Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-11
EXAM FOR CENSUS CLERKS
TO BE HELD HERE MARCH 5
Number of EligibIes Secured by Pre-
vious Tests Inadequate to
Needs of Service.

vious Tests Inadequate to
Needs of Service.
The eligible register resulting from
the examination held throughout the
| country by the United States civil
service commission Oct. %, last, for
appointments on the additional Of
fee force of the census bureau at
Washington, is apparently made
quate. Accordingly another examin-
alton will be held March 5, 1910, at
Rock Island, for the purpose of sup
| plying additional eIigibles. The scar
city of ehgibles from the prior ex-
animation exists chieny in some of
the southern and western states.
This examination relates exclusive
| ly to the Office force at Washington,
and has nothing to do with the ap-
pointments of supervisors, special
agents, or enumerators, there being
no further examinations for positions
of that character in contemplation.
| The approximate number of addi-
tional appointments to be made in the
census bureau during the three year
decennial census period, which ends
June 80, 1912, rs 5000.
| The work required of these en-
! ployes will be chiefly of four classes:
(a) Operation of card-punching
and card-tabulating machines.
90 Operation of typewriters, add
ing machines. or combined typewriter
adding machines.
Co Manuscript tabulation and 9TH
er clerical work.
(d) Sub-clericaI work, such as
=,
laborers.
No one will be appointed who is un-
willing to be assigned to punching
cards or tabulating cards on ma
chimes, or to be compensated there
for on the piece-price' basis.
All original appointments of the
classes (a), (b), (c) and Cd will be
made from the special text examina-
ton herein described. Persons who
are now upon the eligible register of
the civil service commission will not
be eligible, because of that fact, to
appointments to positions of these
four classes in the additional force
of the 18th census, but should file
applications and enter this examina-
ton.
1t is expected that the additional
positions with salaries of $1,000, and
above provided for by the 18th cen
sus act will be filled for the most
part by transfer of persons already
in the permanent census force.
1t is expected that the permanent
census force will supply sufficient
service of all classes other than
those named in paragraph 6. APP
as heretofore will be made by trans
fer from elsewhere in the service or
by certiffication from the existing
registers of the civil service commits
sion.
The entrance salary for classes (a),
(b) and (c) as specified in paragraph
will be at the rate of 5000 per
annum, but it is expected that con-
siderable proportion of those employ
ed will be promoted to $3.50 per an
mum within two or three months af-
ter entering the service, and promo
ton to at least 5000 per annum will
be reasonably rapid for those who
render satisfactory service. The min
imum of $500 per annum will also
apply to employees paid on the piece
work basis.
The salaries Of sub-clerical posi-
tiOns will be as follows: messengers,
$S4O; watchmen, $3.50; laborers,
$500.
All appointments will be on proba-
ton and, if the service is unsatisfac-
tory may be terminated at the end
OF one month or at any later period.
All appointments will be tempo
rary and subject to termination as
the exigencies of the service may re-
quire In no case will appointments
from this examination extend beyond
June 80. 1912. The length of ser
vice of persons appointed from the
register resulting from this examina-
ton will be from four months to
possible maximum Of about two years,
but the average service will prob
ably not be greatly in excess of six
months.
Appointees will not be eligible for
transfer into the classified service.
1t is expected that appointments
from this examination will be made
in April, 1910.
A copy of the announcement of ex-
animation and application blank will
be furnished to applicants by the To-
cal secretary of the civil service board
at the postoffice. D. F. KRELL.
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