Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE.
September First Time Set For
Examination.


Applicants for Positions rs Carriers
an6 Clerks Here viii be Examined
ThenM. L. Brown secretary of
Board-Fi:sl Information Abont the
r-tsoyernment Moves in Free
: Delivery Natter.
The postofficc department has
acted and it has announced the date
for civil service examinations to Sc
lect clerks and carriers These ex-
aminations will be held on septem
Der first in the Public School build
ing. Four carriers, one substitute
carrier and one clerk will be select
ed after examination and others will
be placed ON the eligible list.
Mr. M. L. Brown of the postoflice
has set of blanks which will have
to be filled out by each applicant
and handed in before the close of
business on August 10Th. Full in
formation about everything con
nected with the matter will be given
BY him on application. The follow
ing in reference to the matteris sent
font By the departments:
INITIAL EXAMINATION.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that the
Post-office Department having adj
vised it that free delivery will be
established at Morgantown on Oct.
1st 1900 and requested that proper
steps be taken to secure an eligible
register in order that the Postmas-
ter-General may select carriers and
substitute carriers from it in due
time for them to select their uni
forms and become familiar with
their duties before the establishment
of free delivery, a special examina
ton will be held in the city and on
the date named above, commencing
at a. M, for the positions Of Clerk
and Carrier.
The examination will consist of
spelling, arithmetic, letter writing,
penmanship, copying from plain
copy, geography of the United
States, and reading addresses. The
arithmetic will consist of tests in
the fundamental principles, extend
ing as far as common and decimal
fractions and embracing problems.
The age limitations for this eX-
aminations are as follows:
Clerk, not less than Is years.
Carrier, between q and 40.
Applicants of clerk and car
rier must have the medical certi
ficate in Form lO1 executed. APP
plicants for carrier must be at least
it., inches in height, and weigh
not less than 125 pounds Female
applicants are not required to have
this certificate executed.
No application will be accepted
for this examination unless filed in
complete form with the board at the
post office in the city named above,
before the hour OF closing business
on August 10Th 1900.
Applications should be filed
promptly, in order that time may
remain for correction if necessary.
This examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
may desire to enter the service, and
who comply with the requirements.
All such persons are invited to APP
ply, and applicants will be examined
graded, and certified with entire i'm
partiality, and wholly without re-
gard to any consideration save their
ability as shown by the grade they
attain in the examination, but from
those certified the Department US
ually selects for appointment eligi-
blcs who are residents of the dis
trict in which the vacancies exist.
For application blank, full in
structions, specimen examination
questions, and information relative
to the duties and salaries of the diff
ferent positions, and the location of
the examination room, apply to the
secretary of the board of examiners
at the post office
Tt is now up to the town of Nor
gantown and ether towns interested
to get push on them and get ready
for the establishment of the system
at the time indicated There is a
great deal to be attended to and the
time is very brief. There is no time
to lose.