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Civil Service Commission announces that on June 18, 1901, an 
examination will be held in any city in the United States where 
postal free delivery has been established, for the position of meat 
inspector. During the past three years in addition to the regu¬ 
lar semi-annual a number of special examinations have been 
held for this position, but the Commission has failed to secure 
a sufficient number of eligibles to meet the needs of the service, 
every person who has passed the examination having been of¬ 
fered an appointment. This examination offers a most excel¬ 
lent opportunity to secure employment in the Government ser¬ 
vice at a salary of from $1200 to $1400 per annum. The ex¬ 
amination which was held on April 23, 1901, did not result in 
a sufficient number of eligibles to meet the present needs of the 
service. Applicants must be graduates of veterinary colleges. 
Those graduating prior to or during 1897 will t> e accepted if 
from colleges having a course of not less than two years in vet¬ 
erinary science, while applicants graduating since that time 
must be from colleges having a course of not less than 
three years. These facts must be shown in the application. 
Applications received from persons who are not such gradu¬ 
ates will be disapproved. The examination will consist of 
the subjects mentioned below, which will be weighted as fol¬ 
lows : (1) Spelling (second grade), 5; (2) arithmetic (second 
grade), 5 ; (3) letter writing (second grade), 5 ; (4) penmanship, 
5; (5) copying from plain copy (second grade), 5 ; (6) veterin¬ 
ary anatomy and physiology, 10 ; (7) veterinary pathology, 25 ; 
(8) meat inspection, 40 ; total, 100. Information concerning the 
scope of the examination may be found in sections 36 and 60 of 
the Manual of Examinations revised to January 1, 1901. Age 
limit 20 years or over. From the eligibles resulting from this 
examination it is expected that certification will at once be made 
for the purpose of filling a number of existing vacancies in the 
position of meat inspector in the service of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, Department of Agriculture, at different places through¬ 
out the United States, and to other similar vacancies as they 
may occur. This examination is open to all citizens of the 
United States who comply with the requirements and desire to 
enter the service. All such persons are invited to apply, and 
applicants will be examined, graded, and certified with entire 
impartiality, and wholly without regard to any consideration 
save their ability as shown by the grade attained in the exami¬ 
nation. Preference in certification may be given to eligibles 
who are legal residents of the place or vicinity where the va- 
