Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-25
UNSK|LLEO LABORERS
Rules Governing Their Ap-
pointment Promulgated.
EX-VETERANS FAVORED
AGE LIMIT WILL NOT APPLY IN
THEIR CASES.
Applications May Be Made at Any
Time-Examinations to Be Made
Twice Year.
EX-VETERANS FAVORED

The Treasury Department has promul-
gated regulations governing the appoint
ment of unskilled Iaborers in that depart
ment. The regulations vary little from
those that have been in existence. there be-
ing added the order of President Roosevelt
that the element of age shall be omitted in
case of soldiers and sailors of the civil
war and their fitness decided by their
physical qualifications. moral character, In
dustry and adaptability for manual labor.
The regulations follow:
Outside Classified Service.
l. These regulations shall not have the
effect of bringing positions of mere laborer
within the provisions of the act of January
16, 1883, known as the civil service act, or
of the rules in pursuance thereof; but the
system of appointments hereby established
classified service
2 No person shall be appointed to or en-
ployed in any position of mere laborer I'M
der the Treasury Department in the Dis
trict of Columbia, except in accordance
with these regulations
3. The Secretary of the Treasury shall
appoint board of labor employment of
not less than three members, who shall be
officers or employees of the Treasury De-
partment (and who for the present shall be
composed of the committee on personneD.
4. Each applicant shall make application
on form prescribed by the board of labor
employment and approved by the civil serv-
ice commission, showing his age, physical
condition and other qualifications for the
performance of mere manual labor, as In
Dictated by his past occupations The form
of application shall be accompa MED by GER
ttficates or vouchers from three reputable
citizens who have knowledge of and are
competent to testify as to the applicant
character and his qualifications for per-
forming manual labor.
g. Political or religious affiliations of an
plicants shall not be given any considera-
ton whatever. nor shall political indorse-
ments be received or entertained.
d. Applications of persons over ffty-five
years of age will not be considered except
of honorably discharged United States SOL
dlers or sailors of the civil war or of the
Spanlsh-American war. and of those en-
titled to the benefits of section 1854 Re-
vised Statutes.
Z. Applications shall not be received from
persons who are badly crippled or de-
formed, or from persons who are not citi-
zens of the United States; applicants who
claim citizenship through naturalization
documentary proof of their naturalization
Applications at Any Time.
s. Applications shall be received by the
board OF labor employment at any time
On the first of January and the first of
July of each year the board shall deter
mine the relative fitness Of each applicant
who has filed his application in complete
form within the six months preceding; the
ratlng or determination of relative fitness
shall be made on scale of 100 and based
upon a careful considerati ton of the appli-
cants age, his physical qualifications for
performing mere manual labor, and his
ability and adaptability to perform such
labor, special consideration being given any
former service as laborer in the depart
ment. In rating an applicant no credit
shall be given for any qualifications which
he may possess other than those for the
performance of manual labor, as above
enumerated. The fact that an applicant
cannot read and write shall not be con-
sidered in determining his rating
Whenever in any case the board is I'M
able to determine satisfactorily the rating
of an applicant upon the information fur
nished in connection with the applicable
1t may secure such further information as
1t may desire in respect to the applicants
character or ability, and may summon the
applicant to appear personally before the
board or its representatives: Provided That
all information matter which is given
any consideration in determining the rating
shall be reduced to writing and made a
part of the applicants papers. All appli-
cantS who receive rating of 20 or more
shall be deemed eligible. Whenever 1t NAV
be necessary in order to supply qualified
persons for appointment, the board may at
any time, between January l and July l.
rate all applicants whose applications may
be at such time on file and unrated.
List of Eligibles.
8. AS soon as the board has completed the
rating of applicants for any period, as pro-
vided in section of these regulations 1t
shall enter upon the register of eligibles
the names of all those whom 1t has deter
mined in accordance with said section, to
for he
manual labor, arranged in the order of rel
alive fitness, with the highest first: Provid-
ed, That the names of eligibles who are en-
titled to preference under section 1854 Of
the Revised Statutes shall be placed at the
head of the register in the order of their
ratings. Separate registers of eligibles shall
be kept, one for males and one for females