...the public service in the departments at Washington shall be apportioned among the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia upon the...population, as ascertained at the last preceding census, Attorney General Miller said (20 Op. 276) : " But while it is the undoubted duty of the executive branch...

...classified service. It further provided that appointments to the public service in Washington should " be apportioned among the several States and Territories...population as ascertained at the last preceding census." The Act also provided that the Commission " shall make an annual report to the President for transmission...

...public service * • * In the departments at Washington shall be apportioned nmong the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia upon...population as ascertained at the last preceding census. The same section of the act also provides that appointments are to be so apportioned " as nearly as...

...provide that "appointments to the service aforesaid [that is, the classified service] in the departments at Washington shall be apportioned among the several...District of Columbia upon the basis of population," and this provision clearly implies that competition for. posts in the departments at Washington shall...

...eliminated. as the conditions of good administration will warrant . . . appointments . . ." to positions in Washington "shall be apportioned among the several...District of Columbia upon the basis of population." It is to be noted that the act refers specifically to "appointments" ; but the rules endeavor to apply...

...the rule cannot be fully carried out — to apportion appointments in the departments at Washington among the several states and territories and the District of Columbia upon a basis of population, regardless of the relative rating of the applicants. An essential feature of...

...federal Civil Service Act is due to the clause ment requiring that appointments to the public service in Washington shall be apportioned among the several...District of Columbia upon the basis of population at the last preceding census. Distant states and those which are backward in educational facilities...

...Service Act is due to the clause, requiring that appointments to the public service in Wash-1 ington shall be apportioned among the several states and...District of Columbia upon the basis of population at the last preceding census. Distant states and those which are backward in educational facilities...

...discharged from the military or naval service. (2) Appointments to the public service in the departments at Washington shall be apportioned among the several states and territories and the District of Columbia on the basis of population — a principle which cannot be strictly carried out...

...be within the classified civil service or otherwise, shall be apportioned among the several States and the District of Columbia upon the basis of population as ascertained at the last preceding census. (b) Accept and utilize voluntary and uncompensated services, and, with the consent of the agency concerned,...