St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-21
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
Examination for Clerk Of the Coving.
ton Post Office to BE Held
February ~ 1911.

FEBRUARY ~ 1el4'
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date and at the place named above an
open competitive examination will be
held for the position of clerk in the
postofiice at the place first specified.
Clerks in Offices Of the first and
second classes are divided into five
grades, the salaries Of which are $500
5000, $1,000, s11OO. and $1,000 per
annum, respectively. Clerks at first
class Offices will. be promoted sue
cessiyely, grade at time, to $11OO,
and clerks at secondclass offices will
be promoted in the same manner to
$1,000.
Promotions will be made at the be-
ginning of the quarter following the
expiration Of a years service in the
next lower grade. No promotion will
be made except upon evidence sat.s-
factory to the Post Office Department
of the efficiency and falthfulness OF
the employee during the preceding
year. Clerks of the highest grade
are eligible for promotion to the
higher positions in their respective
offices.
Councillors will be examined in
the following subjects, which will
have the relative weights indicated:
/. Spelling, twenty words of av-
erage difficulty in common use), 10.
Q. Arithmetic (simple tests in al.
dition, subtraction, multiplication ana
division of whole numbers, common
and decimal fractions. and United
States money! 20.
3. Letter writing "a letter OF not
less than 1875 words on some subject
OF general interest. Competitors may
select either of two subjects given),
20.
4. Penmanship (the handwriting
of the competitor is the subject OF
copying from plain copy will be con
sidered with special reference to the
elements of legibility, rapidly, neat
ness, general appearance, etc., ~.
S. Copying from plain copy "a
simple test in copying accurately
few printed lines in the competitors
handwriting), 20.
6. Reading addresses (test in not.
ing with pen or pencil. ON prlnteo
sheet of addresses, differences De-
tween the printed addresses and the
written addresses of which they are
q copy, 10.
Applicants must have reached Their
eighteenth but not their forty-hfth
birthday on the date of the examlna-
ton. The age limits are waived
however. in the case of persons hon
orably discharged from the United
States military or naval service %!
reason of disability resulting from
wounds or sickness incurred in the
line Of duty. A person under ~
years of age on the day of the examl-
nation will not be eligible for ap-
pointment as assistant postmaster.
Male applicants for post office ser
vice must be at least five feet fou1
inches in height in bare feet, and rs
pounds in weight without overcoat
and hat: otherwise their applications
will be cancelled. Female applicants
4 are not required to be of any specific
height or weight.
I, The Post Office Department has ad
vised the Commission that no person
who has any of the following physi-
cal defects will be appointed to the.
position OF clerk in the post Office
service; Hunch-back; defective hear
ing, sight or speech; blindness in one
or both eyes; asthma; loss of arm,
hand or leg; crippled arms or leg;
datfoot; hernia; congenital weak
ness Of the abdominal wall, or such
weakness caused by wound or opera
ton; except that deaf-mut5s and per
sons with defective speech or hearing
may bt appointed to the positions OF
mail cleik, distributor, and director.
h and, forwarding clerk; and persons
suffering from fatfoot or weakness
of the abdominal wall may be ap-
pointed t., any position of clerk the
= duties. OF: which they are physically
4 capable of performing. Applications
of persons who are not entitled to
examination on account OF physical
defects will be Cancelled. Other ply
steal defects may debar persons from
this examination when in the judg-
ment of the Commission such defects
would render them unfit to perform
IL Aslkies of the position for which
&c Examination u held.
Married women will not be admit
ted to this examination. This pro-
hibition, however, does not apply to
divorced women or women who are
separated from their husbands and
support themselves.
This examination is open TO all
~ 1iDited States WHO
"a ~ requirements.
FYo& the eligibles resulting from
lis EXAMINATION it. is expected that
Sri foationy will be made to fill ex-
E6&s and future vacancies.
&sa " application Form 1871 ana
1sIhstructions to Applicants" address
Local Secretary, at the Coyington,
La, post Office or the district secre-
tary at the address below.
x No application will be accepted un-
less properly executed and filed with
the district secretary.
Secretary Tenth Civil Service Dis
trict. Room 226, Custom House Bldg.'
New Orleans, La.
800 REWARD. 500.