Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-09-09


clerks will be appointed I'm the Cen
sus Bureau for the thirteenth De-
eennial United States Census. and the
date OF the first examination will be
October %. next, throughout the
United States. at various cities. ac-
eording to q circular announcement.
relative to the examinations and ap-
pointments. which will be issued joint
ly by the Department OF Commerce
and Labor and the United States
Civil Service Commission.
Blank application forms and the
circular OF instructions may be OBJ
tanned after September 10th, by ad.
dressing the Civil Service Commits.
sion. Washington, ID. c.. the Bureau
of the Census. Washington, ID. C.. or
the Secretary Of the Board Of Elk
aminers At the following named
places: PostOffice. Boston, Mass.
Philadelphia. Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Gin
cinnati, Ohio. Chicago. ILL.,. st. Paul.
MINI. Denver. Colo. San Francisco,
Cal: Custom house. New York. New
Orleans. La. Old Custom house. St.
Louis. Mo.
Very few appointments from the Oc-
fober examination will be made before
January a. next, and not many will
be made until April. 1910. The maxi
mum force will be drawn August. next
year.
These three thousand appOintees
will be given salaries of $500 per an
mum at the beginning. but promotions
60 $500 per annum. At least, win be
reasonably rapid for those who rem
der satisfactory service. All appoint
ments viii be ON probation. subject
90 termination az one month or any
later period IL the appointee does
not come up to the requirements. In
every case the appointments will be
temporary and subject 10 termination
rs the exigencies OF the service may
require. All expire by operation Of
law on June 30. 1912. The average
tennnre OF Office will probably be
about one year. but the general dura.
ton will range from six months 20
two years. Not one OF these clerks
will be eligibis for transfer into the
classified service.
The temporary positions with sal
aries Of $1,000 and above. provided
for ny the Thirteenth Census law, will
be allied for the most part by the
transfer OF persons already In the
permanent Census Office. II being ex.
pectef that the latter organization
will supply all other classes Of clerks
except those mentioned below.
The work required of the three
thousand temporary employees Is. ac-
cording to the circular, 10 consist OF
four classes: The operation OF card
pnnehjng and card calculating ma
chimes; operation Of Gpewriters. adj
ding machines. and combined type
writeradding machines; manuscript
tabulation and other clerical work:
sub-clerical work, such as that
OF messengers, messenger boys,
Waterman. and laborers. No one
viii be appointed who Is un-
willing to work at punching cards or
tabulating cards: or TO be compen-
stated on a piece price basis. The
salaries OF sub-clerical employees will
be nc the rates customaTily paid In
the Government service.
Appointments TO the permanent
Census force will be made as hereto
fore by transfer from other Govern
ment departments or by certiica.
ton from the existing register OF the
Civil Service Commission.
The conditions governing the formal
application and the special test ex'
animation require that the applicants
must be citizens OF the United States.
between the ages OF Is and so years.
except persons entitled TO preference
under Section 1854 OF the Revised
Statutes may be- examined without re-
gard TO age, and except boys over
Is and under IS years OF age. who,
II passed, will be eligible for APP
poIntments as messenger boys only.
Exclusions from examination com
prises persons who are habitually ad-
dicted 10 the use OF intoxicants or