Promotions.

formulate details

motions.

tion, such person shall be required, precedent to his transfer, to file a statement under oath setting forth the same facts, accompanied by the same certificates or vouchers relating to residence as may be required in an application for examination.

RULE XI.

1. In pursuance of the requirements of section 7 of the civil-service act, competitive tests or examinations shall, as far as practicable and useful, be established to test fitness for promotion in any part of the civil service of the United States which has been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act.

Commission to 2. Regulations to govern promotions shall be formulated by the regulating pro- Commission after consultation with the heads of the several departments, bureaus, or offices. It shall be the duty of the head of each department, bureau, or office, when such regulations have been formulated, to promulgate the same, and any amendments or revocations thereof shall be approved by the Commission before going into effect.

Commission to designate boards of promotion.

Promotions

before adoption

3. The Commission shall, upon the nomination of the head of each department, bureau, or office, designate and select a suitable number of persons, not less than three, in said department, bureau, or office, to be members of a board of promotion. In the departments, bureans, or offices in Washington, and in all other offices, the members of any board of promotion shall not all be adherents of one political party, when persons of other political parties are available and competent to serve upon said board.

4. Until the regulations herein authorized have been approved for of regulations. any department, bureau, or office, in which promotion regulations approved by the Commission are not in force, promotions therein may be made from one class to another class which is in the same grade, and from one grade to another grade, upon any test of fitness, not disapproved by the Commission, which may be determined upon by When exami- the promoting officer: Provided, That no promotion of a person shall nations are re: be made, except upon examination provided by the Commission, from quired for promotions. one class to another class, or from one grade to another grade, if for original entrance to said class or grade to which promotion is proposed there is required by these rules an examination involving essential tests different from or higher than those involved in the examination required for original entrance to the class or grade from which promotion is proposed: And provided further, That no promotion of a person shall be made, except upon examination provided by the Commission, to a position in which, in the judgment of the Commission, there is not required the performance of the same class of work or the practice of the same mechanical trade which is required to be performed or practiced in the position from which promotion is Employee not proposed; but a person employed in any grade shall not, because of barred from open such employment, be barred from the open competitive examination aminations. provided for original entrance to any other grade: And provided furAge limita-ther, That no promotion of a person shall be made to a class or grade from original entrance to which such person is barred by the age limitations prescribed therefor or by the provisions regulating apportionment.

competitive ex

tions.

RULE XII.

List of all po 1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the civil-service

sitions and em

ployments to be act, every nominating or appointing officer in the executive civil furnished to Com- service of the United States shall furnish to the Commission a list of mission.

all the positions and employments under his control and authority, together with the names, designations, compensations, and dates of appointment or employment, of all persons serving in said positions or employments; said list to be arranged as follows: (a) classified positions not excepted from examination; (b) classified positions excepted from examination; (c) unclassified positions.

changes in serv

Commission.

2. Every nominating or appointing officer in the executive civil Reports of service shall report in detail to the Commission, in form and manner ice to be made to to be prescribed by the Commission, all changes, as soon as made, and the dates thereof, in the service under his control and authority, setting forth among other things the following: The position to which an appointment or reinstatement is made; the position from which a separation is made, whether the same was caused by dismissal, resignation, or death; and the position from which and the position to which a transfer or promotion is made; the compensation of every position from which or to which a change is made; the name of every person appointed, reinstated, promoted, transferred, or separated from the service; and every failure to accept an appointment and the reasons therefor.

RULE XIII.

The officers and employees in all branches of the classified service of the United States, for the purposes of these rules, shall be arranged in the following classes unless otherwise provided by law:

Class A. All persons receiving an annual salary of less than $720, or a compensation at the rate of less than $720 per annum.

Class B. All persons receiving an annual salary of $7.20 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $720 or more, but less than $840 per annum. Class C. All persons receiving an annual salary of $840 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $840 or more, but less than $900 per annum. Class D. All persons receiving an annual salary of $900 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $900 or more, but less than $1,000 per annum. Class E. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,000 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,000 or more, but less than $1,200 per annum. Class 1. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,200 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,200 or more, but less than $1,400 per annum. Class 2. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,400 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,400 or more, but less than $1,600 per annum. Class 3. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,600 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,600 or more, but less than $1,800 per annum. Class 4. All persons receiving an annual salary of $1,800 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $1,800 or more, but less than $2,000 per annum. Class 5. All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,000 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,000 or more, but less than $2,500 per annum. Class 6. All persons receiving an annual salary of $2,500 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $2,500 or more per annum.

Provided, That this classification shall not include persons appointed to an office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nor persons employed as mere laborers or workmen; but all positions whose occupants are designated as laborers or workmen and who were prior to May 6, 1896, and on June 10, 1896, regularly assigned to work of the same grade as that performed by classified employees shall be included within this classification. Hereafter no person who is appointed as a laborer or workman without examination under the civil-service rules shall be assigned to work of the same grade as that performed by classified employees.

Classification of employees.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS OF MAY 29, 1899.

