St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28
CIVIL sERv1oE EXAMINATION.

CIVIL 4lEzSV1CE EXAMINATION.
Examination for Clerk Of the Coving-
ton Post Once to BE Held
February o. 1914.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date and ut the place named above an
open competitive examination will be
held for the position Of clerk in the
postof1ee 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, $11oo. and $1,000 per
annum, respectively. Clerks at first
class offices will be promoted sue
cessively. grade at time, to $1100,
and clerks at second-class 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 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 faithfulness OF
the employee during the preceding
year. Clerks of the highest grade
are eligible for promotion to the
higher positions in their respective
ofices.
Competitors will be examined IN
the following subjects, VIII Oh will
have the relative weights Indicated:
l. Spelling. twenty words of av-
erage difficulty in common use), 10.
J. Arithmetic (simple tests in ad
dition. subtraction, multiplicat on and
division Of whole numbers, common
and decimal fractions. and United
States money! 20.
:. Letter writing "a letter of moi
less than 125 words on some subject
Of general interest. Competitors may
select either Of two subjects given).
10.
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, rapid ty, neat
ness. general appearance, etc), 20.
s. Copying from plain copy "a
simple test in copying accurately q
few printed lines in the competitors
hsndwriting). 20.
8. Reading addresses (test in not
. ing with pen or pencil, on q printed
sheet Of addresses, differences be-
tween the printed addresses and the
written addresses of which they are
. copy). 10.
Applicants must have reached Their
eighteenth but not their forty-fifth
birthday on the date Of the exam'na-
ton. The age limits are waived.
orably discharged from the United
States military or naval service by
reason Of disability result ng from
wounds or sickness incurred in the
line Of duty. A person under n
years Of age on the day OF the exami-
nation will not be eligible for ap
pointment % assistant postmaster.
Male applicants for post Office ser
vice must be at least five feet foul
inchee IN height In bare feet. and IL.
pounds In weight without overcoat
and hat; otherwise their applications
will b cancelled. Female applicants
aro not required to be Of any specie
height or weight.
The Post ONCE Department has ads
vleed the Commission that no person
who has any Of the follow MS phys
ell defects will be appointed to the
position Of clerk in the post Office
sefHice: Hunch-back; defective hear.
ing, sight or speech: blindness N one
Or both eyes; asthma; loss Of arm.
hand or leg; crippled arms or leg;
Aatfoot: hernia; congenital weak
neos Of the abdominal wall, or such
weaknese caused by wound or opera
tion: except that deaf-mutss and per
sons with defective speech or hearing
may be appointed to the positions OF
mail rlelk, distributor, and director.
and forwarding clerk; and persons
sInAdg1ug from flatfoot or weakness
Of the abdominal wall may be ap-
pointed 1. any position Of clerk the
duties cf which they are physically
capable OF performing. Applications
Of persons who are not entitled to
examination on account OF phys cal
defects will be cancelled. Other ply
steal defects may debar persons from
this examination when In the jndg-
mont Of the Commission such defects
would render them unfit to perform
the duties Of the position for which
the examination ID held.
Married women will not BE- admit
ted to this examination. This pre-
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
u1i111Rls=oS the United States who
ll1o.1enSB.Sa's
" y The Sligibles resulting from
Nd IMITATION it is expected that
tiAd tio0 VIII ibe, made to fill ex.
-luelEa vacancies.
: * 1llelSA Eprn 1871 ana
- 10 iApplioants," address
j, ts GsFetSfy, 1t the Covington,
L q D0st once or the district secre-
ltakt o. the address below.
,,sl 10 application will be accepted un-
- properly executed and filed with
the district secretary.
eoe9etaEy Tenth Civil Service Dis
hlce Room 220, Custom House Bldg.
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