Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-29

lions above mentioned through no delin-
head Or Of mis- shsl be placed ..
of their fulalnnent on said reauiremen tsas'
Section of rule VII is hereby amended
ny inserting tsrd the following as the first pro-
be extended In the dterelon Of the commits
sion. for a further pfiod of one year from
The date OF the expr ION Of the first years
mission may prescri J, 81 that as amended
the section will readEas pillows:
eligible is entered "a fs register: Pro-
vIded, that this terri nay be extended, in
the discretion of the Commission, for a fur
theP period of one year from the date Of
the expiration OF the first years eligibility,
upon such conditions as the commission
may prescribe; And provided further. that
In case person whose name Is upon any
register shall pc mustered into the military
time when the United States NAV be en-
gagged In war. the period Of eligibility Of
such person shall. under such conditions a
be considered as suspended during the time
such eligible may be serving In the army
or navy of the United States.
Rule WILL
Rule VIII, section 5, Is hereby amended
to read as follows:
8. Qualifications for appointment of per-
sons for service In, or for direct detail
from, any department or office In Washing
ton, D. c., shall be so made as to main
tain, as nearly as the conditions Of good
administration will warrant, the apportion-
ment of such appointments among the sew
eral states and territories and the District
OF Columbia upon the basis of popula tion !.
Provided, that appointments to the follow
ing named positions shall not be so appor-
skilled helper and operative in the bureau
OF engraving and printing; those OF plate
printer and engraver; those in the post
quarfermaster office, the pension agency
and other local offices In the District Of
Columbia; those of page, messenger bow
apprentice and student. and those named
in the next succeeding section of this rule.
appointments to which shall be apportioned
as therein provided: And provided fur
ther, that person who has been or NAV be
separated from a classified position by rea-
son OF necessary reduction of force or nv
reason OF an appointment to position not
In the classified service, may be reinst4 tad
under the provisions of Rule TX without
Ming neW evidence of citizenship AMI said
appointment shall be charged to the appor-
tionment of the state In which cItiz sushi,
was claimed before said separation, un:ess
new citizenship is claimed In which case
the citizenship shall be proved in the man
ner required for original appointment
Rule VIII Is hereby further amend III hy
inserting after section the following a :
section 9, in lieu of the existing provision
on the subject, and by REMEMBERING cord
lbsiy the section now number q and sue
cesding sections:
9. Certifcatons for appointments to cIeri-
CAL positions and to positions in any of the
recognized trades in the government print
ing once shall be so made to maintain
as nearly as the conditions Of good admins
tration will warrant, the apportionment of
such appointments among the several
states and territories and the District of
Columbia upon the basis of population ac
cording to the number of employees pro-
vided by law for that Office who are af-
fected by the provisinns.of this section
Rule VIII is further amended by adding
new section at the end, to be numbered
-, as follows: II
-. All persons seryingn under temporary
appointments at ths date of the approval
or this section may be permanently ap-
pointed. in the discretion of the proper APP
pointing officer; and the special rule ap
proved January 20, 1899 relative to tenn
porary appointments lin the Navy Depart
ment is hereby rescinded,
Rule TX.
Rule TX Is hereby amended by adding a
third proviso and by: amending the second
proviso so that it will read as follows:
And provided further That. subject to
the other conditions Of these rules, any per-
son who has served IN the military or naval
service of the United States in the late war
of the rebellion, or in the Spanish -Ameri-
can war and was honorably discharged
therefrom or the widow of any such per-
son, or army nurse of either of said
wars, and any person who has been sepa-
rated from the service by reason of a re-
duction of force specifically required by
law, may be renstated without regard to
the length Of time he or she has been
separated from the service: And provided
further, That any person dismissed from
the service upon charges of delinquency
or misconduct may be reinstated. subject
to the other conditions of these rules, with
out regard to the one-year time limit OF
this rule, upon the certificate OF the proper
appointing officer that he has thoroughly
investigated the case and that the charges
upon which the dismissal was based were
not true
Rule X, section Q is hereby amended by
striking out the words "or if in said posi-
ton there Is not required, In the judgment
of the commission. the performance of the
same class of work. or the practice of the
same mechanical trade performed or prac-
ticed In the position from which transfer
is proposed" and inserting In place of the
words so stricken out the following: but
the provisions in relation to apportionment
shall be waived upon the certificate OF the
appointing officer that the transfer IS re-
quired in the interests Of good admnistra-
ton 30 that amended the clause will
read:
2 A person who has received absolute ap
poDtment may be transferred, without eX-
animation, from any department, office or
branch of the service, upon requisition and
consent of the proper officers and the GER
ti1cate of the commission Provided, that
no transfer shall be made OF a person to a
position within the same department or Of
flee and the same branch Of the service or
to position in another department, office,
or branch Of the service, IL from original
entrance to such position said person is
barred by the age limitations prescribed
therefor, or by the provisions regulating
apportionment; but the provisions In Tela-
ton to appoftionment shall be waived upon
the certificate Of the appointing officer that
the transfer Is required In the interests of
good administration: And provided further,
that transfer shall not be made without ex-
animation, provided by the commission, to
a position for original entrance to which,
in the judgment of the commission. there is
required by these rules an examination in
volving essential tests different from Or
higher than those involved in the examina-
ton required for original entrance to the
position from which transfer Is proposed;
but a person employed. in any grade shall
not because of such employment be barred
from the open competitive examination pro-
vided for original entrance to any other
grade.
The civil service rules are further amend
ed by adding an additional rule to be desig-
mated as rule ID. H. -.
WAY