The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-10
APPLYING CIVIL SERVICE
RULES IN PORTO RICO

| The On:red states Civil Service Com
/ mission announces that its representative.
Dr. George vs.. Lcadley. vs.. sail from
} New York for san Juan Porto Rico on
/ March 1 for the purpose Of establishing
/ local boards Of examiners a. san Juan.
/ Ponce. and MayagUez and al any other
/ points that the interest al the service
/ seems to require such boa rds- While
/ there DR.. Leadley viii conduct examiaa-
I lions for the following positions
Customs service-Deputy collector.
I clerk. day Inspector. stoTekeeper. messen-
ger. janitor. glIardsmau. seaman. boats
I vain. and examiner Of mere haudise- All
/ or the examinations mentioned for this
service. except that for examiner OF mer-
I chandise. ma De taken in either Eng
/ lish or Spanish. The examination for
! the examiner OF merchandise win BE- given
only in English. Some knowledge OF both
English and Spanish is desirable for all
positions in the custOmhOuse service No
person can De examined for the custom
house service who has not reached the
age of twenty years on the date Of the
examination
For POstomce service.
Postofice Examinations for pc
sitions as clerks and carriers viii be held
at san Juan. Ponce. and Mayaguez These
examinations viii be given in either Eng
lish. or Spanish. No Derson less than
eighteen years or who has reached the
age OF fos,y-fve years the days Of the
examination can be examined. Persons
examined for the pOstofhce service can
only receive appointment at the place
they are examined
General departmental service IN the
United States and Porte HIco-Actiug as
sistant surgeon, aid, coast, and geological
survey. apprentice. assistant examiner
tpatents). assistant tOPographer. book
keeper. book typewriter. civil AID cleo
tricaI engineer. clerk departmental
copyist. Typographical craftsman,
hcrticulturist. hospital steward, inter
prefer Inspector Of meats. junior civil
engineer, mechanical and electrical en-
gineer, messenger. messenger boy,
observer (weatherl, register and receiv-
er's clerk, surveyor generals clerk. super
iuteEdent Of construction, stenOgrapher,
typewriter. tagger. translator. aud watch
man. The age limits for these examina-
tions are as follows: Apprentice and
messenger boy. fourteen TO twenty years;
aid, coast and geologic survey. eighteen
to twenty-five years; hospital steward.
tweaty-one 10 thirty years; observer.
eighteen to thirty years; messenger.
eighteen years OF oves and all others
twenty years or over
QUartermaster's large
Biacksmiths for Mayaguez, Ponce. Cayey, .
and san Juan; blacksmith's helper at F.
san Juan; farrier at san Juan painter
at san Juan; saddler az san Juan. veter- .
mary surgeon at Cayey. and WheelwrighL .
at san Juan. Ponce. Cayey, and Mayaguez. F.
No person can be examined for this ser
vice who has not reached the age OF .
twenty years on the date of the examina- 4
tiOn.
In Either English or Spanish.
Examinations for the following posi- /
tions in the general departmental and f.
quartermaster's services VIII be given ia .
either English or Spanish Apprentice .
clerk. messenger. messenger boy. watch
man. and all trades positions All other
examinations for these services viii be .
given only in English
Indian service-TeaChers (aI kinds. I
matron. physician. seamstress. and F.
trained nurse. These examinations viii
be given in English only. Age limit. .
twenty years or over, except for matron /.