When noncompetitive promotion

required.

service, and shall be sufficient cause for debarring such person from promotion, and a repetition of the offense shall be sufficient cause for removing him from the service.

6. Until the promotion regulations herein authorized have been examinations are promulgated by the Board for any Department, Office, or branch of the service, and the Board has notified such Department, Office, or branch of the service that it is prepared to conduct the promotion examinations authorized under the Civil Service Act and these rules, promotions therein may be made upon any tests of fitness not disapproved by the Board which may be determined upon by the appointing officer: Provided, That pending the adoption of such regulations, in case of proposed promotion from one class to another class of an employee who has not entered the service through the examination prescribed for the class to which promotion is proposed, such employee shall be required to obtain an eligible grade in such prescribed examination taken noncompetitively, and the appointment by promotion thus made shall not become effective prior to the date of taking the examination in which an eligible grade is obtained.

Rule X.

RELATING TO APPOINTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT.

1. All appointments, not temporary or emergency, whether original, by promotion, reduction, transfer, or reinstatement, must be made in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 25 on Appointments Form No. 33 prescribed by the Board and forwarded through the approved by Civil Governor, Board for its attestation to the Civil Governor, or proper head of heads of Depart- Executive Department, for approval: Provided, That appoint

ments.

Assignment of unclassified em

ments to subordinate positions in the municipal service of Manila and in the provincial service shall be forwarded to the Board for attestation, but shall not require the approval of the Civil Governor: And provided further, That appointments made by the Civil Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and appointments made to positions enumerated in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Rule II, shall not be required to be made on the form referred to herein and shall not require the attestation of the Board.

2. No person appointed to any unclassified position shall be ployees to classi- assigned to or employed in a position the duties of which are fied positions not clerical, nor shall he be assigned to or employed in any other permissible. position in the classified service.

Permissible assignments within the classified service.

Roster of all offi

cers and employ

3. No person appointed to a position in the classified service shall, without the approval of the Civil Service Board, be assigned to or employed in a position of a grade or character not contemplated by the examination from the results of which appointment was made.

Rule XI.

OFFICIAL ROSTER OF EMPLOYEES.

The Board shall keep an official roster of all officers and emees kept by the ployees in the civil service of the Philippine Islands, and for the purpose of this roster each head of a Bureau or Office shall

Board.

furnish to the Board the following information in such form and

manner as it may prescribe:

mation for the

1. A statement of all the positions and employments under his Nature of inforcontrol and authority, setting forth, among other things, the roster. names, designations, compensations, duties, dates of appointment

or employment of all persons serving in such positions.

to the Board of all

2. A statement, to be made on the first day of each month, of Monthly reports all changes, and the dates thereof, in the service under his control changes in the and authority, setting forth, among other things, the following: service. The name of every person appointed, reinstated, promoted, reduced, transferred, or separated from the service, the position to which an appointment or reinstatement is made, the position from which and the position to which a promotion or transfer is made, the position from which a separation is made, whether by removal, resignation, or death, the compensation of every position from which or to which a change is made, and all absences from any cause whatever.

Rule XII.

PROIIIBITIONS AND PENALTIES.

Dismissal for violation of act or

1. The willful violation by any person in the Philippine civil service of any of the provisions of the Civil Service Act or of rules. these rules shall be considered good cause for the removal of such person from the service.

2. No person in the Philippine civil service shall use his official authority or official influence to coerce the political action of any other person or body.

3. No officer or employee in the Philippine civil service shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in any manner change the official grade or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding, or neglecting to make, any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose whatever.

Coercion.

No dismissal or change of grade or class for political

reasons.

4. No inquiry shall be made and no consideration whatever No disclosures of political or relishall be given to any information relative to the political or re- gious opinions of ligious opinions or affiliations of persons examined, or to be applicants, etc. examined, or of officers or employees in the matter of promotion, and no discrimination shall be exercised, threatened, or promised against, or in favor of, any person employed, examined, or to be examined, because of his political or religious opinions or affiliations.

5. 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 thereon shall be taken irrespective of the political or religious opinions or affiliations of the offenders.

Penalties like in character.

Recommendations that can not

6. No recommendation of an applicant, competitor, or eligible involving any disclosure of his political or religious opinions or be received, filed, affiliations shall be received, filed, or considered by the Board, by or considered. any examining committee or special examiner, or by any nominating or appointing officer.

7. No officer or employee shall undertake any private agency

Private employ

or engage in any private occupation in any manner connected with ment in connecthe exercise of his official duties.

tion with official duties prohibited.

Commercial un- 8. No officer or employee shall engage in trade or be connected dertakings prohibited except with any commercial undertaking without leave from the head with leave from head of Depart of the Department or Office in which he may be serving. As a general rule, this prohibition will be absolute in the case of officers and employees whose remuneration is fixed on the assumption that their entire time is at the disposal of the Government.

ment.

Salary classification of employees.

Rule XIII.

SALARY CLASSIFICATION.

