[EXHIBIT 7.] PROMOTIONS IN NEW YORK CUSTOMS DISTRICT. REGULATIONS. [In force January 4, 1887.] In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the constitution, and by virtue of section 1753 of the Revised Statutes and of the civil service act approved January 16, 1883, the following regulations governing promotions in the customs service at the city of New York are hereby approved and promulgated: REGULATION 1. The board of examiners of the New York customs district may at any time, with the approval of the civil-service commission, order an examination for promotion, and at least five days before the examination is to take place shall cause a notice to be posted conspicuously in the office for which such examination is to be held, and shall state in said notice the class or classes to test fitness for promotion to which the examination is to be held, and the time and place of examination. Promotions shall be from class to class, and the examination of persons in one class shall be to test their fitness for promotion to the next higher class: Provided, however, That if in any examination for promotion the competitors in the next lower class shall not exceed three in number, the board may, at its discretion, open the competition to one or more of the classes below the class in which there are not more than three competitors. All persons in the class immediately below the class to which promotions are to be made, and who have been in said class at least six months, must be examined for promotion. REGULATION 2. The examination must be held upon such subjects as in the opinion of the board of examiners, with the approval of the commission, the general nature of the business of the office and the special nature of the positions to be filled may require. In grading the competitors, due weight must be given to the efficiency with which the several competitors shall have performed their duties in the office; but none who shall fail to attain a minimum standard of 75 per centum in the written examination shall be certified for promotion. REGULATION 3. The whole list of eligibles from which the promotion is to be made shall be certified to the nominating officer. REGULATION 4. Any person employed in any of the offices to which these regulations apply may be transferred without examination after service of six months consecutively since January 16, 1883, from one office to a class no higher in another office, upon certification by the board of examiners that he has passed an examination for the class in which he is doing duty, and with the consent of the heads of the respective offices and the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. REGULATION 5. The civil-service commission may at any time amend these regulations or substitute other regulations therefor. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROMOTIONS IN THE NEW YORK CUSTOMS DISTRICT. [Promulgated February 24, 1887; amended January 26, 1888.] The following examinations and promotions are included among those authorized by the "Regulations governing promotions in the customs service at the city of New York," approved January 4, 1887, viz: 1. Any person who has been absolutely appointed as day inspector may, upon passing the regular examination for promotion from class one to class two, clerk's grade, in the surveyor's office, be promoted to class two, clerk's grade, in that office; and any person who has been absolutely appointed as day inspector, or as storekeeper, may, upon passing the regular examination from class one to class two, clerk's grade, in the collector's office, be promoted to class two, clerk's grade, in that office. 2. Any person in the office of the appraiser who has served not less than twelve consecutive months as opener-and-packer, or as sampler, may, upon passing an examination prepared by the board of examiners, under the direction of the commission, be promoted to class one, clerk's grade, in that office; and any person who has been absolutely appointed as clerk in the office of the appraiser may, upon passing an examination prepared by the board of examiners, under the direction of the commission, be promoted to the grade of examiner in that office. 3. The examinations for promotion herein authorized shall be ordered as follows: When any notice is given of an examination for promotion from class one to class two, in the collector's or surveyor's office, under Promotion Regulation 1, it shall include a notice to all inspectors who desire to be examined for promotion to class two, clerk's grade; and the names of the inspectors who pass the examination shall be placed on the list of eligibles for promotion to class two in the office for which the examination was held. When the appraiser shall request the board of examiners to hold an examination for promotion in his office from the grade of opener-and-packer and from the grade of sampler to class one, clerk's grade, or for promotion from the grade of clerk to the grade of examiner, the board shall, with the approval of the commission, order such examination; and the names of the openers-and-packers and of the samplers who pass the examination shall be placed on the list to be known as the "List of openers-and-packers and samplers eligible for promotion to class one, clerk's grade, appraiser's office;" and the names of the clerks who pass the exami nation shall be placed on a list to be known as the "List of clerks eligible for promotion to the grade of examiner in the appraiser's office." Certification shall be made from these lists under Promotion Regulation 3. Notice of any promotion examination hereby authorized shall be given in the manner provided by Promotion Regulation 1; and it is expressly provided that no noncompetitive (or pass) examinations shall be held under the authority to hold promotion examinations hereby conferred. [EXHIBIT 8.] CLASSIFICATION. DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE. DEPARTMENT OF WAR. [This classification took effect November 19, 1884.] Class A, those having an annual compensation exceeding $2,000. Class C, those having an annual compensation of $1000. Class D, those having an annual compensation of $900 and under. Messengers, watchmen, and laborers are excepted from this classification. