RULE 4.

The grouping heretofore made for the Executive Departments at Washington is hereby modified by striking out the words "female clerks, copyists, and counters, at $900 a year," these places being below the grade of clerkships of class one; and all applicants for such positions shall be examined in (1) penmanship, (2) copying, (3) elements of English grammar, chiefly orthography, and (4) fundamental rules of arithmetic, except that mere counters may be examined only in the fundamental rules of arithmetic and as to their facility in counting money; and those found competent by such examination shall be reported in the order of their excellence as eligible for appointment; and selections may be made by the appointing power, at discretion, from the list of those so reported, being at liberty to give preference to such as may be justly regarded as having the highest claims to public consideration by reason of loss of support or of property occasioned by the death or disability of any person in the defence of the Union in war, or in other public service of the Government. And in the notices of the examination of females to fill vacancies among those last mentioned, it shall be stated as follows: "That from among all those who shall pass a "satisfactory examination, the head of the Department will "be at liberty to select such persons for the vacancies as may "be justly regarded as having the highest claims to public "consideration."

RULE 5.

The notices to appear at any examinations, other than those referred to in the fourth rule of this series, so far as practicable and necessary to prevent misapprehension, shall advise female applicants, to whom they may be sent, of any limitation which the law or the necessities of the public ser

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vice impose upon such applicants entering the vacancies for which the examinations are to take place.

RULE 6.

That it shall be the duty of the respective Boards of Examiners, on the written request of heads of Departments, to hold examinations in anticipation of vacancies, as well as to fill vacancies, and to prepare lists showing the results of competition, so that when any such vacancy may happen there shall be those thus shown to be eligible to nomination or appointment, from whom the proper selection shall be made according to the provisions of the rules and regulations relating to competitive examination. And examinations upon like request shall be held in reference. to vacancies to be filled under the fourth Rule of this series.

RULE 7.

Applicants for appointment as cashiers of collectors of customs, cashiers of assistant treasurers, cashiers of postmasters, superintendents of money-order divisions in post offices, and other custodians of large sums of public money, for whose fidelity another officer has given official bonds, may be appointed at discretion; but this Rule shall not apply to any appointment to a position grouped below the grade of assistant teller.

RULE 8.

In cases of defalcation or embezzlement of public money, or other emergency calling for immediate action, where the public service would be materially injured unless the vacancy is promptly filled without resorting to the methods of selection and appointment prescribed by the rules and regulations, or when a vacancy happens at

a place remote and difficult of access and the methods prescribed for filling it cannot be applied without causing delay injurious to the public service, the appointment may be made at discretion; but this Rule shall not apply to any place which is provided to be filled under the rules of competitive examination.

RULE 9.

For the purpose of bringing the examinations for the Civil Service as near to the residences of those desiring to be examined as the appropriation at the command of the President will warrant, and for the further purpose of facilitating, as far as practicable, the making of selections for such service equably from the several portions of the Union, while at the same time preserving the principle of promoting merit as tested by fair competition, it is provided as follows:

(1.) That the several States and Territories are grouped into five divisions, to be designated as Civil Service Districts; the said Districts to be numbered consecutively from one to five, as follows:

I. The First District embraces the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York; and the examinations therein shall be held alternately at the city of New York and the city of Boston, but first at the city of New York.

II. The Second District embraces the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia; and the examinations therein shall be held at Washington.

III. The Third District embraces the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Kentucky; and the exami

nations therein shall be held alternately at Cincinnati and Detroit, but first at Cincinnati.

IV. The Fourth District embraces the States of Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, California, and Oregon, and also all the Territories, except New Mexico and the District of Columbia; and the examinations therein shall be held at St. Louis.

V. The Fifth District embraces the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Tennessee, together with the Territory of New Mexico; and the examinations therein shall be held alternately at the city of Savannah and the city of Memphis, but first at the city of Savannah.

(2.) That in each of said Districts examinations for admission to the Civil Service, at Washington, shall be conducted as hereinafter provided; and those whose residence is within any such District at the time of filing the application for examination shall be regarded as belonging to such District in reference both to competition and to appointments; and each District shall be treated as a sphere of competition, and those so residing therein, wherever examined, shall be regarded as competing only with each other; but a person residing in any District may be allowed or notified to be examined in any other District.

(3.) All applications for examination for service at Washington must be addressed to the Head of the Department at that city which the applicant desires to enter, and be in conformity to the previous rules and regulations, so far as the same are not modified by this series; and every such application must be dated, must give the town or municipality, as well as the State or

Territory, where the applicant has his legal residence, and also his post office address.

(4.) Each of the Heads of Department will cause to be kept in permanent form a Register of all such applicants for his Department, to be called a "Register of Applicants," and will cause such applications to be preserved on file for convenient reference.

(5.) The provisions of the former rules and regulations in reference to the Examining Boards in the Departments and in the other Local Offices in the various cities, so far as consistent herewith, are continued until otherwise. ordered.

(6.) The President will employ or designate a suitable person to be Chief Examiner, whose duty it will be, subject to the supervision of the Civil Service Commission, to promote uniformity in preparing for, conducting, reporting, and grading the examinations by said Boards, at Washington, and to prepare for, attend, supervise, and report the examinations herein provided to be held elsewhere than at Washington.

(7.) The several Heads of Departments must also cause to be made in permanent form, and to be preserved, a "Record of Persons Eligible for Appointment," arranging under separate headings those resident in each separate District, wherein shall be entered the names of the persons who have been examined within twelve months now last past, and who are still eligible to nomination. or appointment; and to such Record must, from time to time, be added the names of those persons who shall hereafter pass an examination which shall show them to be so eligible for nomination or appointment. And such "Record of Persons Eligible for Appointment" shall be so kept, and the names therein be so classified, that