Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-20
Clerk Examination, Post-Office
Service.

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The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date and at the place named above an
examination will be held for the posi-
tion of clerk in the post Office at that
place.
by an Executive order of Septem-
ber 30, 1910, effective December l,
1910, positions of clerk in post offices
iof the first and second classes not
heretofore classified were included in
the classified competitive service.
The positions of clerk referred to,
with few exceptions, are in trst and
second class post offices which do not
have city delivery service and at
which, therefore, city carriers are not
employ ed.
Examinations are announced as
vacancies occur or are contemplated,
and from the resulting registers of
eligibles selections for appointment
are made, unless il Is found to be IN
the interest of the service to fill the
vacancies by reinstatement, transfer,
or promotion. The examination here
by announced is only for the post
office in the city named at the head
of this announcements, and will be
held only at that place
Clerks in offices of the first and sec
ond classes are divided into six grad
es, as follows: First grade, salary 5000;
second grade, salary $500; third grade.
salary 5000; fourth grade, salary 81 900;
fifth grade, 81, 100; sixth grade, salary
81, 200 Clerks at tirst-class Offices will
be promoted successfully to the fifth
grade, and clerks at second-class
offices will be promoted successfully
to the fourth grade.
All promotions will be made at the
beginning of the quarter following
the expiration of a years service in
the next lower grade. No promotion
will be made except upon evidence
satisfactory to the Post-Otlice Depart
ment of the efficiency and faithfulness
of the employee during the preceding
year. When clerk fails of promo
tion because of unsa tisfactory 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
of the highest grade are eligible for
promotion to the higher positions in
their respective offices.
Auxiliary employees are paid for
actual service at the rate Of 80 cents
an hour. Such auxiliary employees,
however, are required to work not
less than two hours daily, and may
serve as substitutes. They are eligi-
BILE for appointment as clerks of the
first grade.
Substitutes are paid at the rate Of
30 cents an hour when serving for
absent clerks, and they are eligible
for appointment as auxiliary employ
ees and as clerks of the first grade.
The examination will consist of the
subjects mentioned below, weighted
as indicated:
. SUBJEsT WTs.
l. Spelling (twenty words Of aver
age difficulty in common use) Is
2. Arithmetic Simple test in addi
tion, subtraction, multiplication
and division of whole numbers,
common and decimal fractions,
and United States money 20
3. Letter writing "a letter of noU
less than 125 words on some sub
ject of general interest Competi-
tors may select either Of two
subjects given) 20
4. PenmanShip (the handwriting
of the competitor in the subject
of copying from plain copy will
be considered with special refer
ence to the elements Of legibility,
rapidity, neatness, general ap
pearance, etc. 20
5. Copying from plain copy "a sim
pie test in copying accurately
few printed lines in the cOmpe-
titor'S handwriting) Is
6. Reading addresses (test in note
ing with pen or pencil, on a
printed sheet of addresses differ
ences between the printed ad
dresses and the written address
es of which they are copy 10
Total 100
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth but not their forty-tifth
birthday on the dat te of the examina-
tfon. The age limits are waived, how
ever, in the cases of persons honor
ably discharged from the United
States military or naval service by
reason of disability resulting from
wounds or sickness incurred in the
line of duty.
Male applicants for the Post flee
Service must be at least feet inch
es in height in bare feet, and 12s. lbs
in weight without overcoat and hat;
otherwise their applications will be
Cancelled. Female applicants are not
required to be of any specific height
or weight.
Applicants for the Post-Ofiice Ser
vice are required to be physically
sound and in good health The Post