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CLERK EXAMINATION
u POST.OFFICE SERVICE

Place of Examination, Abbeyille, S.
|c.
Date of Examination, October %,
1912
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
late and at the place named above an
examination will be held for the posi-
ION Of clerk in the post office at that
place
BY an Executive order Of September
80, 1910, effective December l. 1910,
positions OF clerk in post offices OF the
lrst and second classes not thereto
lore classified were included in the
classified competitive service. The po-
.itions Of clerk referred to, with few
exceptions, are in first and second
class post offices which do not have
city delivery service and at which
therefore, city carriers are not en-
ployed.
Examinations are announced as. va
cancies occur or are contemplated land
rom the resulting registers of eligi-,
oles selections for appointment are
made, unless it is found to be in the
interest Of the service to fill the va
cancies by reinstatement, transfer, or
promotion. The examination hereby
announced is only for the post office
n the city named at the head of this
announcement, and will be held only
at that place.
Clerks in offices of the first and Sec
ond classes are divided in six grades,
as follows. First grade, salary
5000; second grade, salary $500; third
grade, salary $500; fourth grade, salary,
1000; fifth grade, $1,100; sixth grade,
salary, $1,000. Clerks at f~rst-class Of
fees will be promoted successfully to
the fifth grade, and clerks at second
class Offices will be promoted success
sively to the. fourth grade. :.
AL 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 salts
factory to the Post-Office Department
Of the efficiency and faithfulness Of
the employee during the preceding
year. When q clerk 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
IF the highest grade are eligible for
promotion to the higher positions in
their respective offices.
Auxiliary employees are paid for &C
tual service at the rate OF 80 cents an
hour. Such auxiliary employees, how
ever, are required to work not less
than two hours daily, and may serve
as substitutes. They r eligible for
appointment as clerks Of the first
grade.
Substitutes are paid at the rate Of
80 cents an hour when serving for abb
sent clerks, and they are eligible for
appointment as auxiliary employees
and as clerks OF the first grade.
The examination will consist OF the
subjects mentioned below, weighed as
indicated:
Subjects Weights.
i. Spelling(. 20 words Of aver
age difficulty in common use).. Is
2. Arithmetic (simple tests in
addition, subtraction, multiple
cation and division of whole
numbers, common and deci-
NAL fractions, and United States
money! ....... ...... ......... ~
8. Letter writing IA letter Of
not less than 125 words on some
subject Of general interest. Com
petitors may select either Of
two subjects given.) .......... 20
4. Penmanship (the handwrit-
ing of the competitor in the SUBJ
ject of copying from plain copy
will be considered with special
reference to the elements Of
legibility, rapidity, .neatness,
general appearance. etc.)...... 20
5. Copying from plain copy Ia
simple test in copying accurate
ly a few printed lines in the
competitors handwriting)..... Is
s. Reading addresses (test In