For the Customs Service certification will be made of eligibles examined in the customs district in which the vacancy exists, except that when a customs district extends over parts of two or more civil-service districts certification will be made of eligibles examined in that part of the customs district which is in the civil-service district in which the vacancy exists.

For the Internal-Revenue Service certification will be made of those examined in the internal-revenue district in which the vacancy exists. This does not apply to the Tenth Civil-Service District, where vacancies will be filled by the certification of persons examined in the city in which, or in the vicinity of which, the vacancy exists.

The railway mail clerk register is kept by States, according to the legal residence of the eligibles, and when a vacancy occurs requisition is made for certification from the register of the State in which the vacancy exists. If there is no register in the State in which the vacancy exists, certification is made from an adjoining State having available eligibles.

An eligible on the railway mail clerk register is allowed to have his eligibility transferred from the register of one State to that of another only when he can show that he has been a bona fide resident of the State to which transfer of eligibility is desired for a period of at least six months next preceding the date of the request.

For the positions of clerk, and carrier for city delivery, in post offices, a separate register is established for each classified post office, containing the names of eligibles examined for such office. For certain large post offices separate male clerk and carrier registers are established, while for all other offices in which both clerks and city carriers are employed the names of male eligibles are entered on both the clerk and carrier registers. Copies of registers established for a post office are furnished the postmaster and he makes selection to fill a vacancy from the highest three names on the appropriate register.

In filling a vacancy in the position of rural carrier there will be certified the name of the person standing highest on the register who has his actual domicile in the territory supplied by the post office at which the vacancy exists, together with the names of the two eligibles standing highest on the register for the entire county, who have not expressed unwillingness to accept appointment at such post office. After due opportunity to become eligible has been given to persons having their domicile in the territory of such office and such persons fail to become eligible, the three eligibles standing highest on the county register who have not expressed unwillingness to accept appointment at such office will be certified.

In filling a vacancy in the position of fourth-class postmaster there will be certified the names of three eligibles, if there be that many, standing at the head of the register. Certification will be made without regard to sex, unless specified in the request for certification. Where more than one member of a family is examined for fourth-class postmaster, only the name of the member receiving the highest eligible rating will be entered upon the eligible register. Should this person withdraw his eligibility, the name of the member of the family who received the next highest eligible rating may, upon his request, be entered upon the register.

In filling vacancies in the positions of forest clerk in the Forest Service and field clerk in the Reclamation Service preference will be given to persons examined in the locality in which the vacancy exists. In case the register for any locality becomes exhausted, resort may be had to the register for the nearest locality that contains the names of eligibles available for the position vacant. In making certification for filling vacancies in the positions of stenographer, typewriter, and stenographer and typewriter occurring in field services, the regulations outlined in the foregoing paragraphs relative to methods of certification for various branches of the service will apply so far as possible. In case the register for any locality becomes exhausted, resort may be had to the register for the nearest locality that contains the names of eligibles available for the position vacant. Each competitor will be given an opportunity at the time of his examination to indicate the localities in which he is willing to accept appointment.

Certifications for filling vacancies in the positions of stenographer, typewriter, and stenographer and typewriter in offices of chiefs of field divisions of the Land-Office Service will be made of eligibles examined at the place at which, or in the immediate vicinity of which, the vacancy exists; and in the absence of

such local eligibles certification will be made of eligibles examined in the State in which the vacancy exists.

Certification for filling vacancies in the position of clerk in the Army Transport Service will be made of eligibles examined in the city, or the vicinity of the city, from which the transport sails.

In filling vacancies in any position filled by educational examination not specifically provided for above, certification will be made of eligibles examined at the place at which, or in the immediate vicinity of which, the vacancy exists, except in the absence of local eligibles after due opportunity of local competition has been afforded, when certification may be made from registers for the nearest locality containing the names of available eligibles.

When certification for filling vacancies in a certain position or class of positions ordinarily is restricted to eligibles examined within a certain prescribed territory, and it is found to be impracticable to obtain sufficient eligibles from examinations held in such territory, then when the territory in which the examination is held is extended by special announcement of an examination in an effort to obtain additional eligibles the territory from which certification will be made is likewise extended for the vacancy or vacancies covered by the announcement, unless the announcement specifies otherwise.

In filling vacancies in noneducational positions for which applications are filed with the district secretary, certification will be made of eligibles readily available for employment—that is, of those who live in the place or in the vicinity of the place of employment and of those who do not live in the place or vicinity but who have presented themselves to a member of the local board of civil-service examiners (or to the employing officer, when there is no local boara member) at the place at which employment is desired. An eligible who does not live in the place where he desires employment will not be certified for appointment there until he has personally appeared before a member of the local board of examiners (or the employing officer) at that place, has secured a certificate from the board member (or the employing officer) showing the date on which he appeared, and has filed such certificate with the district secretary. In this connection vicinity is defined as the territory within the usual commuting distance. An employing officer is the official in charge of an office or other establishment.

