Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-07
United States
 Census Force
APPROXIMATELY 5000 TEMPoRA- BY CLERKS TO BE APPOINTED.
NUMBER, GLASSES, SALARIES
How Blank Application Forms and the Circular of Instructions May Be ob- tained After September 10th.

rnately three thousand temporary clerks l will be appointed in the census bureau
 for the thirteenth decennial United
 States census, and the date of the first | examination will be Oct. 23 next, | throughout the United States, at vari- ous cities; according to a. circular an- nouncement relative to the examina- | tions and appointments which will be
 issued jointly by the department of | commerce and labor and the United
 States civil service commission.
 Blank application forms and the cir
 cuiar of instructions may be obtained | after Sept. 30th by addressing the civil service commission, Washington,
 l.. C., the bureau of the census, Wash ington, D. C., or the secretary of the board of examiners at the following
 named places: Postofice, Boston.
 Mass, Philadelphia, Pa, Atlanta, Ga,
 Cincinnati, O., Chicago. H.. St. Paul,
 Mlnn-, Denver. Col, San Francisco, Cal, custom house, New York, New Orleans, La. old custom house, St.
 Louis, Mo.
 very few appointments from the De- tober examination will be made before
 Jan. l next, and not many will be made until April. 1910. The maximum force
 will be drawn August next year.
 These three thousand appointees will be given salaries of $500 per annum at
 
 per annum at least will be reasonably rapid for those who render satisfac- tory service. All appointments will be on probation, subject to termination at one month or any later period, if the appointee does not come up to the re- .qu1rements. In every case the appoint ments will be Temporary and subject to termination as the exigencies of the service may require. All expire by operation of law on June 30, 1912. The average tenure of office will probably be about one year, but the general du- ration will range from six months to two years. Not one of these clerks will be eligible for transfer into the classified service.
 The temporary position with salaries of $1,200 and above, provided for by the thirteenth census law, will be filled 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 three thou sand temporary employees is, according to the circular, to consist of four classes: The operation of card punch- ing and card tabulating machines; op- eration of typewriters, adding, ma chimes and combined typewriter add ing machines; manuscript tabulation and other clerical work: sub-clerical work, such as that of messengers, mes. senger boys, watchnaen and laborers No one will be appointed who is un- willing to work at punching cards or tabuiating cards or to be compensated op piece price basis. The salaries of sub-elerical employees will be at the rates customarily paid in the govern ment service.
 Appointments to the permanent cen sus force will be made as heretofore by transfer from other government de- partments or by certifcation from the existing register of the civil service commission.
 The conditions governing the formal application ana the special test exam ination require that the applicants must be citizens of the United States, between the ages of IS and 50 years, except persons entitled to preference under Section 1754 of the revised stat utes may be examined without regard to age, and except boys over 16 and under IS years of age. who if passed will be eligible for appointment as messenger boys only
 Exclusions from examination com prise persons who are habitually ad- dicted to the use of intoxicants or guilty of infamous or notoriously dis graceful conduct. or who are physical ly or mentally disqualified. Excluded also are persons affected as follows Insanity, tuberculosis. paralysis, epi- lepsy, blindness, loss of both arms or legs, loss of arm and leg. badly crip- pied hands, arms, feet or legs, heart disease, locomotor ataxia, cancer, Brights 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 debar if 1 the commission so decides. Each ap- plicant must furnish a medical certifi- | cate 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 appootionment | Only one person can be appointed from | one family. It is announced that few. If any, of the sixty day emergency ap- | will be made and none will | be necessary before April, 1910.
 Only one kind of examination will be given for the temporary force. and it | will consist of the following subjects and weights:
 Spelling Ctwenty words of averag ge in common usel. 10: arithme- tic Consisting of vertical and cross addition, percentages and a simple ex- arcise in tabulation), 20; letter writing Ca letter of not less than 125 words on some subject of general interest: com petitors may select either of two sub iects given), 20; penrhanship (the handwriting of the competitor in the subject of copying from plain copy will DC considered with special reference to he elements of legibility, rapidity, leatness, general appearance, etc.), Is: n copying accurately in the competi- ."rs handwriting a few printed lines. l including tabular matter), 15; time consumed in examination), 20.
 The time for this examination is four md one-half hours, and in rating it a 'redit of 70 will be given those who 1nisl inside the time limit. Other minor credits are described in the cir ,ujar Upon completing the examina- in. competitors will be given~an op- icnal test in typewriting, consisting of lr exercise in tabulation. The Inten- l)n tc submit to the latter examination must be stated in the application. and he applicant must bring his owa typewriter to the examination, room. Those rated at 70 or more will be made .Iigihle.
 As resul. of the examination out ined bcye, five registers of eligibles si!l be prepared, and on each Eegister ' he names of the successful competitors r will be arranged in the order of rating J rEe general register will eontaiifthoSe1 1- # IS years of age and over who pass. crom thIs arother will be made up of he names of all who have had previ- 'us experience in operating card punching, card tahulating or card sort