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14. The Civil Service Commission, whenever it shall find that any person is 

 holding a position contrary to the provisions of these regulations, shall, after 

 notice to the person affected and an opi^ortnnity for explanation or other state- 

 ment, certify information of the fact of such irregularity to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, and then if such person be not dismissed within thirty days, to the 

 disbursing and auditing officers through whom the salary or wages of such 

 person is by law required to be paid; and thereafter such disbursing or auditing 

 officers shall not pay or permit to be paid to such person any salary or wages 

 which accrue after such certificate has been received by him. 



15. These regulations may be amended either by the President or by the con- 

 current action of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Civil Service Commission. 



Theodore Roosevelt, 



President. 

 James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Dated July 2, 1902. 



REGULATION 9 AMENDED. 



Section 9 of the regulations governing appointment to positions of mere unskilled 

 laborer under the Dei)artment of Agricultiire in the District of Columbia is hei'eby 

 amended by inserting after the word ' ' males ' ' the words ' " between the ages of 

 14 and 21 years, and one for males between the ages 21 and 65 years."' and add 

 after the word " females "" the following words: " Between the ages of 14 and 21 

 years, and one for females between the ages of 21 and 65 years," so that the sec- 

 tion will read as follows when so amended: 



"9. As soon as the board has completed the ratings 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: Proinded, That the names of eligi- 

 bles who are entitled to preference under section 1754 of the Revised Statutes shall 

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

 isters shall be kept — one for males between the ages of 14 and 21 years, and one 

 for males between the ages of 21 and 65 years, and one for females between the 

 ages of 14 and 21 years, and one for females between the ages of 21 and 65 years. 

 The period of eligibility shall be one year from the date on which the name of an 

 eligible is entered on the register. 



(Signed) . James Wilson, 



Secretarjj of Agricvlture. 

 (Signed) W. D. Foulke, 



Acting President, U. S. Civil Service Commission. 



August 29, 1902. 



Blank application forms for appointment to the position of mere 

 unskilled laborer may be obtained by applying to the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



