ered. in character. Recommenda- 5. No recommendation of an applicant, competitor, or eligible, tions that can not be received, involving any disclosure of his political or religious opinions or affiliafiled, or consid- tions shall be received, filed, or considered, by the Commission, by any board of examiners, or by any nominating or appointing officer. Penalties like 6. In making removals or reductions, or in imposing punishment, for delinquency or misconduct, penalties like in character shall be imposed for like offenses, and action thereupon shall be taken irrespective of the political or religious opinions or affiliations of the offenders. Status of em- 7. A person holding a position on the date said position is classified ployees after under the civil-service act shall be entitled to all the rights and benclassification. efits possessed by persons of the same class or grade appointed upon examination under the provisions of said act. RULE III. Different 1. All that part of the executive civil service of the United States branches of which has been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service classified serv- act shall be arranged in branches as follows: The departmental service, the custom-house service, the post-office service, the Government printing service, and the internal-revenue service. ice. Extent of de 2. The departmental service shall include officers and employees as partmental serv- follows, except those in the service of the Government Printing Office and in the service of the several custom-houses, post-offices, and internal-revenue districts: ice. (a) All officers and employees of whatever designation, except persons merely employed as laborers or workmen and persons whose appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate, however or for whatever purpose employed, whether compensated by a fixed salary or otherwise, who are serving in, or on detail from The several Executive Departments, the commissions, and offices in the District of Columbia. The Railway Mail Service. The Indian service. The several pension agencies. The Steamboat-Inspection Service. The Marine-Hospital Service. The Light-House Service. The Life-Saving Service. The several mints and assay offices. The Revenue-Cutter Service. The force employed under custodians of public buildings. The several subtreasuries. The Engineer Department at large. The Ordnance Department at large. (b) All executive officers and employees outside of the District of Columbia not covered in (a), of whatever designation, except persons merely employed as laborers or workmen and persons whose appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate, whether compensated by a fixed salary or otherwise Who are serving in a clerical capacity, or whose duties are in Who are serving in the capacity of watchman or messenger. Who are serving in the capacity of draftsman, civil engineer, Who are in the service of the Supervising Architect's Office in the capacity of superintendent of construction, superintendent of repair, or foreman. Who are in the service of the Treasury Department in any capacity. Who are employed in the Department of Justice under the annual appropriation for the investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of officers of the courts, and all officers and employees in Amended the penitentiary service who are by law subject to classification. cember 23, 1896. De 3. The custom-house service shall include such officers and employees Extent of cusas have been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service tom-heuse serv ice. act who are serving in any customs district whose officers and employees number as many as five. And whenever, in any customs district whose officers and employees number less than five, the number of officers and employees shall be increased to as many as five, the Secretary of the Treasury shall at once notify the Commission of such increase, and the officers and employees of said district shall be included within the classified service from the date of said increase. Extent of ice. Consolidation 4. The post-office service shall include the officers and employees in any free-delivery post-office who have been, or may hereafter be, clas- post-office servsified under the civil-service act. And whenever the free-delivery system shall be established in any post-office the Postmaster-General shall at once notify the Commission of such establishment, and the officers or employees of said office shall be included within the classified service from the date of such establishment; and whenever, by order of the Postmaster-General, any post-office shall be consolidated with and made a part of a free-delivery post-office, the Postmaster- of post-offices. General shall at once notify the Commission of such consolidation, and from the date of said order the employees of the office thus made a part of the free-delivery office whose names appear on the roster of the Post-Office Department shall be employees of said free-delivery office; and the person holding on the date of said order the position of postmaster at the office thus made a part of said free-delivery office may be made an employee in said free-delivery office, and may, at the time of classification, be assigned to any position therein and given any appropriate designation which the Postmaster-General may direct. 5. The Government printing service shall include the officers and employees in the Government Printing Office who have been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act. 6 The internal-revenue service shall include the officers and employees in any internal-revenue district who have been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act. 7. All officers and employees who have heretofore been classified under the civil-service act shall be considered as still classified, and subject to the provisions of these rules. Extent of Gorernment printing service. Extent of internal revenue service. Employees already classifed covered by rules. 8. The following-mentioned positions or employees shall not be sub- Employees and ject to the provisions of these rules: (a) Any position filled by a person whose place of private business is conveniently located for his performance of the duties of said position, or any position filled by a person remunerated in one sum both for services rendered therein, and for necessary rent, fuel, and lights furnished for the performance of the duties thereof: Provided, That in either case the performance of the duties of said position requires only a portion of the time and attention of the occupant, paying him a compensation not exceeding, for his personal salary only, $300 per annum, and permitting of his pursuing other regular business or occupation. positions not covered by rules. Examinations authorized. Examinations required. When noncompetitive exami held. (b) Any person in the military or naval service of the United States who is detailed for the performance of civil duties. (c) Any person employed in a foreign country under the State Department or temporarily employed in a confidential capacity in a foreign country. (d) Any position whose duties are of a quasi-military or quasi-naval character, and for the performance of whose duties a person is enlisted for a term of years. RULE IV. 1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the civil-service act there shall be provided, to test fitness for admission to positions which have been or may hereafter be classified under the civil-service act, examinations of a practical and suitable character, involving such subjects and tests as the Commission may direct. 2. No person shall be appointed to or be employed in any position which has been or may hereafter be classified under the civil-service act until he shall have passed the examination provided therefor, or unless he is especially exempt from examination by the provisions of said act or the rules made in pursuance thereof. 