Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-12-04
AN IMPORTANT ORDER

From the Postomce Department Re-
Postoffices.
Postmaster Sperry has received copy
of the following:
PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF PosTMAsTER-GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 80, '91.
Ordered No. 379-That on and after the
31st day of December, 1891, all promotions
in postofices having fifty or more officers,
clerks or other employees shall be deter
mined and made on the basis of an Office
record, to be kept and an examination to
be conducted in the manner hereafter pre-
scrlbed, and such promotions shall be made
upon merit and irrespective of every other
consideration.
The scheme and scope of the examina-
tions and Office records shall be as follows:
The examinations shall be uniform for
all classified postoffices and shall include
not less than the following:
/. For those engaged on clerical work:
ca Letter writing.
Ob) Mathematics.
Co Accounts.
(d) Questions on office work.
.(e) Practical questions in regard to postal SER
vice generally.
and the whole written examination shall have a
weight of 40 points on scale of 100
aSa saggee OF N 5ee ss
(a) Distribution to be shown by case examin-
atoms, including knowledge of connections.
subjects for the clerk examination, not exceed
ing three as may be decided by the department
local examination board.
For stamperS.
Cs) trial of speed and legibility, together
nation. not o exeeediRs three ' as may be deter
mined by the department local examination
Each of these subjects shall have equal
weight, and the whole shall have a weight
of forty points on scale of 100.
The office records, blanks for which will
be supplied by the postofice department,
shall take into account not less than the
following subjects:
Regularity and promptness Of attendance.
Application and industry.
Adaptability. and
Each of these subjects shall have equal
weight, and the whole Office rating shall
have weight of 60 points on a scale of
100.
It is further ordered that there shall be
established in each of the classified post
offices department local examination
board, which shall consist of not less than
five employees of the postoffice, who shall
be selected by the postmaster.
One from the mailing division
One from the city delivery division.
One from the money order division.
One from the registry division.
One from the executive division.
Subject to the approval of the postmas
ter general. And this board, under direc-
ton of the postmaster, shall supervise the
Office records, which shall be kept therein,
and shall conduct the examinations for the
Office IN which they are employed.
In case of q vacancy occurring in any
n-e1cepted grade in any of the classified
postof6ces, the department local examine
ton board shall determine and report to
the postmaster tho name of the person
who, according to the standard prescribed,
is best fitted, in their Judgment, to fill the
said vacancy by promotion, and promotion
shall be made by the postmaster accord
ingly.
The decision of the department local ex-
animation board shall be based in part
upon their ratings of examinations to be
held by them, which examinations shall be
such as to show by their results whether
the candidates merit advancement, and
they shall likewise be based upon the Office
record, in proportion of forty points to