The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-03-04
CLERK CARRIER
EXAMINATION,


sitions of clerk and carrier III ~ p.
Office Service.
Clerks in offices of the first and .,.
ond classes and carriers IN the eli, delI
very service are divided iEtosiN GRADES
as 1oIlows; First grade. salary %6UI
second grade, salary $500, third grade
salary $500 fourth ,rade. sa larv $ 0uu
NTH grade, salary, 81 roo; sixth gr.tt,.
salary , ,2Uo Clerks and carriers i,
hrst class offices Will be promoted suc
cesslVeiy to the fifth grade, and clerk
ana carriers at second class offices vii
be promoted succe 5sively to the .auril
grade.
All promotions Of both clerks aut
| carriers will he made at the btginnfut
OF the quarter following the cxpcrt
tion OF years service in the ucN'
lower grade. No promotion will b,
made except upon evidence satistlcto
ry to the Post Office Department oftl,
efficiency and falthfulness of the cm
ployee during the preceding year
When clerk or carrier fails of promo.
ton because of unsatisfactory scryic,
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. Cle-ks
and carriers of the highest grade il
their respective Offices are eligible for
promotion 10 the higher positions in
said post offices.
Any clerk is eligible for transfer to
the service OF carrier, and any car
10 nj Ia 4. T.
ice of a clerk.
Auxiliary employees are paid for ac-
tual service at the rate of 30 cents an
hour. Such auxiliary employees, how
ever, are required to work not less
than two hours daily, and may serve
as substitutes. They are eligible for
appointment as clerks and carriers 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 eligi-
Bile tor appointment as auxiliary en-
ployees and as clerks and carriers OF
the first grade.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, weighted as
Indicated:
Spelling. arithmetic, letter. writing,
penmanshlp, copy ing from plain copy,
US geography, reading addresses.
Age limit, all positions, Is to ~
years. The age limits are waived,
however, in the cases of persons homo
rably discharged from the military or
naval service by reason Of disability re
sulting from wounds or sickness incur
red in the line of duty.
Male applicants for the Post Office
Service must be at least ) feet inches
in height in bare feet. and l25 pounds
in weight without overcoat aud hat;
otherwise their applications will be
Cancelled. Female applicants are not
required to be of any specific height
or weight.
Applicants for the Post Office Serv-
ice are required to be physically sound
and in good health. The Post Oa3ce
has advised the Commits
sion that no person who is defective
in any of the following named parti-
culars will be appointed to the post
ton of carrier in the Post Office Serv
ice: Hunchbacks: persons having de
hN"AAhSS OiS ~, VI bPSNNhy PSi-
sons blind in one eye; One-armed, one
handed, or one-legged persons. Or
hose having crippled arms or legs, or
hose suffering from asthma or hernia. |
The aforementioned defects will also |
lebar person from appointment to
he position OF clerk in the Post Office |
service, except that deaf mutes and
persons with defective speech or hear
ng may be appointed to the position
# mail clerk, distributor. and directo-
y and forwarding clerk Appica-
ions from persons who have any of
he physical defects mentioned will be
anceled.
Other physical defects may debar
,ersOns from this examination when
II the judgment OF the Commission
nfit to perform the duties CT the posi-
ion for which the examination is he'd.
Married woman will not be admitted
o this examination. This prohibit
ion, however, does not npply to di-
orced women or women who are sep
rated from their husbands and sup
ort themselves.
This examination is open 10 all citi
ems of the United States who comply
nth the requirements.
From the eligibles resulting from
his examination it is expected that
Will be made to existing
nd future vacancies.
For application blank, instructions
, applicants, and further informa
on. application should be made to
ocal Secretary at the New Iberia,
post office, or the under
gned.
No application will be accepted un
.ss properly executed and filed with
ne undersigned prior to the hour OF
osing business on March IL, 1911.
H. A. LECHE,
Secretary 10th Civil Service District.
,sued February 2, 1911.
Location, Custom House.