The morning times., 1895-07-16
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/ examinations VIII be given at an early
I date
Applicants for the positions of COM
! positOr, pressman, and bookhinder will
not De admitted to examination unless
! they have had five years experience in
sireto be employed. fouryeaTs ot whichmust
! have been rendered as an apprentice and
one year as Journeyman.
SHOWING THEIR EXPERIENCE.
They VIII be required, in addition
10 the regular application. TO file a sworn
statement with the commission showing
/ their experience at their trade, when and
where employed, the names OF their en-
ployens, the reason, if any, why they left
their service, and such other informa-
ton as may be found necessary TO show
their qualifications for the positions
which they seek
In addition they must furnish vouchers
I from three persons certifying al to their
! length OF service and their skill and eX-
/ p"renCe in their trade. or, II this can
not be done, 10y their fellow-workmen who
have knowledge of the facts in the case.
The commission reSe rYeS the right
! to have the statements OF applicants and
their vouchers verified whenever found
necessary or 10 require such additional
evidence as may be deemed essential
upon which 10 answer the personal ques-
lions and complete the vouchers.
''The subjects enumerated above for the
examination or compOsltur, preSsman and
bookbinder VIII constitute only the pre-
liminary part OF the examination for these
three post ions Eligible registers will
he made up or those who pass on this pre-
liminary test, If their statements in ans wer
to the personal questions aud the statements
OF their vouchers show them tO be proficient
in the trade OF trades in which they desire
emplo yment.
THE PRACTICAL TEST.
''The second of the practical tests vii
be given only TO those wlo are selected for
appointment from The preliminary or edu-
cational test. This practical examination
VIII be given under the supervision of the
commission when the personselectcd for ap-
pointmeut reports FOR duty. An applicant
should therefore not claim, nor should his
vouchers claim for him, any greater profici-
ency i'm the trade in which he desires TO
be employed than he can demonstrate upon
the practical test. Those who fan TO make
20 per cent. out of a possible 100 per cent.
ia the practical examination VIII not be
appointed TO the service
Separate reg listers VIII be made up
for Compositors, prcSsmen, bookbnders,
stereotypcrs, and electrotypers, but eligl-
bles for the minor positions not included
among the trades VIII be entered upon only
one register, and VIII be certified for
vacancies IN any OF the positions men
toned
Appointments to the Government Print
ing Orfice VIII not be appoTtioned exactly
among The several States and Territories,
hut il VIII be the ann OF the commission 20
distribute appointments as far as possible
among the States and Territories.
No person can be eligible for appoint
mcnt 10 more than one branch of the ser
vice AT the same time. and persons whose
names are on the eligible Inst for appoint
meut TO any other branch OF the service
must write 10 the commission and request
that theiT eligibility be Cancelled before
they can be admitted 10 the examinations
for the government printing service"