Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-08
NEW RULES ADOPTED.

NEW RULES 4ADCPTED.
The Pres delt lnaorses the REVISED q VII.
Srrvss's, Rsguia ,ons-- sn,lrn v ,ry I'm pore
u tn e g anxos Made--(suvernment Clerks
"a lie frotsctcd Again.t Po!iic Az
sess,nents and Coercion by Their su-
perlOrs.
WASHINGTON. Feb The President has
approved and promulgated revision Of
the civfl-serylce rules, which makes several
very important changes In the system OF
appointments upon tests OF fitness applied
to applicants for places In the departments
nj Washington and In the classified GUS o.ns
offices Nnd post-officas. The commission
has also revised the civil service regula-
tons to conform to the new rules The new
rules and regu alton, Which We're prepared
by Commissioner Oberly and amended by
the other commissioners Will 60 into effect
OH March !. In brief they are as follows:
hegenerntrules IRE nine in number and ore
applicable, except IN one or two particulars, to
all parts o the class fed service, aud to some
parts OF tho service not yet classified under the
law or rules BY these rules It is made an
Ononse, punishable by dismissal, for
any officer Of the executive ctvh service
to use his oflc:al authority or influence
for the purpose Of interfering with an
CIoCtlO1s VI coutTOkluS Tue RESULTS tQ6f6O1, or
to 4 smtss OF to cause 10 be dtsm ssed,or to use
influence OF any kind TO procure the dismissal
OF uny person from any place In said service,
because such person has refused to DO coerced
In his political action. or has refused to con-
tribute money for any political purpose or to
render political service.
The rules provide for tho dismissal OF any
officer, clerk or othor employe who shall re.
CO W or DO In any manner concerned In solicit
Srsv< n}rytr, Nnyy
or contribution for any polt teal purpose what
ever, from any eulpoye OF any department
OF the public service; or who shall DIS
charge or promote, or in any manner change
the official rank Of any employee, or promise or
threaten TO do SO, for giving or refusing or
withholding or neg'ectng " make any contri-
button Of money or oiher valuable thing for
any political purpose: Or who Shall, d-
rectly or indirectly, hand over to any other
person in sud service, or 10 any Senator,
or member OF the House OF Repres .ntatives
or Territorial delegate, any money or other
valuable thing, on account OF or to he applied
TO the promotion OF any political purpose what
ever. 1t IS also prov ded that no question in
any examination shall DO so framed as to elicit
the political or religious op MON or utilization
OF competitors for place. and that II any ap.
pointing or nominating officer shall make in
curry concerning, or IN any other way attempt
to ascertain, the polit ca or religion OF any per-
son who has passed an exam n st:on, or who
Shall scrimnate III favor of or against such
person, he shall be dismissed from Office.
BY the general rules several non-competitive
examinations are provided for and compulsory
exam nations for promotion are directed.
The compulsory exam nation provision as sug-
gestcd by the Commission was amended by the
President, who added the following words:
but personsdn the classified service who
We're homo: abby discharged from the In llta.y
or naval services of the United States and
the widows md orphans Of deceased solde rs
aton.''
Another important feature of the general
rules vos authority to an appointing or nom-
mating officer, to whom the Commits sit,ers may
send the names of persons declared by them to
be elR 1Ole to certain place. to object in writ.
Ing to all or any one OF the persons thus certi-
fed, stating'that for reasons to be particularly
specified suoh persons, or any OF them, ure
not capable of perfo ming the dut cs of the
vacant place, and the Commissioners or, di-
1ected to make certiticationof other names if
the object ons ire ascertaiIed to tie good and
well founded. The general rules also provide
that soldiers and sailors who have been hon.
orably discharged because OF sickness or
wounds shall be certified for appoint
mont In preference to other PERSONS
Of higher grade in the examinations,
and that IN making airy reduction OF force in
any branch OF the class fed service honorably
dFsc'a ged soldiers and sailors, und also the
widows and orphans of deceased sold ers and
sailors, shall be retained in preference to 9TH
crs. The department rules authorize the class
itca' ion OF commissions and independent bu~
reaus, us we'll us tho depart ments at Washing
tor, and prescribes the exam nation that must
be Pre- videl to test fitness 70: admission to this
branch OF the service.
The maximum age limitation az forty-lye
years is abrogated, and the min mum limita-
ttoa is raised from ghteen to twenty years.
Soldiers and sailors who have q claim of prefer
cree IN civil and military appointments ure let
ID at GS per centum but In all other cases the
N nimum grade of Ell gibility has been ru;sed
from IS to 70 per centum. The number OF
names to We certified TO an appointing officer
from which to select for IN appo ntment has
be n reduced from four to three.
In commenting on tn, revised civl-ser-
wee rules Commits. oner Edgerton called
O tent'on to the abs nee of the rule requir-
Ing appointing officers, whenever dis
missal from tho exec utsve civil service is
m d., to file written statement Of the
cause of such dismissal Mr.: Edgerton said
such rule had been submitted to the
President, but 1t failed to meet his approval