The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-10
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
viii be Held In Norfolk January %
Address w. w. Ijuht

held in Norfolk.
For application blanks, instructions
TO applicants and further information,
the applicant should address V. ".
Light at the Norfolk postofiice. No
uary 90
Clerks in Offices OF the first and sec
ond class and carriers In the city de-
livery service are divided into six
grades, as follows: First grade, sal
airy 5000; second grade, salary $500;
third grade, salary 5000; fourth grade,
salary $1,000; fifth grade, salary ST.
100; sixth grade, salary $1,000. Clerks
and carriers at first-class Offices will
be promoted successfully to the fifth
grade, and clerks and carriers at sec
ond.class offices will be promoted sue
cesslvely to the fourth grade.
All promotions of both clerks and
carriers will be made at the beginning
Of the quarter following the expiration
of years service in the next lower
grade. No promotion will be made
except upon evidence satisfactory to
the postofiice department of the eff
cheney and faithfulness Of the employee
during the preceding year. When a
clerk or carrier fails of promotion be-
cause of unsatisfactory service he may
be promoted at the beginning OF the
second quarter thereafter, or Of any
subsequent quarter, on evidence that
his record has been satisfactory during
the intervening period. Clerks and
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respective offices are eligible for pro-
motion to the higher positions in said
postoffices.
Any clerk is eligible for transfer to
the service of q carrier, and any car
rier is eligible for transfer to the SER
vice of clerk.
Auxiliary employees are paid for ac-
tual service at the rate of 80 cents an
hour. Such auxiliary employees, how
ever, are required to work not less
than two hours daily, and may serve
as substitutes. They are eligible for
appointment as clerks and carriers of
the first grade.
Substitutes are paid at the rate Of
so cents an hour when serving for abb
sent clerks and carriers, and they are
eligible for appointment as auxiliary
employees and as clerks and carriers
of the first grade.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, weighted as
indicated:
Subjects. Weights
o. !. Spelling (twenty words of av-
erage difficulty in common use) 10
.. Arithmetic (simple tests in ad.
dltion, subtraction, multiplication,
and division of whole numbers,
common and decimal fractions,
and United States money! ....... 20
8. Letter-writing Ga letter OF not
less than 1875 words on some sub
iect of general interest. Compel
itors may select either Of two sub
jects given). Observation-Disclosures. 20
4. Penmanship (the handwriting OF
the competitor in the subject OF
copying from plain copy will be
considered with special reference
10 the elements of legibility, rapid
ity, neatness, general appearance,
etc. ........,.......... 'zV
pie test In copying accurately
few printed lines in the compel
itor's handwriting) .............1O
6. United States geography (rela-
tive to the boundaries of states,
and to capitals, largest cities, riv-
ers and other bodies of water, and
the location by states Of promi-
nent cities, etc) ................ III
Z. Reading addresses (test in not
ing with pen or pencil, on print
eG sheet of addresses, differences
between the printed addresses and
the written addresses of which
they are a copy ................1O
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Age limit, all positions, Is to 45
years. The age limits are waived
however, in the cases Of persons hon
orably discharged from the military oil
naval service by reason OF disability
resulting from wounds or sickness In
Cured in the line Of duty.
Male applicants for the postofict
service must be at least feet inches
in height in bare feet, and 125 pounds
in weight without overcoat and hat
otherwise their applications will bt
Cancelled. Female applicants are no
required to be of any specific heigh
or weight.
Applicants for the postoffice service
are required to be physically sount
and In good health. The postofhce de
partment has advised the commission
that no person who is defective in an!
of the following-named particulars will
be appointed In the postoffice service
Hunchbacks; persons having defec
tive hearing. sight, or speech; person.
blind in one eye; one-armed, one-hand
ed, or one-legged persons, or those
having crippled arms or legs, or thos'