Evening star., 1900-10-29
Civil Service Reform Applied to Nearly
All Offices.
PROMOTIONS TO Be BY EXAMINATION
Universities Providing Colonial
Courses for Students.
EDUCATION OF THE NATIVE

The United States Philippine commission
| on September 10 passed a civil service act
Co.. 49, ph;,,., -, ~. - -
~. 'ne niiippine isiaiius, Inns ACT pro
'loes LOT competitive examinations for both
appointment and promotion, and provides
that examinations for appointment shall he
held in both the ITnitad States and the
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III ippihes, apphcahts IN the onlted states
to be examined by the United States civil
service commission and to undergo physical
examination. Provision is made for trans
fsrs FROM, tho faaaror o,oss,sos .or,.too >,
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'iie hiilppliie service. Entrance 10 the
service will be to the lowest grade as far
as practicable 1t is believed that the lower
clerksbins sucb .s those mat MIGHT he
fIlad h1, iun;o, ,,a.,-s ~, -
iiieu ny juiiior CLERKS ana uhder cierhs'
can be filled by natives. Many of them
write well and are good at figures. and with
nroner sunervision NV American clerks n e
h1;os a.. 49,. ~, s-
in ,ney VIII ue aoie 10 Peinorit ~
tba n,aabanIooI' aianitnI -, ..te o. .L,. 80 "a
~ 1910; ~, VIC ie'i. 20 "oeh III Jug siiout
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A Civil Service Board.
The act provides for a civil service hoard
of. three persons. each of whom must be a
Filipino or a citizen of the United States.
The act applies to all appointments of civil
ians to executive positions under the mill
tary governor, the United States Philippine
commission, the treasurer, auditor collector
OF customs, collector OF inland revenue d.
lector ol posts civil service poard' bureau
oi Iorestry, bureau OF mines pupHc lnsfuc-
lloh' pehltehlldIles anu PRISONS, pro'ost
marshai general OF Manila and captain OF
tne port OF Mania. Inc rules are 10 pro-
VIue, among other tnlngs, 1or the seiecuoh
OF members OF the ponce force ana the nre
department IN the city OF Mania, ana
sudrus IN prisons ana penltentlarles, oy
competitive or non-compettiVe eXamlna-
tion' LOT Ihe seiectlon OF laDorers skilled
ana unsk!led. according to the priority OF
their appncauons, py such non-competlCVe
examinations as may be pracacaDle
limitation OF age of forty years is provided
for, the minimum age for entering the SER
vice to be eighteen years
Where other quallhcatlons are equal pref
erence is gwen, hrst to natives OF the
fhILppine isiahuS' ana second 10 all nom
oraply ulschaIged Soidlers' sailors ana ma
rines OF tne enl,eo stales; Exceptions 10
examination & en ior entrance INTO the service
or LOT ploinot,on upon coinpetitiee eNaniaia
ent departments and for the denutv col
lector of customs, members of the civil
service ooaru ana one private secretary u
the Pbi1inninee commissinn ee-i - -'e' "a
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nu. even as ~ tie neaus VI departments
provision Is made that after eighteen
months from the creation of a sufficient list
of eligibIes vacancies shall be filled without
examination from a class IN be counosed
I'm c.ass ~ De ooNiposeu
OF the nrst' second ana third assistants, the
intention pelng that the appointing ofhcer
may transfer from one once TO another
person GeeHeu competent 10 MI the va
cahcy. Exceptions from examination are
@ aiso inaoe Oh .ne cash!er OF tne collector OF
customs, captain Oh the port OF Mania,
coIector Oh customs at llolo and also at
Cepu; untll one year a1ter sunlcient list
VI eng ples Is op,aineu, aItei WIlcn Vacan-
ei cles snail pe niieo ny pfonoilon oy competl-
~. i've , eHaiiiiiitt @ as IN oIleI cases. me
~ ac. uoes not Apply ~ .he seiectlon oi scnooi
.eacilers. lor WHICH special lesisiatioh VIII
pe pr0V 4ueu:
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