Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08

DOdTUS VI eAdtN1IeTS DIS IL may ucShi AtcSSS-
sary. Their members shall perform such
duties as the commission may direct, in con-
nection with the execution OF the civil
service act and of these rules. and in the
performance thereof they shall be under the
direct and sole control Of the commission.
Such duties shall be considered part Of the
duties of the office in which they are serv-
ing. and time shall be allowed therefor dur
ing Office hours. No board shall be COM
posed solely Of adherents Of one political
party when other persons are available and
competent to serve.
2. The commission shall render all practi-
cable assistance to the Philippine civil service
board, and shall conduct examinations upon
its request, under such regulations as may
be jointly agreed upon.
3. Persons In the executive civil service
shall facilitate the holding of examina lions
and other work of the commission; and ex-
ecutive officers in charge of public buildings
shall permit and arrange for the use OF
suitable rooms under their charge and for
heating. lighting and furnishing the same.
Rule V-Qualifications Of Applicants.
1. No person shall be admitted to ex-
animation unless he be a citizen of or owe
allegiance to the United States.
3 Application for examination must be
made under oath. in such form and man
ner, and accompanied by such certificates,
as the commission may prescribe.
3. Persons serving under enlistment shall
not be examined without the written con-
sent OF the head of the department under
which they are serving.
4. The commission may refuse to exam
Inc an applicant or to certify an eligible
for any Of the following reasons: (a) Dis
missal from the service for delinquency or
misconduct within one year next preceding
the date of his application; o. physical or
mental unfitness for the position for which
he applies; (c) criminal, infamous dishon,
est. immoral or VIGOROUSLY disgraceful
conduct; (d Intentionally making a false
statement in any material fact, or practic-
ing any deception or fraud in securing
examination, registration. certifcation. or
appointment; (e) refusal to furnish testi-
mOny as required by Rule XIV; % the
habitual use Of intoxicating beverages to
excess. Any of the last Ave foregoing dis
qualifications shall also be good cause for
removal from the service.
8. The commission may, with the APPROX
al of the proper appointing officer, change
by regulation the existing age limits for
rules: but persons preferred under section
17o4. X. s.. may be examined without re-
gard to age.
g. Applicants for positions in the recog-
nized mechanical trades must have served
as apprentices or journeymen for such
periods as the commission may prescribe.
Rule VI-Ratings and Eligibility.
l. Examination papers shall be rated on
scale Of 100. and the subjects therein
commission may prescribe. Competitors
shall be duly notified of their ratings.
2. All competitors rated at 70 or more
shall be eligible for appointment, and their
names shall be placed on the proper regis
ter according to their ratings; but the
names of persons preferred under section
1854. R. s., rated at Is or more, shall be
placed above all others.
3. The term of eligibility shall be one
year. beginning with the date on which
mo nf ha ftIih 10 ont fI,o
register. This term may be extended, In
the discretion of the commission, for all
those on any register. when the conditions
of good administration render it inexpedi-
ent to hold a new examination.
Rule Naturalization.
l. Any position or employment in the
classified service not excepted from COM
petitive examination. unless filled by re-
instatement, transfer, promotion or reduc-
ton. shall be filled only in the following
manner
(a) The nominating appointing officer
shall request the certihcation Of eligibles,
and the commission shall certify, from the
register of eligtbles appropriate for the
group in which the position to be filled
Is classified, the three names at the head
thereof which have not been certified three
times to the department or office in which
the vacancy exists. Certifcation for tenn
porary appointment shall not be counted
as one of such certifcations Certifca-
ton shall be made without regard to sex,
unless sex is specified in the request.
CO. The nominating or appointing officer
shall make selection from the three names
certified, with sole reference to merit and
fitness. unless objection shall be made, and
sustained by the commission, to one or
more of the persons certified, for any of
the reasons stated in rule v, section 4.
(c) The person selected for appointment
shall be duly notified by the appointing
officer. and upop accepting and reporting
for duty shall receive from such officer
certificate of appointment for a pro-
stationary period of six months. If the
conduct or capacity of the probationer be
not satisfactory to the appointing officer
the probationer shall be notified in writing
that at the end of such probationary pc
riod he will not receive absolute appoint
ment; otherwise his retention in the ser
vice shall be equivalent to his absolute
appointment. A probationer separated
from the service without delinquency or
misconduct may be restored to the regis
ter of eligibles, in the discretion of the
commission for the remainder of his period
of eligibility
2. Certifcation for appointment in the
departments or Independent offices at
Washington shall be SO made as to main
tain. as Yearly as the conditions Of good
administration will warrant. the apportion-
ment Of such appointments among the sew
raj states and territories and the Dis
trict Of Columbia upon the basis Of popu-
following named positions shall not be so
apportioned. viz: Plate printer. printers
assistant, skilled helper and operative in
the bureau Of engraving and printing: posi-
lions in the field service of the military
departments and at army .:eadQuarters,
mailbag repair shop and mail-lock repair
shop. government printing Office, pension
agency and local Offices in the District Of
Columbia; page, apprentice. student, gar
dener and engraver.
3. The commission may arrange the terri
tory Of the United States into appropriate
districts for the purpose of certiflcation to
positions in parts OF the service not SUBJ
ject to the apportionment, and certifca-
ton to any such position may be confined
to residents of the district in which such
position Is located.
Rule VIu-Temporary Appointments.
l. Where AN emergency requires va
cancy to be filed before an appointment
can be made from certifcation. a request
for certificatton shall first be made. after
which such vacancy may be filed by an
emergency appointment without examina-
ton or certiffcation. Such emergency APP
pontment shall not continue for more than
thirty days without prior approval by the
commission in writing, and in any case
shall cease by limitation as soon as an ap-
pointment can be made upon certifcation
All such emergency appointments shall be
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