The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-04

any person who has passed examine
ton, or who shall discriminate in favor
or against such person, shall be dis
missed. Ut ttt
By the general rules. several nom
competitive examinations are provided
for. and compulsory examinations Tor
promotion dlrectea. III
The compulsory eXamln tlon pro-
vides, as suggested by the commission,
and amended by the President, who
added the following words: "but
persons in the classified service,
| who were honorably discharged from
| the military or naval service OF
the government, and the widows and
orphans OF deceased soldiers and sail
ors, shall be exempt from such exam
nation. 1I
Another important feature of the
general rules gives authority to the ap-
pointing. or nominating omcer, 70
whom the commissioners may send
the names of persons declared by
them to be eligible to Ger
tain places. the objections in writing
to all persons or any one person thus
certified, stating that, for reasHns to bs
particularly specified, such persons, or
| any of them, are not capable OF per-
forming the duties of the vacant place,
and the commissioners are directed TO
make certitication of other names, II
/ the objections are ascertalned 10 De
good and we'll founded. .i,e
The general rules also provide that
soldiers and sailors, who have been
honorably discharged because OF SICK
ness or wounds, shall be certified Tor ap-
pointment in preference to other
persons of higher grade IL
examination, aud IN making
4 any reduction of force IN any
branch of the classified service,
honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors, and also widows, aud orphans
of deceased soldiers and sailors. shall be
retained in preferen nee to others.
3-The departmental rules are eleven
in numb Der. These rules authorize the
classification of the various commits
sions and independent bureaus, as we'll
as the departments at Washington,
and prescribe the examination that
must be provided to test the fitness tor
admission to this branch OF the
service. They provide that the
following officers may be appol nted
without examination:9 One private
secretary, or one confidential clerk OF
each classified department, and OF each
assistant secretary thereof, and also
each head of bureau appointed by the
, President; direct custodlans OF money
for whose fidelity another officer is I'M
, der official bonds; di sbursing officers
who give bond; persons employed e4-
clusiVely in the secret service, OF the
, government; chief clerks and chiefs. el
divisions. !,
The maximum Limitation OF
IS years is abroeated, and ,minimun
limitation is raised from Is to 20. L.
Soldiers and sailors who have claim
of preference are let in at 65 per cent.
-. but IN other cases the minimum grace
L of eligibility is again raised from % to 4
Il per cent.
3 The number of names to be certified
: to an appointing officer, from which Il
: select for an appointment, has been re
, duced from four to three.
Transfers are allowed as follows
From one department to an
4. other; from the bureau OF thu
Treasury Department, in e which
business relating to customs i
transacted, to any classified custom
. house, and vice versa; from the post
1t Office department to any classified post
: office. and vice We. sa.
- 4-The customs rules are eight II
1
. for customs service are prescribed, il
, addition to other competitive and non
competitive examinations: For clerk
: carrier and messenger. The mes
% senger examination is to be use'
Dc for teaching the fitness 70
= pos tons of piler, stamper, JUNO
i" clerk or other places, the duties o
. which are chiefly manual, only thre
/. names may be certified to as post
&c masters.
% % The following officers may be ap
: pointed without examination: Asslstan
- postmaster, the private secretary O
~ confidential clerk of the postmaster
u cashier and assistant cashier, superin
tendents, designated as such by tn
: Pcstoffice Department., .custodlans q
= money, stamps, stamped envelopes Q
20 postal cards. signated @ such by tn
20 Postotfice Department, for who's
=. fidelity the postmaster is unde
~ an official bond. Promotions ma
ie be made upon any test of fitness deter
u mined upon by the postmaster, if nc
&c disapproyed of by the commission
The 45-year sgt-hmit is abrogated 8
se to the grade O, clerk, and the minimuI
~ for this grade is raise from l6 to Il
pc The minimum for carriers is raise
II from IS to 81 years. aud the maximut
=, - from 80 years to 40. Transfers ar
W authorized as follows: From one classi
- fed postoffice to another, and from an
- classified postoffce to the Postot1c
- department, and vice versa. 80
&c The rules and regulations, which wi
- go into effect on March l, 1883, wer
~ prepared by Commissioner Oberly.
W In commenting on the revised civ
~ service rules, Commissioner Edgerto
8 called the attention of an Associate
=; Press reporter to the absence OF q rul
- which, it was rumored, had been sui
= mitted to the President for his ap
~ ~ prevail, requiring the appointing OF
~ ficers, whenever dismissal from th
n executive civil service is made, to FL
~ in the department or the Office fror
% which the dismissal is made, write
!: statement of the cause of such dis
- - missal. Edgerton said it was tru
=! that such a rule had been submitted
3 the President, but it failed to receiv
O. his approval. From first to last.
n said Edgsrton. II have been stesdil
~ and earnestly opposed to any such rule
g In the Harrity report, and, later. in tn
i, report in the case of Collector Seiberee!