In filling vacancies in noneducational positions for which applications are filed with local boards, certification will be made in accordance with the special regulations governing.

LABOR REGULATIONS.

REGULATIONS GOVERNING APPOINTMENTS IN WASHINGTON.

[As promulgated Nov. 15, 1904, and amended July 12, 1905, and Oct. 21, 1908.]

In the exercise of power conferred by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes, the President makes the following regulations to govern the selection of unskilled laborers for appointment or employment in the executive civil service with a view of securing physical fitness and efficiency and of excluding other considerations:

REGULATION I.

The head of each department and independent executive office may designate one of its employees to serve as a member of a board of labor employment. The Civil Service Commission shall supervise and direct the work of the board, and its representative on the board, in the absence of other members, shall perform the duties of the board.

REGULATION II.

Applicants must be citizens of the United States, physically and mentally qualified, of good character and habits, and of requisite experience as attested by vouchers. Age limits may be prescribed by the commission with the approval of appointing officers. Deception or fraud in any material fact shall be good cause for refusing the application or for removal from the service.

REGULATION III.

The ratings of applicants shall be based upon their relative ability to perform manual labor as shown by their physical condition, which shall be ascertained by physicians in the Federal service detailed therefor. An applicant away from Washington may be examined by his local physician in the manner prescribed by the board and the ratings based thereon; but after selection and before appointment the applicant must appear before the Government physician in Washington for re-marking, and any serious discrepancy shall disqualify for appointment.

In the examination for laborers the highest mark is 98, and for defects deduction is made from 100 in fives or multiples to 70, all below 70 being rejected. A male to be marked 98 must weigh not less than 160 pounds, be of corresponding stature, and able to lift, shoulder, and easily carry a mail bag and contents weighing 150 pounds. He must be free from physical defects, organic and functional, and in such general condition of vigor and health that there is a reasonable prospect of his being useful for twenty years. Preference is given to

men who are heavier than the average, provided, of course, that the chest expansion is normal and the waist measure not excessive. Females are given a maximum rating of 95. The examination is of a modified character, and the test of strength omitted. The same method of certification is pursued as in the classifier service, except that Civil War veterans are certified next after the veterans preferred under section 1754, Revised Statutes, and both are certified before all others.

REGULATION IV.

The board shall enter upon registers, showing the kind of labor in which proficient, the names of applicants rated at 85 or more in the order of their ratings, except that eligibles preferred under section 1754, Revised Statutes, rated at 85 or more, and honorably discharged veterans of the Civil War rated. at 85 or more, shall have priority. The period of eligibility shall be one year. Eligibles on existing labor registers shall be transferred in the order of their physical ratings to the new registers for the remaining period of eligibility.

REGULATION V.

When an appointment or employment of an unskilled laborer is to be made the appointing officer shall request the board to certify eligibles, stating the principal duties of the position. If in the opinion of the board the duties are of the grade performed by classified employees, the facts shall be referred to the Civil Service Commission to determine the status of the position as classified or unclassified under section 3 of civil-service Rule XIII, and the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with such finding.

"Certification from the unskilled - labor register must not be made for positions whose principal duties are:

"Duties which require educational qualifications; duties of watchman, messenger, or similar work; duties pertaining to the mechanical trades or other similar skilled occupations; duties in which the employee exercises supervision; duties requiring dexterity or skill not likely to be possessed by the ordinary day laborer.

"The following summary fairly represents the classes of duties which may be considered unclassified:

"Attending furnace; cleaning apparatus, boilers, bottles, building, cans, floors, offices, rooms, tools, etc.; care of animals, carriages, harness, lights, rooms, water coolers,

etc.; carting; driving; dusting; handling ashes, coal, forage, freight, fuel, heavy cases, hides, ice, merchandise, snow, sugar, cans, etc.; hostler; laying carpets and taking them up; loading and unloading wagons; moving furniture, supplies, etc.; oiling trucks; piling merchandise; policing grounds (1. e., keeping them clean); polishing; porter; public-store laborer (i. e., handling merchandise which is being placed in bond and withdrawn from bond); putting up awnings and taking them down; scrubbing; stableman; storing supplies; sweeping; teaming; trucking; washing cans, windows, globes, etc.; weigher's laborer (i. e., handling merchandise at the scales)." (Commission's circular No. 1725, June, 1910.)

REGULATION VI.

