GOVERNMENT AND LAW. 



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anyone who, he has reason to believe, desires 

 it for an unlawful or improper purpose, or who 

 is unable or unwilling to comply with the 

 rules. 



UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE. 



The purpose of the Civil Service act, as de- 

 clared in its title, is "to regulate and improve 

 the Civil Service of the United States." It 

 provides for the appointment of three Com- 

 missioners, a chief Examiner, a Secretary, and 

 other employees, and makes it the duty of the 

 Commissioners to aid the President as he may 

 request in preparing suitable rules for carrying 

 the act into effect ; to make regulations to 

 govern all examinations held under the pro- 

 visions of the act, and to make investigations 

 and report upon all matters touching the en- 

 forcement and effect of the rules and regula- 

 tions. The address of the Commission is 

 Washington, D. C. 



Extent of the Service. The number 

 of persons regularly employed in the Execu- 

 tive Civil Service of the United States is about 

 179,000, of whom 80,334 are classified subject 

 to competitive examination or registration un- 

 der the Civil Service act and rules. The total 

 number of persons in the classified Civil Ser- 

 vice (by which is meant all that part of the 

 Executive Civil Service embraced within the 

 provisions of the Civil Service act and rules) 

 is 83,817. Of this number 78,728 are classi- 

 fied by reason of designation, duties performed, 

 or compensation, and of these 3,483 are re- 

 quired merely to pass a non-competitive exam- 

 ination or are excepted from examination(2,240 

 of the latter class being Indians) ; 5,063 are 

 classified under regulations of the Navy De- 

 partment, approved by the Commission and 

 sanctioned by the President, and 26 are classi- 

 fied whose appointments are made by the 

 President solely. The classified Civil Service 

 does not include persons whose appointments 

 are subject to confirmation by the Senate, or 

 mere laborers or workmen. 



Divisions of the Service. The rules 

 require that all that part of the Executive 

 Civil Service of the United States which has 

 been or may hereafter be classified under the 

 Civil Service act shall be arranged in branches 

 as follows : The Departmental Service, the 

 Customs Service, the Postal Service, the Gov- 

 ernment Printing Service, and the Internal 

 Revenue Service. 



The Departmental Service includes all offi- 

 cers and employees who on the one hand are not 

 appointed subject to the consent of the Senate, 

 and on the other hand are above the grade of 

 laborer, and who are serving in or on detail 

 from the Departments, Commissions, and 



Offices in the District of Columbia, the Rail- 

 way Mail Service, the Indian Service, the 

 Pension Agencies, the Steamboat Inspection 

 Service, the Marine Hospital Service, the 

 Light-House Service, the Life-Saving Service, 

 the Revenue Cutter Service, the Mints and 

 Assay offices, the Sub- Treasuries, the Engi- 

 neer Department at large, the Ordnance De- 

 partment at large, the Land Office Service, and 

 the force employed under Custodians of Pub- 

 lic Buildings, and in the U. S. Penitentiary at 

 Leavenworth, Kan. In addition to these are 

 included all other employees (except laborers 

 and persons whose appointments are subject to 

 the consent of the Senate) whose duties are 

 clerical or medical, or who serve as watchmen, 

 messengers, draughtsmen, engineers, firemen, 

 computers, or as superintendents of construc- 

 tion, superintendents of repairs, or foremen 

 under the Supervising Architect of the Treas- 

 ury, or who are in any branch of the Treasury 

 Department not enumerated above. The 

 Customs Service includes all officers and em- 

 ployees between the extremes before mentioned 

 who are serving in any customs district. The 

 Postal Service includes all similar officers and 

 employees at free delivery post offices. The 

 Government Printing Service and the Internal 

 Revenue Service cover all like positions in the 

 branches indicated by their designations. 



Applications. Persons seeking to be ex- 

 amined must file an application blank. The 

 blank for the Departmental Service at Wash- 

 ington, Railway Mail Service, the Indian 

 School Service, and the Government Printing 

 Service should be requested directly of the 

 Civil Service Commission at Washington. 

 The blank for the Customs, Postal, or Internal 

 Revenue Service must be requested in writing 

 of the Civil Service Board of Examiners at the 

 office where service is sought. These papers 

 should be returned to the officers from whom 

 they emanated. 



Applicants for examination must be citi- 

 zens of the United States-, and of the proper 

 age. No person using intoxicating liquors to 

 excess may be appointed. No discrimination 

 is made on account of sex, color, or political or 

 religious opinions. The limitations of age 

 vary with the different services, but do not 

 apply to any person honorably discharged from 

 the military or naval service of the LTnited 

 States by reason of disability resulting from 

 wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty. 



Examinations. The applicants to enter 

 the services designated are examined as to 

 their relative capacity and fitness. For ordi- 

 nary clerical places in the Departmental, Cus- 

 toms, and Internal Revenue Services the ex- 

 amination is confined to orthography, penman* 



