FIRST REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD September 26, 1900, to December 31, 1900.. This report is printed in English and in Spanish. པ MANILA: 1901. Nature of preference allowed under Civil Service Act. United States Civil Service Commission to render assistance to Act regulating hours of labor, leaves of absence, etc., of employees.... Act declaring all persons in arms on April 1st, 1901, and those aiding or General Orders, No. 161, relative to reports of changes in the service............ Order of the President of the United States directing the United States FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. SIR: Manila, P. I., February 7, 1901. In accordance with the requirements of Section 7 of the Civil Service Act, the Board has the honor to submit the following report of its proceedings since its organization on September 20th last. As originally appointed on the date mentioned, the Board consisted of Joaquin Gonzalez, Chairman; Frank M. Kiggins, Chief Examiner, and W. Leon Pepperman, Secretary. Dr. Gonzalez was ill at the time of his appointment, and his untimely death on September 21st caused a vacancy which was filled on September 26th by the appointment of Señor C. S. Arellano as Chairman of the Board. Señor Arellano, who is the Chief Justice of the Islands, accepted the position of Chairman temporarily, without compensation, during the preparation of the rules and regulations and the determination of the scope of the different examinations for the service. As the Civil Service Act was passed before the organization of the Board, its first work was in the preparation of the rules to carry out the provisions of the act. Owing to the peculiar conditions existing in the service, the rules required careful consideration, but it is proper to state that the Civil Service Act itself is so explicit that many important questions, which otherwise would have arisen in the preparation of the rules, were solved by the passage of the act. It sets forth in detail what must be done by the Board to carry out the purpose of the act, which is declared to be the establishment and maintenance of an efficient and honest civil service in the Philippine Islands. IMPORTANT PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT. The following may be mentioned as among the more important provisions of the Civil Service Act: Competitive examinations must, whenever practicable, be held for original entrance to the service, and promotions of employees |