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8. Applications shall be received by the board of labor emplojTnent at any 

 time. On the 1st of January and the 1st of July of each year the boarct shall 

 determine the relative fitness of each applicant who has filed his application in 

 complete form within the six months preceding; the rating or detennination of 

 relative fitness shall be made on a scale of 100 and based upon a careful considera- 

 tion of the applicant's age, his physical qualifications for performing mere man- 

 ual labor, and his ability and adaptability to perform such labor, special considera- 

 tion being given any former service as laborer in the Department. In rating an 

 apx^licant no credit shall be given for any (qualifications which he may possess 

 other than those for the performance of mantial labor, as above enumerated. The 

 fact that an applicant can not read and write shall not be considered in deter- 

 mining his rating. Whenever in any case the board is luiable to determine satis- 

 factorily the rating of an applicant wpon the information furnished in connection 

 with the application, it may secure such further information as it may desire in 

 respect to the applicant's character or ability, and may summon the applicant to 

 appear personally before the board or its representative: Provided. That all infor- 

 mation or matter which is given any consideration in deteitnining the rating shall 

 be reduced to writing and made a part of the applicant's papers. All applicants 

 who receive a rating of TO or more shall be deemed eligible. Wlienever it may be 

 necessary, in order to supply qualified persons for appointment, the board may at 

 any time between January 1 and July 1 rate all applicants whose applications 

 may be at such time on file and unrated. 



9. As soon as the board has completed the rating of applicants for any period, 

 as provided in section 8 of these regulations, it shall enter upon the register of 

 eligibles the names of all those whom it has determined, in accordance with said 

 section, to be eligible for the performance of mere manual labor, arranged in the 

 order of relative fitness, with the highest first: Provided. That the names of eligi- 

 bles who are entitled to preference under section 1754 of the Ile\-ised Statutes shall 

 be placed at the head of the register in the order of their ratings. Separate regis- 

 ters of eligibles shall be kept, one for males and one for females. The period of 

 eligibility shall be one year from the date on which the name of an eligible is 

 entered on the register. 



10. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture desires to fill, by original appoint- 

 ment, an existing vacancy in the position of mere manual laborer, upon his request 

 the board of labor employment shall certify to him from the male or female 

 r< gister, as indicated in the request, the three names at the head thereof which 

 have not been three times certified. Of the three names certified the Secretary 

 of Agriculture shall select one for appointment, and if. at the time of the selec- 

 tion, there are more vacancies than one, he may select more than one. The 

 policy of the Department will be to select for appointment the highest of the 

 three names certified, unless, for some reason satisfactorj- to the Department, 

 it is deemed best to select one of the others. A person selected for appoint- 

 ment shall receive a certificate for a probationary pex'iod of six months, at the 

 end of which period, if his conduct and capacity are satisfactory to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, his retention in the service .shall be equivalent' to his absolute 

 appointment; but if his conduct or capacity be not satisfactory, he shall be noti- 

 fied that he will not receive absolute appointment because of such unsatisfactory 

 conduct or want of capacity, and such notification shall discharge him from the 

 service. Removal during the probationary period or after absolute appointment 

 shall be made without any regard to political or religious affiliations. Whenever 

 a person is separated from the position of mere manual laborer for any reason he 

 shall be given what may be known as a separation card, upon which shall be 

 entered a statement of the reasons for his separation and of the character of serv- 

 ice rendered by him. 



11. Persons appointed through certification by the board of labor emplojTnent 

 imder these regulations shall not be assigned to the performance of any clerical 

 duty or of any duty properly belonging to any position classified under the 01%^!- 

 service law: and the compensation paid to any person appointed under these reg- 

 ulations shall not exceed SoO per month or $600 per annum. 



12. The records of the board of labor emplojTnent shall at all times be open to 

 the inspection of the Civil Service Commission or its authorized representatives. 



1:3. In connection with his monthly report of changes to the Commission the 

 Secretary of Agriculture shall certify whether any person holding a position of 

 mere manual laborer under these regulations has been assigned to clerical duty 

 or any other duty properly belonging to a position classified under the Civil 

 Service law. 



