The evening times., 1899-05-29

Rule TX is hereby amended by adding
a third proviso and By amending the sec
ond proviso, SO that 1t will read az foi-
lows:
And proyiced further, That, subject to
| the other conditions of these rules, any
person who has served In the military or
| naval service Of the United States In the
| late war of the rebellion or in the Span
| ish- American war and was honorably dis
charged therefr0m, 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 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.
Changes in Rule \.
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
! 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
1 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 administra-
I ton SO that as amended the clause will
| read:
-. person who has received absolute
| appointment may be transferred, witho L
! 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 dspart-
| ment or Office and the same branch of the
service. or TO a position in another de-
partment, ofEce. or bach 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-
CURED in the interests of good admins
| tration: And provided further, Tcat
/ transfer shall not be made without eNami
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| position for original entrance TO which, n
the judgment of the Commission, there is
| required by these rules an examination
| involving essential tests different from Cr
! higher than those involved in the eXami
nation required for original entrance 10
! the position from which transfer is pio-
| posed: but a person employed in any grade
shall not because of such employment be
barred from the open competitive exami
l
any other grade.
| Rule " section 3. is amended by add
! ing an additional exception clause as fol-
/ lows:
| "(c) To test the fitness cf person whom
| the head of an executive department or the
| Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
| shall nominate for appointment TO posi-
| tion in the classified service The appoint
| ing officer in making such nomination shall
certify that. in his opinion, the position 10
| be filled requires such peculiar qualiica-
| tcns in respect to knowledge and ability,
| or such scientific or special attainments
| wholly or in part professional or ;ecnnl-
| cal as are not ordinarily acquired n the
! executive service of the United States and
J 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
/
Service Commission shall thereupon grant
a certificate of qualification. upon such
! evidence as may be satisfactory TO II, tnat
| the person so nominated is eligible for and
| may be appointed TO such position ny lea-
! son of his ascertained qualification. and
by reason of his age, health. and moral
! character: Provided. That person so
nominated and appointed shall rot be
transferred to any other position in the
/ tn
| be filed 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 VIII. section 5. is hereby amend
ed to read as follows:
..5 Cer,iScations for appointment of
nersons for service in. or for direct detail
| from sny 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
eral States and Territories and the District
of Columbia upon the basis of population:
Provided, That appointments to the follow
ing-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
ouartermaster's office the pension agency.
and other local Offices in the District Of
Columbia; those of page. messenger boy,
! 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 further.
That a person who has been or may be
separated from q classified position by rea-
son of necessary reduction Of force. or
by reason Of an appointment to position
not in the classified service. may be REIN
stated under the provisions OF Rule IN
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 G
and succeeding sections:
&c. Certifcations for appointments to
clerical positions and to positions in any
| of the recognized trades in the Govern
ment Printing once shall be so made as
to maintain, as nearly as the conditions Of
good administration will warrant, the sp-
portionment Of such appointments among
District Of Columbia upon the basis OF
population according to the number Of en-
pioyes provided by law for that ONCE who
are affected by the provisions of this Sec
tion.
s'Ruie VIII is further amended by addiup