The times., 1899-05-30

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Rule TX is hereby amended by adding
third proviso and by amending the sec
opd proviso, so that it win lead as fol-
lows:
And provided further, That subject to
the other conditions of these rules, any
person who has served in thefmilitary or
naval service of the United States in the
late war of the rebellion or in the Span
ishAmerican war and was honorably dis
charged therefrom, or the widow of any
such person, or an army nurse OF either of
said wars, and any person who has been
separated from the service by reason of
reduction of force specifically required by
law, may be reinstated without regard to
the length of time he or she has been sep
arated from the service: And provided fur
ther. That any person dismissed from the
service upon charges of delinquency or
misconduct ylay 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 2, is amended by strik-
ing out the words or If in said position
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 appoTtionment
shall be waived upon the certificate of the
appointing officer that the transfer is re-
quired in the interests of good administra-
tion; so that as amended the clause will
read:
Transfer of AppOintecs.
80. A person who has received absolute
appointment may be transferred; without
examination, from any department, office,
or branch of The service, upon requisition
and consent of the proper officers and the
certificate of the Commission: Provided,
That no transfer shall be made of a per-
son to a position within the same depart
ment or Office and the same branch of the
service, or to a position in another de-
partment, Office. or brunch of the service,
If from original entrance to such position
said person is barred by the age limita-
tions prescribed therefor or by the pro-
visions regulating apportionment; 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 admins
tration: And provided further, That
transfer shall not be made without exami-
nation, 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 examinat on
involving essential tests different from or
higher than those involved in the exami-
nation required for original entrance 10
the position from which transfer is pro-
posed; but person employed in any grade
Shall not because of such employment be
barred from the open competitive,.exami-
nation provided for original entrance TO
any other grade. e-rf
Rule ", section 3. is amendedlby add
ing an additional exception clause as fol-
/ lows: n Hua
"(c) To test the fitness of person whom
the head of an Executive department or the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
shall nominate for appointment to- a posi-
tion in the classified service. The appoint
ing officer in making such nomination shall
certify that in his opinion, the position to
be filled requires such peculiar qualiiica-
tions in respect to knowledge and ability
or such scientific or special attainments
wholly or in part professional or. techni-
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executive service of the United States and
for the reasons set forth the best interests
of the public service require that an ex-
animation should be waived in whole or in
part If the President of the United States
shall approve such nomination, the Civil
Service Commission shall thereupon grant
| certificate of qualification, upon such
evidence as may be satisfactory to it, that
the person so nominated is eligible for and
hNF
son of his ascertained qualifications, and
by reason of his age health, and moral
character: Provided, That person so
nominated and appointed shall not be
transferred to any other position in the
classified service except to one that may
be filled under the provisions of this clause,
and shall not be assigned TO any other
duties than those pertaining TO the particu-
lar position TO which thus appointed.
Other Amendments.
Rule VII. section 5, is hereby amend
ed to read as follows:
"5. Certifications for appointment of
persons for service in, or tor direct detail
| from, any department or office in Washing
| ton, ID. 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
| of Columbia upon the basis of population:
| Provided, That appointments to the follow
| ng-named positions shall not be so appor-
! toned viz: Those of printers assistant,
! skilled helper and operative in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing; those of plate
printer, and engraver; those in the post
| quartermaster office, the pension agency,
and other local Offices in the District of
| Columbia those of page, messenger boy,
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| in the next succeeding section of this rule,
appointments to which shall be apportioned
/ as therein provided: And provided further,
/ That person who has been or may be
| separated from a classified position by rea-
son of necessary reduction of force, or
| by reason of an appointment to a position
not in the classified service may be rein
stated under the provisions OF Rule TX
! without filing new evidence Of citizenship.
and said appointment shall be charged to
| the apportionment of the State in which
| citizenship was claimed before said separa-
| ton, unless a new citizenship is claimed
in which case the citizenship shall be prov
/ ed in the manner required for original ap-
| pointment
Rule VIII is hereby further amended
| by inserting after section the following
! as section 6, in lieu of the existing pro-
vision on the subject, and by renumber-
! ing accordingly the section now number 6
| and succeeding sections:
| "6. Certifcations for appointments to
! clerical positions and TO positions in any
| of the recognized trades in the Govern
ment Printing Office shall beDso' made as
to maintain, as nearly as the conditions OF
good administration will WARRANT, the ap-
portionment of such appointments among
the several States and Territories and the
District of Columbia upon the basis OF
| nnnuIa ion according TO the nllrtiltai nf on,
ployes provided by law for that office who