Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-10
EXAMINER Of
ACCOUNTS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE. COM
MISSION. OCTOBER 80. 1905.

vision OF accounts, interstate COM
merce commission.
Tie salaries will range from ST.
500 to $4,000 per annum. ana trav-
cling expenses will be allowed when
away from Washington or other of
fetal headquarters.
IL is expected that approximately
10 appointments will be made IT
sufficient high grade ellgibles re-
suit from this examination
Owing TO the commissions inabil-
ity to secure sufficient number of
competent applicants, qualified per-
sons are urgeI to apply for this ex-
animation.
The purpose of the examinat on
is to establish registers of men with
expert qualifications in the follow
Ing fields of railway or other com
mon carrier accounting.
l. Steam roads:
(a) General auditing.
OBJ Disbursements.
(c) Freight.
(d) Passenger
(e) Claims.
2. Electric railways.
g. Express service
4. Steamship service.
D. Other common carrier service.
The examination will consist OF
The subjects mentioned below.
weighted as indicated:
Commercial and railway geog-
raphy 3
Arithmetic 3
Abstractlng Ga test in ,condens
ing n statement OF about 400
words into a brief. concise
and accurate abstract OF $50
words or less. 3
Practical question in general ac-
counting AMI statistics Is
Practical question in accounting
OF railway and other common
carrier service %
Thesis on transportation topic Is
General education, training. and
experience 10
Accounting and other technical
experience along lines con-
nected with railway and other
common carrier service 20
Total 100
The first six subjects will be Civ
en- in the examination room AMI
will require at least two days.
Age limits, % to As years on the
date of the examination.
In view of the Importance Of
these positions. rigid examinations
will be male of the special ftnecs
of all applicants, and only thos
who have submitted prima facie ev-
idence Of having hal high grade
training and experience along the
lines indicated in the eighth sub
ject will be admitted to the exam
ination. 1t win, there fore, be use
less for any one with only or linary
clerical routine experience to apply
for this examination
In connection with the above the
following must be submitted with
application form 3O4 when filed.
Subject z. Furnish a sworn state
ment of your general education
training and experience. indicating
CD the names of the institutions
at which you have studied; CD the
time spent in each; CD the courses
OF study pursued: CD the degre %
conferred. If any, and CD all the
experience you have had along lines
not particularly referred to under
the eighth subject.
If you have written or published
any material referring to railway
or other common carrier account
ing, auditing or discussing. furnish
copies OF such articles.
II you have written or publish
ed any material referring 10 ac-
counting, auditing or dIsbursing in
other than railway or other common
carrier business, furnish copies Of
scuch articles.
Subject 8. Furnish a sworn state
ment showing fully and in detail ali
the work you have done i'm account
ing and other technical experience
that you have had along lines CON
nected with railway or other com
mon carrier service. stating G)
when. giving dates; 90 where, and
go by whom employed. compensa-
ton received ana the exact charac-
ter Of the work in each case Sub
NIT recommendation Of at least
three persons who have knowledge
OF your special experience and your
fitness for the position for which
this examination is held. II is es-
sential that these recommendation
should be from persons under whom
you we're employed or persons
whose work is OF an administra-
tive or executive character. The
value Of these recommendations will
necessarily depend upon the extent
and nature OF the recOmmender's