The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-14
Cleek.Carriee ExaWioati Jo.
Virginia. Minnesota.
males Only

lows: First grade. salary $500; second GRADE
salary $500: third grade. salary $500: fourth
grade. salary s. 900: fifth grade, salary 81 100:
sixth grade. salary $l20. Jerks and car.
riers at first-class Offices will be promoted
excessively to the fifth grade. and clerks
and carriers ut secondClass offices will be
promoted excessively to the fourth grade.
All promotions of both clerks and carriers
will be made at the beginning of the quart
er following the expiration of a years ser
vice In the the next lower grade. No pro
motion will be made except upon evidence
satisfactory to the Post Office Department,
of the efficiency and faithfulness of the
employee during the preceding year
When clerk or carrier fails of promotion
because of unsatisfactory service he may
be promoted at the beginning of the second
quarter thereafter. or of any subsequent
quarter. on evidence that his record has
been satisfactory during the intervening
period. Clerks and carriers of the highest
grade in their respective Offices are eligible
for promotion to the higher positions in
! said post Offices.
Any clerk is eligible for transfer to the
service of carrier. and any carrier is elig
| tble for transfer to the service of clerk.
Auxiliary employees are paid for actual
service at the rate of 80 cents an hour. Such
auxiliary employees. however. are reQuir
ed to work not less than two hours daily
and may serve as substitutes. They are
eligible for appointment as clerks and car:
riers of the first Grade.
Substitutes are paid at the rate of 80 cents
an hour when serving for absent clerks
and carriers. and they are eligible for ap
pointment a. auxiliary employees and as
clerks and carriers of the first grade.
The examination will consist of the sub
jects mentioned below. weighted as indi
Gated:
Subjects. WEIGHTS
!. Spelling Twenty words of average diff
hculty In common use)....... go. lC
Arithmetic (simple test in addition
subtraction. multiplication. and divis.
Ion of whole numbers. common and
decimal fractions. and United States
moneVJ Observation-Disclosures. 20
3. Letter writing "a letter of not less than
l& words on some subject of general in.
terest. Competitors may select either
OF two subjects 9iven).. 20
I. Penmanship (the handwriting of the
competitor in the subject of copying
from plain copy will be considered with
Utility. rapidly. neatness. general ap
Sa1ance. etc.).......... 70
= Copying from plain copy IA simple test
In copying accurately few printed
lines In the competitors handwrit-
AuR) ...... ......... ................... 10
q United States geography (relative to
the boundaries of States. and to cap
ttals. largest cities. rivers and other
~
States of prominent cities. etc. ...... 10
T. Reading addresses test in noting with
pen or pencil, on a printed sheet of ad.
dresses. differences between the print
ed addresses and the written addresses
of which they are copy. :. 49,. go. 10
AOS0A. ~
Age limit. all positions. IS to IS years. The
age limits ure waived. however. In the
cases of persons honorably DISCHARGED
from the military or naval service by reas-
on OF disability resulting from wounds or
sickness incurred in the line of duty.
Male applicants for the Post Office Ser
vice must be at least feet I inches in
height in bare feet and LIS pounds in
weight without overcoat and hat: other
wise their applications will be Cancelled.
Female applicants are not required to be
OF any specific height or weight
Applicants for the Post Office Service are
required to be physically sound and in
good health. The Post Office Department
has advised the Commission that no per-
|on who 10 defective in anv of the follow
tnR.named particulars y II be appointed to
the position of carrier In the Post Office
Service: Hunchbacks: persons having
detective hearing. sight. or speech: per-
sons bind In one eve: one-armed. one
handed. or one-leg4ed persons. or those
having crippled arms or legs. or those suf-
fering from asthma or hernia. The above
mentioned defects will also debar a person
from appointment to the position of clerk
In the Post Office Service, except that deaf
uutes and persons with defective speech
or hearing may be appointed to the posi-
ton OF mail clerk. distributor. and directory
and forwarding clerk. Applications from
persons who have any of the physical de-
fects mentioned viii be Cancelled, unless
such persons are houorably discharged
United States soldiers OK sailors. entitled
to preference under section l754. Revised
Statutes of the United States.
Other physical defects may debar per-
sons from this examination when in the
Judgment Of the Commission such defects
would render the person unfit to perform
the duties of the position for which the
10 held.
Married women win not be admitted to |
this examination. This prohibition. how.
ever. does not apply to divorced women or
women who ore separated from their hus.
bands and support themoelvea.
This examination 10 open 10 all citixene
Of the United States who comply with the
From the eligibleo resulting fron this