The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-07-23

upon any breach OF the conditions
thereof.
Sec. 5. That during the decen-
NAL census period the annual COM
pensation Of the officials of the Cen
sus Office shall be as follows The
Director of the Census, seven thous-
and dollars; the private secretary
to the Director, two thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars;
the Assistant Director, five thous-
and dollars; the chief statisti-
clans, three thousand dollars each;
the chief clerk, two thousand five
hundred dollars; the discussing
clerk, two thousand eight hundred
and seventy five dollars, the APP
pointment clerk, two thousand fige
hundred dollars; the geographer,
two thousand five hundred dollars;
the chiefs of division, two thousand
dollars each; and the stenographers
provided for in section three Of this
Act, one thousand eight hundred
dollars each
Sec. 6. That in addition to the
force hereinbefore provided for and
to that already authorized by law
there may he employed in the Cen
sus Office during the decennial cen
sus period and no longer, as many
clerks Of classes four, three, two,
ana one; as many clerks, copyists,
computers, and skilled labOrers,
with salaries at the rate of not less
than six hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars per an
mum, and as many messengers, as
sistant messengers, messenger boys,
watchmen, unskilled labOrers, and
charw0men, as may be found neces-
sary for the proper and prompt per-
Torrance of the duties herein re-
quired, these additional clerks and
employees to be appointed by the
/ Director of the Census: Provided,
that the total number of such addi-
tional clerks of class two, three and
four shall at no time exceed one
hundred. And provided further,
that employees engaged in the com
pilation or tabulation of statistics
by the use of mechanical devices
may be compensated on a piece
price basis to be fled by the Direc-
tor.
Sec. 7. That the additional clerks
and other employees provided for
in section six shall be subject to
such special test examination as the
Director of the Census may pre-
scribe, the said examination to be
conducted by the United States
Civil Service Commission, the exam
nation to be open to all applicants
without regard to political party af-
fliations, and such examinations
shall be held at such places in each
State as may be designated by the
Civil Service Commission. Copies
of the eligible registers so establish
ed and the examination papers of
all eligibles shall be furnished the
Director of the Census by the Civil
Service Commission, and selections
therefrOm shall be made 10y the Di-
rector of the Census, in conformity
with the law of apportionment as,
vice, in the order of rating Provid-
ed, that hereafter all examinations
of applicants for position in the
government service, from any State
or Territory, shall be had in the
State or Territory in which such APP
plicant resides, and no person shall
be eligible for such examination or
appointment unless he or she shall
have been actually domiciled in such
State or Territory for at least one
year previous to such examination
Provided, however, that no person
afflicted with tuberculosis shall be
appointed and that each applicant
for appointment shall accompany
his or her application with a certif-
cate of health from some reputable
physician: Provided, however that
in no instance shall more than one
person be appointed from the same |
family: Provided, however, that
when the exigencies of the service /
require, the Director may appoint /
for temporary employment not ex-
ceeding sixty days duration from /
the aforesaid list of eligibIes those /
who, by reason of residence or other
conditions, are Immediately avail /
able; and may also appoint for not
exceeding sixty days duration. per-
son having had previous experience
in operating mechanical appliances
in census work whose efficiency rec
ords in operating such appliances
are satisfactory To him and may ac-
cept such records in lien Of the civil
service examination And provided
further. that employees i'm other
branches of the departmental CLASH
fed service who have had previous
experience IN census work may be
transferred without examination To
the Census Office TO serve during
the whole or a part of the deeennial
census period, and at the end of such
service the employees so transferred
shall he eligible to appointment 10
positions in any Department held
by them at date of transfer to the
Census Office without examination: ,
And provided further, that during ,
the decennial census period and no {
onger the Director of the Census I
nay fill vacancies. in the permanent {
'orce of the Census Office by the {
or transfer Of clerks or {
,ther employees employed on the
force aut horned by sec {
ion six of this Act: And provided t
urther. that at the expiration of I