The amendments to the rules made by the President on May 29, 1899, will be found in Rule II, section 8; Rule III, section 8, clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (1), (m), (n), (o), (p), and (q); Rule IV, section 3, clause (c); Rule VI, No. 1 to No. 60, both inclusive; Rule VII, sections 3 and 4; Rule VIII, sections 5 and 6, and a new section at the end; Rule IX; Rule X, section 2, and Rule XIII, now as a rule, but which existed before as an order under date of June 10, 1896.

Rule II, section 8, formerly read as follows:

"8. No removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the department or other appointing officer and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense."

In Rule VIII, section 5, governing apportionment, the words "as nearly as possible" are stricken out and the words "as nearly as the conditions of good administration will warrant" substituted.

In Rule X, section 2, governing transfers, the following words are stricken out: "or if in said position there is not required, in the judgment of the Commission, the performance of the same class of work, or the practice of the same mechanical trade, performed or practiced in the position from which transfer is proposed."

The special rule made January 20, 1899, referred to in Rule VIII, section 15, and rescinded, read as follows:

"Persons appointed temporarily under the provisions of Rule VIII, clause 12, of the civil-service rules, in the Navy Department, may be treated as absolutely in the classified civil service under the following conditions:

"1. That such persons entered on duty prior to September 15, 1898, and have been continuously in the service.

"2. That the services of such persons have proved satisfactory to their immediate superiors, who shall certify that they can not be dispensed with without detriment to the public interests.

"3. That such persons shall have attained an efficiency record of 75 for the six months ended December 31, 1898, under the provisions of the Navy Departmental Order No. 13, adopted by the Commission July 29, 1896.

"4. Such persons shall not be eligible for transfer to positions in the departments at Washington except after service of six months and under the conditions prescribed in Civil Service Rule X, and upon a statement by the head of the department requesting the transfer that the conditions of good administration demand the appointment of the person nominated because of some special requirement of the place or qualifications of the person for the place which can not otherwise be reasonably met.

"Every absolute appointment under this rule shall be reported to the Civil Service Commission in the usual monthly reports of the department."

EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR.

NAVY-YARD SERVICE.

ADOPTION OF NAVY-YARD REGULATIONS.

RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION.

Whereas the enforcement by the Secretary of the Navy of regulations governing the employment of labor at navy-yards having been shown to be highly useful, and it being important that they should be given stability independent of changes of Administration, and it appearing that the examinations and other tests of fitness provided by these regulations are based on the principles that personal fitness should prevail over recommendation, and that political influence should be disregarded, it is Ordered, That these regulations be, and they are hereby, adopted as the regulations of this Commission under the authority conferred by clause 1 of Rule I.—Minutes of July 29, 1896, clause 4.

EXECUTIVE ORDER.

The regulations of the Navy Department governing the employment of labor at navy-yards having been adopted by the Civil Service Commission as a regulation of the Commission July 29, 1896, under the authority conferred by clause 1, Rule I, of the Revised Civil Service Rules of May 6, 1896, it is hereby ordered that no modification of the existing regulations shall be made without the approval of the Civil Service Commission. GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

November 2, 1896.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

During the period covered by this report and the year following, the following changes in the civil-service rules were made by the President:

July 9, 1897.

Rule IX was amended by inserting in the second proviso, after the word "person," where it occurs the second time, the words "or an army nurse of said war." As amended, the proviso reads:

“And provided further, That, subject to the other conditions of these rules, any person who served in the military or naval service of the United States in the late war of the rebellion and was honorably discharged therefrom, or the widow of any such person, or an army nurse of said war, may be reinstated without regard to the length of time he or she has been separated from the service.

July 27, 1897.

Rule II was amended by adding a new section, which reads:

"8. No removal shall be made from any position subject to competitive examination except for just cause and upon written charges filed with the head of the Department or other appointing officer, and of which the accused shall have full notice and an opportunity to make defense."

Rule III, section 3, was amended by striking out all that followed the word "district," in the third line-excepting from classification customs ports having less than five employees-so that the section reads:

"3. The custom-house service shall include such officers and employees as have been or may hereafter be classified under the civil-service act who are serving in any customs district."

Rule VI was amended to except from competition certain employees in the customs service and in the Internal-Revenue Service. The language omitted is given below in brackets and the new language in italics:

"The following-named employees or positions which have been, or may hereafter be, classified under the civil-service act shall be excepted from the requirements of examination or registration before the Commission, except as herein prescribed:

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE:

(a) Private secretaries or confidential clerks (not exceeding two) to the President or to the head of each of the eight Executive Departments.

(b) Indians employed in the Indian service at large, except those employed as superintendents, teachers, teachers of industries, kindergartners, and physicians. (c) Attorneys or assistant attorneys in any Department whose main duties are connected with the management of cases in court.

CUSTOM-HOUSE SERVICE:

(a) One cashier in each customs district.

(b) One chief or principal deputy or assistant collector in each customs district [whose employees number as many as 150].

(c) One principal deputy collector at each subport or station.

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