3. In pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the civil-service nations may be act, wherever competent persons can be found who are willing to compete, no noncompetitive examination shall be given except as follows: (a) To test fitness for transfer or for promotion in a part of the service to which promotion regulations have not been applied. Dates and places of examinations. and duties of iners. (b) To test fitness for appointment of Indians as superintendents, teachers, teachers of industries, kindergartners, and physicians in the Indian service at large. The noncompetitive examinations of Indians for the positions mentioned shall consist of such tests of fitness, not disapproved by the Commission, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of the Interior. A statement of the result of every noncompetitive test, and all appointments, transfers, or promotions based thereon, shall be immediately forwarded to the Commission. 4. In pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the civil-service act, examinations shall be provided at such places and upon such dates as the Commission shall deem most practicable to subserve the convenience of applicants and the needs of the service. Appointment 5. In pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the civil-service boards of exam- act, the Commission shall appoint, from persons in the Government service, such boards of examiners as it may deem necessary. The members of said boards shall perform such duties as the Commission may direct in connection with examinations, appointments, and promotions in any part of the service which has been or may hereafter be classified. The members of any board of examiners in the performance of their duties as such shall be under the direct and sole control and authority of the Commission. The duties performed by the members of any board of examiners in their capacity as such shall be considered part of the duties of the office in which they are serving, and time shall be allowed for the performance of said duties during the office hours of said office. The members of any board of examiners shall not all be adherents of one political party, when persons of other political parties are available and competent to serve upon said board. 6. In pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the civil-service cers to facilitate act, all executive officers of the United States shall facilitate civil Executive offi examinations. 1 service examinations; and postmasters, customs officers, internalrevenue officers, and custodians of public buildings at places where such examinations are to be held shall, for the purpose of such examinations, permit and arrange for the use of suitable rooms under their charge, and for heating, lighting, and furnishing the same. RULE V. 1. Every applicant for examination must be a citizen of the United Qualifications of applicants. States, must be of proper age, and must make an application under oath, upon a form prescribed by the Commission, and accompanied by such certificates as may be prescribed. from enlisted men. 2. No application for examination shall be accepted from any person Applications serving in the Army, the Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, unless the written consent of the head of the Department under which said person is enlisted is filed with his application. Disqualifications of applicants and eligi 3. The Commission may, in its discretion, refuse to examine an applicant or to certify an eligible who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for his performance of the duties of the position to bles. which he seeks appointment; or who has been guilty of a crime or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct; or who has been dismissed from the service for delinquency or misconduct within one year next preceding the date of his application; or who has intentionally made a false statement in any material fact, or practiced or attempted to practice any deception or fraud in securing his registration or appointment. Any of the foregoing disqualifications shall be good cause for the removal of an eligible from the service after his appointment. 4. No application for examination shall be accepted unless the appli-Age limitations for applicant is within the age limitations fixed herein for entrance to the posi- cants. tion to which he seeks to be appointed: Provided, That subject to the other conditions of these rules the application of any person whose claim of preference under the provisions of section 1754 of the Revised. No age limitations for preferStatutes has been allowed by the Commission may be accepted with- ence claimants. out regard to his age. The age limitations for entrance to positions in the different branches of the service shall be as follows: Amended January 2, 1897. Applications for trade positions. from examina 5. No application shall be accepted for examination for a position which belongs to one of the recognized mechanical trades unless it shall be shown that the applicant has served as apprentice or as journeyman or as apprentice and journeyman at said trade for such periods as the Commission may prescribe. RULE VI. Exceptions The following-named employees or positions which have been or tion or registra- may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act shall be excepted from the requirements of examination or registration: DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE: tion. Rating examination papers. age. (a) Private secretaries or confidential clerks (not exceeding two) to the President or to the head of each of the eight Executive Departments. (b) Indians employed in the Indian service at large, except those employed as superintendents, teachers, teachers of industries, kindergartners, and physicians. (c) Attorneys or assistant attorneys in any department whose main duties are connected with the management of cases in court. CUSTOM-HOUSE SERVICE: (a) One cashier in each customs district. (b) One chief or principal deputy or assistant collector in each customs district whose employees number as many as 150. POST-OFFICE SERVICE: (a) One assistant postmaster, or chief assistant to the postmaster, of whatever designation, at each post-office. (b) One cashier of each first-class post-office when employed under the roster title of cashier only. INTERNAL-REVENUE SERVICE: One employee in each internal-revenue district, who shall act as cashier or chief deputy or assistant collector, as may be determined by the Treasury Department. RULE VII. 1. Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and the subjects therein shall be given such relative weights as the Commission may prescribe. After a competitor's papers have been rated, he shall be duly notified of the result thereof. Eligible aver- 2. Every competitor who attains an average percentage of 70 or over shall be eligible for appointment to the position for which he was examined; and the names of eligibles shall be entered, in the order of their average percentages, on the proper register of eligibles: aver- Provided, That the names of all competitors whose claims to preference age of preference under the provisions of section 1751 of the Revised Statutes have been allowed by the Commission, and who attain an average of 65 or over, shall be placed, in the order of their average percentages, at the head of the proper register of eligibles. Eligible claimants. Registration of applicants. 3. For filling vacancies in positions for which competitive tests are not practicable, the registration of applicants shall be in the order in which they fulfill the requirements prescribed therefor by regulation Registration of of the Commission: Provided, That persons who served in the military preference claimor naval service of the United States in the late war of the rebellion ants. and were honorably discharged therefrom, and persons who have been separated from such positions above mentioned through no delinquency or misconduct, shall be placed at the head of the proper register in the order of their fulfillment of said requirements. |