If the status of the position is determined to be that of an unskilled laborer, the board shall certify from the proper register the names of the three persons at the head thereof having the requisite qualifications which have not been three times certified to the appointing officer. The appointing officer shall select one or more of such persons, unless he shall offer objections which the board, with the approval of the commission, may deem sufficient, in which case a new certificate shall be issued omitting the names of those to whom objections have been made.

REGULATION VII.

Appointment or employment for temporary service shall be made as far as practicable as appointments to permanent positions. Where the needs of the service require, the board, may authorize the temporary appointment of any eligible or of a person whose name is not on any register; but no person shall render more than 30 days' temporary service in any period of 12 months where appointed out of his turn, or outside these regulations, except as provided in Regulation XI hereof.

REGULATION VIII.

A laborer separated without misconduct shall be eligible to be restored to the register for his remaining period of eligibility, or for reinstatement in the same department or office, upon certificate of the board, within one year from date of separation.

REGULATION IX.

An employee in good standing, after at least six months' service, may be transferred to another department or office, upon certificate of the board, to any position requiring like qualification.

REGULATION X.

Thirty days after the date hereof the board shall organize and be given all existing registers and all applications then in the possession of the existing board for rating and transfer to the new registers. Upon the establishment of such new registers the board shall notify appointing officers that it is prepared to certify eligibles, and thereafter no appointment or employment of an unskilled laborer shall be made except in accordance with these regulations.

REGULATION XI.

SECTION 1. The board, with the authority of the commission, shall have authority to authorize:

(a) The demotion of any person from the classified service to the position of mere unskilled laborer, and the appointment of such person in consequence of such demotion. upon his passing the required physical examination, to the position of mere unskilled laborer, a statement of duties in every instance to be appended to the request of the department for such demotion, showing the duties of the person to be demoted in his former and in his proposed new position.

(b) The temporary appointment of a mere unskilled laborer for a period to exceed 30 days in cases of great and evident necessity.

REGULATIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICES OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON.1

I. BOARD OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT.

SECTION 1. A board of labor employment shall be appointed by the United States Civil Service Commission from the members of its own force for each of the United States civil-service districts, and shall consist of the following officials:

The district secretary of each district, who shall be ex officio chairman of the board of labor employment.

An agent and a recorder, whose various duties shall be prescribed from time to time by the commission.

SEC. 2. In addition to the three members of the board for the entire district, the commission shall, in each city outside of the district headquarters where these regulations are in force, appoint a person in the Federal service in that city as an auxiliary member of the board, who shall serve as a full member of the board in connection with the appointment of unskilled laborers in the service in such city and who shall perform such duties as the commission may from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 3. In the event that in any civil-service district there is not a sufficient number of the commission's employees available detail may be made to the commission's force for the filling of vacancies in the labor employment board until the commission shall have men of its own to relieve such detail.

SEC. 4. Necessary changes from time to time may be made in the personnel of said board by the commission, and all the work and duties of said board shall be performed under the direction and subject to review and final action in each case by the commission.

SEC. 5. At such offices or manufacturing establishments as have regulations governing the classified service and an organized board of examiners, such board may, in the discretion of the commission, also act as a board of labor employment.

II. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS.

SECTION 1. No person shall be admitted to examination who is not a citizen of the United States or who is less than 20 or more than 50 years of age,

1 Regulations promulgated Dec. 12, 1904, and amended on July 12, 1905, and Nov. 22, 1907, were superseded by new regulations promulgated July 3, 1909. These regulations were amended June 15, 1915, to permit extension to branches of service only. They may be applied to such Federal offices as the Civil Service Commission may deem expedient. They are at present in effect in the following cities, the first named in each district being the headquarters of the district and of the board of labor employment for that district : First district.-Boston, Mass.; Portland, Me.; Providence, R. I.

Second district.-New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, N. Y.; Newark, N. J.
Third district.-Philadelphia, Allegheny, Pittsburg, Pa.

Fourth district.-Baltimore, Md.; Newport News, and Norfolk, Va.; and immediate vicinity. The employment of unskilled laborers in Washington, D. C., the headquarters of the fourth civil-service district, is governed by the regulations promulgated Nov. 15, 1904. Fifth district.-Atlanta, Ga.

Sixth district.-Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Ohio; Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Ind.; Louisville, Covington, Ky.

Seventh district.-Chicago, Ill.; Detroit, Mich.; Milwaukee, Wis.
Eighth district.-St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minn.; Omaha, Nebr.

Ninth district.-St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo.; Kansas City, Kans.

Tenth district.-New Orleans, La. ; San Antonio, Tex.

Eleventh district.-Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Oreg.

Twelfth district.-San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Cal.; Denver, Colo.

On Apr. 26, 1915, the regulations were extended to cover all unskilled-laborer positions in the Assistant Custodian and Janitor Service under the Treasury Department.