The officers and employees in the Philippine civil service, for the purpose of these rules, shall be arranged in the following classes, and, unless otherwise provided by law, it shall be understood that the minimum amount specified for each class indicates the annual salary of each employee in that class:

CLASS 1. All persons receiving an annual salary of $3,000 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $3,000 or more per annum. CLASS 2. All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,750 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,750 or more, but less than $3,000 per annum.

CLASS 3. All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,500 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,500 or more, but less than $2,750 per annum.

CLASS 4. All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,250 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,250 or more, but less than $2,500 per annum.

CLASS 5. All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,000 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,000 or more, but less than $2,250 per annum.

CLASS 6. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,800 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,800 or more, but less than $2,000 per annum.

CLASS 7. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,600 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,600 or more, but less than $1,800 per annum.

CLASS 8. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,400 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,400 or more, but less than $1,600 per annum.

CLASS 9. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,200 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,200 or more, but less than $1,400 per annum.

CLASS 10. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,000 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,000 or more, but less than $1,200 per annum.

CLASS A. All persons receiving an annual salary of $900 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $900 or more, but less than $1,000 per annum.

CLASS B. All persons receiving an annual salary of $840 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $840 or more, but less than $900 per annum.

CLASS C. All persons receiving an annual salary of $720 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $720 or more, but less than $840 per annum.

CLASS D. All persons receiving an annual salary of $600 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $600 or more, but less than $720 per annum.

CLASS E. All persons receiving an annual salary of $540 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $540 or more, but less than $600 per annum.

CLASS F. All persons receiving an annual salary of $480 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $480 or more, but less than $540 per annum.

CLASS G. All persons receiving an annual salary of $420 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $420 or more, but less than $480 per annum.

CLASS H. All persons receiving an annual salary of $360 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $360 or more, but less than $420 per annum.

CLASS I. All persons receiving an annual salary of $300 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $300 or more, but less than $360 per annum.

CLASS J. All persons receiving an annual salary of $240 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $240 or more, but less than $300 per annum.

CLASS K. All persons receiving an annual salary of less than $240, or a compensation at the rate of less than $240 per annum.

Special Rule.

GOVERNING EMPLOYMENT OF LABORERS.

The employment of laborers by the heads of Bureaus or Offices shall be subject to the following conditions:

1. They shall be employed according to priority in the filing of their applications for employment, after proper inquiry as to their capacity to labor, their habits of industry and sobriety, and their honesty.

2. No consideration whatever shall be given to the political or religious opinions or affiliations of applicants for such employment, and selections shall, as far as practicable, be confined to natives of the Islands.

3. Every applicant employed shall be required to take the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 16 of the Civil Service Act, and any laborer who is found to be disloyal to the United States of America as the supreme authority in these Islands shall be immediately discharged from the service.

4. Laborers who may hereafter be removed from the service by reason of a reduction in force, or otherwise, and whose work and conduct are satisfactory, shall be furnished discharge cards certifying to such fact, and upon presenting such cards shall be preferred in subsequent employment as vacancies occur.

5. On the first day of each month the head of each Bureau or Office shall notify the Civil Service Board of the number of laborers employed, giving the rates of compensation.

6. No person appointed or employed as a laborer shall be assigned to or perform the duties of any position in the classified service.

Employment of. laborers.

Conditions of employment.

Monthly reports made to Board.

MANILA, P. I., January 13, 1903.

WM. H. TAFT,

Civil Governor.

I. In order to prevent confusion and establish uniformity of action upon the part of the heads of the various Bureaus and Offices of the Civil Government in the matter of reducing or discharging subordinate officials or employees, it is deemed advisable to call attention to the fact that under Act Numbered Twenty-five of the Commission the approval of the Civil Governor [or Secretary of Department] is a prerequisite to the discharge of any person in the classified service, and to prescribe the following regulations, which shall govern cases of this character:

(1) When the head of a Bureau or Office deems it necessary to recommend a subordinate official or employee for reduction in class or grade, he will in writing notify the person affected of the proposed action and the grounds upon which such action is premised, and will prescribe a reasonable period, which shall not be less than twenty-four hours, within which a written reply may be submitted if desired. Upon receipt of the reply of the person recommended for reduction, or the expiration of the period within which such reply should have been submitted, the head of the Bureau or Office will forward to the Civil Service Board a certified copy of the letter of notification and the reply, if any shall have been received, together with an appointment in accordance with the reduction recommended. These papers will be promptly forwarded to the Governor [or Secretary of Department] by the Board together with its recommendation in the case for final action.

(2) In case of proceedings to remove an official or employee for cause, the head of the office may suspend such person at once, if he deem that course necessary, and, in any event, shall in writing notify the person in interest, that he is to be recommended for removal for cause, and the ground upon which such recommendation is based, at the same time prescribing a reasonable period within which a written answer and any desired evidence shall be submitted, such period to be not less than twenty-four hours after the actual receipt of the notification by the person recommended for removal. In the event of no response being received within the period prescribed, evidence of the receipt of the written notification, together with a certified copy of same, will be forwarded to the Civil Service Board. If reply has been received, it will be similarly forwarded, with a certified copy of the notification mentioned, together with any other papers in the case. The Board will promptly forward, with comment and recommendation, all