The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-24
ALI Druggists
Clerk.Carriec Examination.
Virginia. Minnesota.
(Nnles Only
lamar, L.. 1910,

service are divided into six grades. :.S fol-
lows: First grade, salary $500: second grade.
salary $500: third grade salary 5000: fourth
grade. salary 81 600; fifth grade. salary 81. 100:
sixth grade, salary $1,200. Clerks and car.
riers at first class offices will be promoted
succ essively to the fifth grade. and clerks
and carriers at second class offices will be
promoted successfully to the fourth grade.
All promotions of both clerks and carriers
| will be made at the beginning of the quart
er following the expiration of Il YEARS ser
vice in the the next lower grade. No pro
motion will be made except upon evidence
satisfactory to the Post Office Department,
| of the efficiency and faithfulness of the
mDlOyee during the preceding year
| When a clerk or carrier fails Of promotion
| because OF unsatisfactory service he may
be promoted at the beginning Of the second
quarter thereafter. or Of any subseQucn,
quarter on evidence that his record has
been satisfactory during the intervening
period. Clerks and carriers of the highes,
grade in their respective Offices are eligible
for promotion to the higher positions ir
said post Offices.
| Any clerk is eligible for transfer to the
| service of carrier and any carrier is eli9
| ible for transfer to the service of clerk.
| Auxiliary employees are paid for actua
service at the rate of 80 cents an hour. Such
auxiliary employees, however. are rea,,ir
ed to work not less than two hours daily
and may serve as substitutes. They are
elieib for appointment as clerks and car.
riers of the first grade.
Substitutes are paid at the rate of 80 cents
! an hour when serving for absent clerks
! and carriers. and they are eligible for ap.
pointment as auxiliary employees and as
! clerks and carriers of the first grade.
The examination will consist of the sub.
jects mentioned below. weighted as indi-
cated:.
Subjects Weights
l. Spelling twenty words of average diff
fculty in common use) ...... 10
2. Arithmetic (simple test in addition.
subtraction. multiplication. and divis-
ion of whole numbers. common and
decimal fractions, and United States
money! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 20
3 Letter writing "a letter of not less than
Us words on some subject of general in
terest. Competitors may select either
of two subjects Riven).... .......... 20
4. Penmanship (the handwriting of the
competitor in the subject of copying
HOul u4dlu COpJ WILL Uc COuS1uCICO Will
special reference to the elements of leg
ibility. rapidity. neatness. general ap
pearance. etc.)............ 10
5. Copying from plain copy Ia simple test
in copying accurately a few printed
lines in the competitors haudwrit-
inR) ...... ......... .................. 10
g. United States geography (relative TO
the boundaries of States. and to cap.
itals, largest cities. rivers and other
bodies of water and the location by
States of prominent cities. etc.)...... 10
Z. Reading addresses test in noting with
pen or pencil, on printed sheet of ad-
dresses. differences between the print
ed addresses and the written addresses
of which they are copy .... 49,. 10
xOtaI.
Age limit. all positions, Is to As years. The
age limits are waived, however. in the
cases of persons honorably discharged
from the military or naval service by reas-
on of disability resulting from wounds or
sickness incurred in the line of duty.
Male applicants for the Post Office Ser
vice must be at least feet inches in
height in bare feet. and LIS pounds in
weight without overcoat and hat; other
wise their applications will be Cancelled.
Female applicants are not required to be
of any specific height or weight.
Applicants for the Post Office Service are
required to be physically sound and in
good health. The Post Office Department
has advised the Commission that no per-
son who is defective in anv of the follow
ingnamed particulars will be appointed to
the position of carrier In the Post Office
Service: Hnnchbacks; persons having
defective hearing, sight. or speech; per
sons blind in one eye: one-armed. one
handed. or one-legeed persons or those
having crippled arms or legs. or those suf-
feriug from asthma or hernia. The above
mentioned defects will also debar person
from appointment to the position of clerk
In the Post Office Service, except that deaf
mutes and persons with defective speech
or hearing may be appointed to the posi-
ton of mail clerk. distributor. and directory
and forwarding clerk. Applications from
persons who have anv of the physical de- |
fects mentioned will be Cancelled. unless
such persons are honorably discharged !
United States soldiers or sailors, entitled
to preference under section 1854. Revised |
Statutes of the United States.
Other physical defects may debar per.
sons from this examination when in the
judgment of the Commission such defects |
would render the person unfit to perform |
the duties of the position for which the |
is held.
Married women will not be admitted to |
this examination. This prohibition, how.
ever, does not apply to divorced women or
women who are separated from their hus.
bands and support themselves.
This examination is open to all citixens
Of the United States who comply with the
From the euaibles resulting fnoan taaia