The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-19
RULES OF CIVIL SERVICE
BOARD OF LOCAL INTEREST
Continued from Page L,

the Civil Service Act shall be arranged
in branches, as follows: The depart
mental service, the custom house SER
vice. the postoffice service, the Govern
ment printing service and the internal
revenue service
2. The departmental service shall in
clude officers and employees as follows,
except those in the service of the Gov
eminent printing office and in the ser
vice OF the several custom houses post
offices and internal revenue districts.
B. The custom house service shall in
clude such officers and employees as have
been, or may hereafter be, classified I'M
der the Civil Service Act who are serv-
ing in any customs district
4 The postoffice service shall include
the officers and employees in any free de-
livery postofice who have been. or may
hereafter be, classified under the Civil
Service Act And whenever the free de-
livery system shall be established in any
poStoffice the Postmaster General shall
at once notify the Commission of such
establishment, and the officers and en-
pfoyes of said office shall be included
within the classified service from the
date of such establishment; and when
ever, by order of the Postmaster Gen
eraI, any postoffice shall be consolidated
with and made part of free delivery
postoffice, the Postmaster General shall
at once notify the Commission of such
consolidation, and from the date of said
order the employees of the office thus
made part of the free delivery office
whose names appear on the roster of the
Postoffice Department shall be employees
of said free delivery office; and the per-
son holding on the date of said order the
position of postmaster at the Office thus
made part of said free delivery Office
may be made an employee in said free
delivery office, and may, at the time OF
classification, be assigned to any posi-
ton therein and given any appropriate
designation which the Postmaster Cen
eral may direct.
5. The Government printing service
shall include the officers and employees In
the Government printing office who have
been, or may hereafter be, classified I'M
der the Civil Service Act.
6. The internal revenue service shall
include the officers and employees in any
internal revenue district who have been,
or may hereafter be, classified under the
Civil Service Act.
Z. All officers and employees who have
heretofore been classified under the Civ
il Service Act shall be considered as
still classified, and subject to the provi-
sions of these rules
RULE ".
1. In pursuance of the provisions of
section of the Civil Service Act, there
shall be provided, to test fitness for adj
mission to positions which have been or
may hereafter be classified under the
Civil Service Act, examinations of
practical and suitable character, involv-
ing such subjects and tests as the Com
mission may direct.
No narson shall he aDnOirnted fo Or
be employed in any position which has
been or may hereafter be classified I'M
der the Civil Service Act until he shall
have passed the examination provided
therefor, or unless he is specially exempt
from examination by the provisions of
said Act or the rules made in pursuance
thereof.
In pursuance of the provisions of sec
ton of the Civil Service Act, the Com
mission shall appoint, from persons in
the Government service, such boards of
examiners as it may deem necessary. The
members of said boards shall perform
such duties as the Commission may di-
rect in connection with examinations,
appointments and promotions in any part
of the service which has been or may
hereafter be classified. The members of
any board of examiners in the perform
ance of their duties as such shall be I'M
der the direct and sole control and au-
thority of the Commission. The duties
performed by the members of any board
of examiners in their capacity as such
shall be considered part of the duties
of the office in which they are serving,
and time shall be allowed for the per-
Torrance of said duties during the office
hours of said office. The members of
any board of examiners shall not all be
adherents of one political party when
persons of other political parties are
available and competent to serve upon
said board.
RULE ".
1. Every applicant for examination
must be a citizen of the United States,
must be of proper age, and must make
an application under oath, upon form
prescribed by the Commission, and &C
companied by such certificates as may be
prescribed.
o No application for examination shall
be accepted from any person serving In
the Army, the Navy, or Marine Corps
of the United States, unless the written
consent of the head Of the department
under which said person is enlisted Is
FLED with his application.
8. The Commission may, In It's olscre-
ton. refuse to examine an applicant or
to certify an eligible who Is physically
so disabled as to be rendered unfit for
the performance of the duties Of the po-
sition to which he seeks appointment, or
who has been guilty of a crime or OF
infamous or VIGOROUSLY disgraceful con-
duct or who has been dismissed from
the service for delinquency or miscon-
duct within one year next preceding the
date of his application, or who mas IN
tentionally made q false statement in
any material fact or practiced or at
tempted to practice any deception or
fraud in securing his registration or APP
pointment. Any Of the foregoing dis
Qualifications shall be good cause for the
removal of an eligible from the service
after his appointment.
e. No application for examination shan
be accepted unless the applicant is WIN
L 49, &c Limitations fixed herein for