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. [This classification took effect January 2, 1885.] Class four, $1800 or more, annual salary, fixed by law. Class three, $1600, annual salary, fixed by law. Class two, $1400, annual salary, fixed by law. Class one, $1200, annual salary, fixed by law. Class B, $1000, annual salary, fixed by law. Messengers, watchmen, and laborers are excepted from this classification. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. [This classification took effect February 6, 1885.] Class A, those having an annual compensation exceeding $2,000. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. [This classification took effect November 22, 1884.] Clerks of class fcur, $1800 per annum. Clerks of class three, $1600 per annum. Clerks of class one, $1200. Clerks of $1000 per annum. $900 per annum copyists. $720 per annum copyists. Messengers, watchmen, and laborers are excepted from this classification. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. [This classification took effect December 6, 1884.] Fourth class, all clerks receiving $1800 per annum. Subdivision A of fourth class, all clerks receiving $2,000 or more per annum, not chiefs of divisions, and not excepted from examination by the civil-service acts and rules. Third class, all clerks receiving $1600 per annum. Subdivision A of the first class, First class, all clerks receiving $1,200 per annum. all clerks receiving $1,000 per annum. Subdivision B of the first class, all copyists, without reference to the amount of salary paid to them. [At the time of this revision copyists in the Department of the Interior received either $900 or $720 per annum.] Class A, all employés at Washington, who are not clerks or copyists, receiving $1,000 per annum. Messengers, watchmen, and laborers are excepted from this classification. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [This classification took effect December 12, 1884.] Clerks of class one, $1200 per annum. Clerks at $1,000 per annum, each. Clerks at $840 per annum, each. Clerks at $720 per annum, each. Clerk to bureau of animal industry. Disbursing officer. Assistant to disbursing officer. Superintendent of folding-room. Employés in the chemical bureau. Employés in the laboratory. Employés in the botanical bureau. Employés in the bureau of entomology. Employés in the museum. Foreman in the grounds. DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND OF JUSTICE. By section 163, Revised Statutes, the clerks of all the executive departments, including the Department of State and the Department of Justice, were arranged in classes, distinguished as first, second, third, and fourth classes. The commission has not received notice that this classification has been revised by the head of either of the two departments named. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. [This classification took effect March 1, 1888.j Class A, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of less than $1,000 per annum. Class B, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of $1000 or more, but less than $1200, per annum. Class one, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of $1200 or more, but less than $1400 per annum. Class two, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of $1400 or more, but less than $1600 per annum. Class three, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of $1600 or more, but less than $1800 per annum. Class four, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of $1800 or more, but less than $2000 per annum. Class five, including all persons receiving compensation at the rate of $2000 or more per annum. No person who is appointed to an office by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone, and no person who is to be employed merely as a laborer or workman or as a watchman, shall be considered as within this classification. CUSTOMS SERVICE. [Classification applicable to every customs district in which the number of officers, clerks, and other persons in the public service are as many as fifty. This classification took effect March 26, 1883.] Class A, all persons, not employed merely as laborers or workmen, receiving a compensation amounting to $900 or more, but less than $1200 per annum. Class one, all persons receiving a compensation amounting to $1200 or more, but less than $1400 per annum. Class two, all persons receiving a compensation amounting to $1400 or more, but less than $1600 per annum. Class three, all persons receiving a compensation amounting to $1600 or more, but less than $1800 per annum. Class four, all persons receiving a compensation amounting to $1800 or more, but not including any officer confirmed by the Senate. [This classification applies to the customs districts of the following-named cities: Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Burlington, Vt.; Chicago, Ill.; Detroit, Mich.; New Orleans, La.; New York City, N. Y.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Port Huron, Mich.; Portland, Me.; San Francisco, Cal.] POSTAL SERVICE. [Classification applicable to every postoffice in which the number of officers, clerks, and other persons in the public service are as many as fifty. This classification took effect March 3, 1883.] Class four, $1800 and over per annum. Class three, $1400 and less than $1800 per annum. Class two, $900 and less than $1400 per annum. Class one, less than $800 per annum. [This classification applies to the postoffices of the following-named cities: Albany, N. Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit, Mich.; Hartford, Conn.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Jersey City, N. J.; Kansas City, Mo.; Los Angeles, Cal.; Louisville, Ky.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Newark, N. J.; New Haven, Conn.; New Orleans, La.; New York City, N. Y.; Omaha, Nebr.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Providence, R. I.; Richmond, Va.; Rochester, N. Y.; Saint Louis, Mo.; Saint Paul, Minn.; San Francisco, Cal.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Toledo, Ohio; Troy, N. Y.; Washington, D. C.] 19420 CIV- -14 |