The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-24
MANY SPECIAL
CLERKS ARE NEEDED
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I
/ general duration will range from six
months to two years. Not one of these
clerks will be eligible for transfer into
| the classified service.
The temporary positions with salaries
| Of $1,000 and above, provided for by
the thirteenth census law, will be filed
for the most part by the transfer of
persons already in the permanent cen
sus office, it being expected that the
latter organization will supply all other
classes Of clerks except those mention
ed below.
The work required of the 1000 tenn
porarv employees is, according to the
circular. to consist Of four classes; The
operation of card punching and card
tabulating machines; operation of type.
writer's. adding machines. and combined
typewriter adding machines; manu-
script tabulation and other clerical
work; sub clerical work, such as that
of messengers, messenger.boys, watch
men. and laborers. No one will be APP
pointed who is unwilling to. work at
punching cards or tabulating cards; or
| to be compensated on piece price
basis. The salaries of sub clerical EN-.
ployes will be at the rates customarily
1
Appointments to the permanent CEN
sus force will be made as heretofore by
transfer from other government depart
ments or by certifcation from the ex..
isting register of the Civil Service Com
mission.
The conditions governing the formal
application and the special test examin-
alton require that the applicants must
1 ha of ha
tween the ages of eighteen and fifty
years. except persons entitled to pref
erence under Section 1854 of the Re-
vised Statutes may be examined with
out regard to age, and except boys over
sixteen and under eighteen years of
age, who, if passed, will be eligible
for appointment as messenger boys
only.
| Exclusions from examination COM
prise persons who are habitually addict
ed to the use of intoxicants or guilty
of infamous or notoriously disgraceful
conduct, or who are physically or men
tally disqualified. Excluded also, are
persons affected as follows: insanity.
tuberculosis, paralysis, epilepsy, blind
ness; loss of both arms or legs; badly
crippled hands, arms, feet or legs, heart
| II,
Brght's disease, and diabetes.
Deaf mutes will be admitted to the
examination and, if their names are
reached on the register, will be offered
employment wherever that action is
possible.
Other physical defects may dcbar if
the commission so decides. FIch APP
plicant must furnish a medical GER
tifcate as set forth in the application
form, and, if appointed, may be sub
jected to a physical examination when
he reports for duty. Appointments will
) be made from the eligible list in the
; order of rating, in accordance with the
law of Civil Service fppoltior ment
Only one person can DE appointed
from one family. 1t is anr ounced that
few, if any, of the 60.day emerge ~
appointments will be made, ard none
Will be necessary before April, 1910
Only one kind of examination will
lie given for the temporary force, and
it will consist of the following SUD.
iects ard weights:
Spelling (twenty words of average
difficulty in common use), 10; arith-
metic Consisting of vertical and cross
addition, percentages, and a simple ex-
ercise in tabulation), 20; letter writing
! Ga letter of not less than 1875 words
on some subject of general interest,
B. competitors may select either of two
Z. subjects given), 90; penmauship (the
hand writing of the competitor in the
r subject of copying from plain copy
l will be considered with special refer
ence to the elements of legibility
rapidly, neatness, general appearance
! etc.), 10; copying from plain copy Ga
simple test in copying accurately in
the competitors handwriting a few
|, printed lines, including tabular mat
: ter, Is; time Consumed in examina.
5 tion), 90.
The time for this examination is
four and half hours, and in rating il
credit of seventy will be given those
who finish inside the time limit. Other
minor credits are described in the cir
cular Upon completing the examina
ton, competitors will be given an op
tional test in typewriting, consisting
of an exercise in tabulation. The in
tention to submit to the latter exam
n nation must be stated in the applica
q ton, and the applicant must bring hi.
own typewriter to the examination
. room. Those rated at seventy or NOR,
: will be made eligible.
o As result of the examination out
!. lined above, five registers of eligible
will be prepared, and on each registe,
= the names of the successful competi
= tors will be arranged in the order o
/, rating. The general register will con
e tain those of is years of age and owe
who pass From this, another will b
made up of the names of all who hav
J. had previous experience in operating
i card punching, card tabulating, o
h card sorting machines in census work
l. The third register will show those VIII
/. make an average of seventy in tn
ri test in typewriter tabulation. TIL
A. fourth will contain the names of thos
h male ehgibles who are willing to b
10 watchmen, messengers, assistant mes
It sengers, and unskilled laborers. TIL
last will contain the names of boy
"a over sixteen and under eighteen year
IT, | of age eligible ms messenger boYR Ser