Annual Report1898 |
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... competitors , and the number that passed and that failed in each State or Territory 4. The number examined for the departmental ( including Railway Mail and Indian ) and the Government printing services , the number that passed and that ...
... competitors , and the number that passed and that failed in each State or Territory 4. The number examined for the departmental ( including Railway Mail and Indian ) and the Government printing services , the number that passed and that ...
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... competitive positions ..... 505 Indian Service . 24. Changes among those appointed through examination and certifi- cation 506 Railway Mail Service . 25. Showing , by States , the number of clerks on December 31 , 1897 .... 26. Changes ...
... competitive positions ..... 505 Indian Service . 24. Changes among those appointed through examination and certifi- cation 506 Railway Mail Service . 25. Showing , by States , the number of clerks on December 31 , 1897 .... 26. Changes ...
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... competitive service not more than 8 per cent of separations occurred , not including necessary reductions in the force . Experience has shown that frequent changes lessen the general efficiency of any service . The stability in ...
... competitive service not more than 8 per cent of separations occurred , not including necessary reductions in the force . Experience has shown that frequent changes lessen the general efficiency of any service . The stability in ...
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... competitive examination under the civil - service rules . SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS . Open competitive examinations were required by law , intending , as the committee reporting the bill declared , that " appointment or promo- tion ...
... competitive examination under the civil - service rules . SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS . Open competitive examinations were required by law , intending , as the committee reporting the bill declared , that " appointment or promo- tion ...
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... competitors . The report also shows the method of rating experience and physical ability in the trades and other ... competitive tests or examinations shall be applied as far as practicable and useful , and that regulations to govern ...
... competitors . The report also shows the method of rating experience and physical ability in the trades and other ... competitive tests or examinations shall be applied as far as practicable and useful , and that regulations to govern ...
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Page 105 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 237 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 214 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 236 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the public...
Page 109 - ... of the United States, and no clerk or employee of any department, branch or bureau of the executive, judicial, or military or naval service of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever...
Page 236 - Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable unalienable. and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.
Page 107 - ... corruptly make any false representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, or to be examined, being appointed, employed, or promoted...
Page 109 - No officer or employee of the United States mentioned in this act shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in any manner change the official rank 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.
Page 416 - Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Page 214 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.