking care 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 and gaugers are appointed |
by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the |
recommendation of the Collector and the |
Commissioner of Internal Revenue. There |
are three storekeepers at Sl,240 each, and !
four storekeepers and gaugers at 1890 |
each.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL.
The commission Of the present incumbent |
of this office, e. W. Atkinson, expires on the |
. lth 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 81 500 |
down. The Marshars 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.
pital The commission of the present in.
cumbent expires in August, 1886. The
salary is, we believe $3.50 and fees. As
cLstUCian he has the appointment of joni
iur ct the custom house, who receives a
>alGIy OF $50 per month in summer and SIS
Ter month in winter. There are also jani-
ors, with like salaries, at Parkersburg and
Charleston. The civil service laws have
nothing to do with these offices.
INSPECTORS or uULLS AND BOILERS.
These offices are not within either the
tenure of Office or civil service laws, and in
u d e is a'e like y to be removed at any
time. But Though this is a fsct,the pres
ent officials are liable to be retained for
long time, for the reason that it requires
special knowledge in several departments
OF skilled labor in order to fit 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 3d.
500; District Attorney, salary 5000 and fees,
and an Assistant District Attorney, at
salary of $500, which do not come under
the scope of this article.
fOSIMASIEhS.
There are twenty.three Presidential post
offices in this State, cassed as follows:
Salary $4,000, Wheeling; salary $1,000 10
$1,000, Charleston, Charlestown, Clarks-
burg, Huntington, Martinsburg, !
End Parkersburg; salary $1,000 to
$1,000. Grafton, Piedmont; salary $3.50
10 81 900, Fairmont, Hinton, Keyser, Lewis,
burg, Morgantown, Moundsyille, Pt. Pleas
ant, Shepherdstown and Wellsburg; $500
to $3.50. Berkeley Springs Coalburg, Har-
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 $500 each, one clerk
st 81, 200, one at 81, $50, one at 81 ,00O, one
at 1850, one ct 5000, one at 1916, one at
$40, one at 5000, one at SG75; Parkers-
burg, one clerk at $50; Huntington, one
clerk at $40; Charleston, one clerk at
5000.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
The Civil Service Commission, for the
examination Of candidates for appointments
at Washington in any of the various de-
psrlmen's, will sit at Pittshurg sometime 10
tie near future. The examinations are d.
viGed into three classes the departmental
Seryica, customs service ani ppstsl service,
ard again into grades based upon the sala
RES Of the positions applied Tor All regu
lar applications for com )etitive examina.
tiops for admission to the classified service
must be made on deliberately gotten up
blanks which blanks can be obtained as fo!-
lows: If for the Classified Depart
mental address to the l. S
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. c.; if for the classified Postal Ser
vice, to the postmaster under whom service
is 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 parsons
seeking office is required to make, among
other things, statement under cath. set
ting forth his or her name, residence, ma
tiyity, that he or she does not use intoxi-
eauts to excess is Of good health, occupation
during each Of the previous five 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
such examination and are required to be
present upon the day selected. The ex.
animation is conducted in room set apart
for the purpose, all the applicants being
seated at table in plain view of the mem
bers of the commission. Blanks, contain.
ing questions to be answered are then
distributed simultaneously to the candidates,
the questions being grouped by subjects,
each subject upon q separate blank,
and the time occupied b. each appG-
cent in inditing his answer is carefully
recorded. Not less thsa four or more tan
ten questions are given under any one sub.
Ject, and they are, as near as may be, equal
in Siffpultv Wban The bIanks n,n1o;.;. |