Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-06
employee to be made for political or relig-
ious belief held by such clerk or empioye.
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Exemption of Deputies.
s. No deputy collector of customs and no
deputy collector, storekeeper or gauger IN
the internal revenue service, to be classi-
fled under any circumstances.
8. The classification OF any and all en-
pIoyes below the grade of clerk. and OF
those places embracing technical knowi-
edge and experience. to be subject TO the
decision of the mead of the department Ill
which employed.
10. Candidates. three in number. for each
position to be filled in the executive de-
partments to be nominated by the menu
Der of Congress from the district entitled
to representation (accordi1g to quota rule),
the head of department in which vacancy
is to be filled making selection of one or
the three persons named. and such person
to be given six months probationary trlai /,
and If not satisfactory, then another list
of candidates to be- made, provided tnat
the same person shall not be nominated
more than three times.
IL Rcinstaternents TO be permitted at the
discretion of the head of a department OF
persons once employed in the CLASSIFIED
service and separated therefrom Tor no
fault or delinquency on their part, prefer
ence being given 10 hOnorably discharged
soldiers. sailors or marines who served
during the war of the rebellion ana re-
ceived an honorable discharge
l.. No time limit to be imposed as 10
reinsta laments but no person above the
ment.
Il. Examination of candidates for admis-
sion to the departmental service 10 be
held by a local board in the congrCsslona
district where candidates reside.
H. Examinations of candidates for places
requiring technical and scientific knowl-
edge to be held by local boards. the result
to be rated on scale of LOO, - per cent
of which will be allotted according to pro-
portion thereof earnedD TO the technical
and scientific part OF The examination
H. Examination papers to be forwarded
by local boards to the head Of department
who requested the examination. and after
due consideration by said officer if any can
didate shall be deemed unfit for appoint
nent his papers shall he returned to local
board and by them deliverend to the can
Gidate, with notice of the decision in his
case.
Ii. The papers of accepted candidates shah
remain file in the proper department
until the expiration Of the term of the con-
shall be returned 10 the candidate), and APP
IOintT1entS made of said candidates in the
order of their rating.
IL. Transfers promotions and reinstate-
ments shall be made under general rule
to be formulated by a board of supervisors.
to be formed OF duly selected delegates
from each executive department. Said
board shall elect a chairman and snail be
provided with a secretary and a stenogra-
pier by detail. also with proper stationery,
furniture and quarters The stationery will
include typewriting machine and furniture
to be supplied by requisition upon the
Treasury Department, provided that the
total cost OF saU,e stationery and furni
ture) shall not exceed 5000 per annum:
quarters or rooms also to be provided BY
the said department..
Is. Local boards shall report to the board
of supervisors at the end of each fiscal year
the number of Persons examined, certified
accepted and rejected. and such other par
ticulars as the board may require.
Tayl of Gle l,-y r1.Ida l,y-f
heads of departments at the end of each
fiscal year for the Of the board OF su-
perviSOrS in preparing their annual report
but for no other purpose. said annual re-
port to be presented to the President of the
United States for transmission to Congress-
~ The board of supervisors shall for
mulate rules and regulations for carrying
this law into proper effect, SAID rules and
regulations to become effective after ap-
prevail by majority of the heads of de-
partmSnJS. and PRONUNCIATION by pubiica-
tons 20 be distributed by said heads of de-
Iartments.
IL lnfractions of rules and regulations to
be reported to the proper auditor by the
board of supervisors Tor such action as
said auditor may deem proper in connection
with adjustment of payment of salaries or
wages
Sweeping Change.
- The act of January 10, 1852, to be
amended by striking out after the enacting
such form may be deemed proper the
provisions hereinbefore suggested in para
graphs numbered 1 to -, both inclusive.
In section and other portions of the act
oil 1875 tsupraD to substitute board of su-
pervisors for Commissioners" and to
amend all sections of the said act so as to
conform hereto-Omitting entirely the first
Tour paragraphs of section 3. No records
OF aDpointmentS~ore xamiU atoms u be kept
except by the local and departmental
boards and the proper department official! :
the duphcatiOn of such records now being
made being practically useless and very ex-
pensiye memoranda The present system
OF registration for filling vacancies in posi-
lions for which competitive tests are not
practicable shows very clearly one of the
extremes to which the original theory un-
DERIVING civil service reform has been car
ried
The regiStrst ton system referred To en-
braces the name. age, physical condition,
heisht' Weisht, tenn of experience in trade
or profession, stated by the applicant
and EouChel 1Jr by two acquaintance,
who $50 write their opinions as to his
Mental and moral qualifications. In nv
opinion, this method ut selection of a jani-
tor. fireman, elevator conductor or carpen-
ter is OF little value in securing the best
material, besides being expensive, tedious
ard SLOW IN operation No part of the So
called custodian force should be selected
In this way not even If it shall he deter
minef 10 continue to grant them a life
tcnuE1 OF office. A custodian is of neces-
sity a bonded officer. and should be per-
mittel 20 select his entire force under such
reStriC IONS as viii insure the selection
of skilled labor where needed. AS am IL
iustratiOn OF the present red tape and
utterly unsatisfactory SYSTEM, permit HE
TO call your attention to an actual case
Of decentralization in selecting IL car
penter, which came under my notice and in
which L took part.
i"o Much Theory Alleged
Concluding, Mai Bracket said:
Civil service reform has not attained
the popularity which its projectors antici-
pated. and 10 my mind the result is at
tribulabie TO several causes, the most nota-
bic OF which are an excess of theory in its
groundwork and misconception in its
structural work and iabilJation The com
mission charged with the formation of rules
anu regulations tc give force and effect to
the law of 1883 have succeeded in erecting
a system. the elahOrateEcss of which is ex-
celIed. only by its glaring lack of consist
ency. and the magnitude Of Which-in YER
biagc-rlVais the modern unabridged die
uOHdry. The rules existing are prolix and
prolinc and embrace offices ranging from
the coast survey 10 the blacksmith shop in
the navy yard. No problem OF scientific
research Is so aJstruSc as to deter the com
mission from presc- bling method for de-
ternlining who can best solve such a prob