Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-09-07

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proximately three thousand temporary
clerks will be- appointed in the Cen
sus Bureau for the Thirteenth Ee.
cennial United States Census. and the
date OF the first examination will be
October %. next. throughout the
United States. az various cities. &C.
cording to circular announcement,
relative to the examinations and ap-
pointments. which will be issued joint.
Is by the Department O; 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 az.
dressing the Civil Service Commits.
sion. Washington. ID. C., the Bureau
Of the Census. Washington. ID. C.. or
the Secretary OF the Board of EN.
aminers at the following named
places Postoffice. Boston. Mass.
Philadelphia. Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Gin.
cinnati. Ohio. Chicago. Ill. St Paul,
Mimi. Denver. Colo. San Francisco.
Cal: Custom house. New York. New
Orleans. La. Old Custom house. St.
Louis. Mo.
Very few appointments from the Oc-
tober examination will be made before
January /. next, and not many will
be made until April. 1910. The maxi
mum force will be drawn August. mex,
year.
These three thousand appOintees
will be given salaries of $500 per an
mum at the beginning. but promotions
a. $500 per annum. At least. will be
reasonably rapid for those who rem
der satisfactory service. All appoint
ments will be on probation. subject
a. termination At one month or any
later period II the appOintee does
not come up to the requirements. In
every case the appointments viii be
temporary and subject 20 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 dura-
ton 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 sal.
aries Of $1,000 and above provided
TOR by the Thirteenth Census law. will
be- hlled for the most part by the
transfer OF persons already In the
permanent Census Office. II being ex-
pec'ed that the latter organization
viii supply all other CLASSES Of clerks
except those mentioned below.
The work required Of the three
thousand temporary employees h.. &C
cordiug 20 the circular, tu consist Of
Hour classes. The operation Of card
punching and card t1bulating Ma
'h.ur-. operation OF typ,vr.t,rs al
aims machines and combined type
'rii'raddius machiuvs manuscript
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