Manual of Examinations for the ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - Civil service |
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Page 29 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 21 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 49 - ... grounds, and were equal strangers to opulence and poverty. As they had almost all the conveniences of life within themselves, they seldom visited towns or cities in search of superfluity. Remote from the polite, they still retained the primeval simplicity of manners ; and frugal by habit, they scarce knew that temperance was a virtue.
Page 25 - Third, appointments to the public service aforesaid in the departments at Washington shall be apportioned among the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia upon the basis of population as ascertained at the last preceding census.
Page 7 - That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the value of the private property belonging to officers and enlisted men in the military service of the United States which has been, or may hereafter be, lost or destroyed in the military service under the following circumstances: First.
Page 17 - In determining the mark on penmanship, .egibility, rapidity, neatness, and general appearance, as •well as correctness and uniformity in the formation of words, letters, and punctuation marks, will be considered...
Page 71 - Penmanship. — The rating on penmanship will be determined by legibility, rapidity, neatness, and general appearance, and by correctness and uniformity in the formation of words, letters, and punctuation marks iu the exercise of the fifth subject— copying from plain copy.
Page 31 - ... by the examiner. The words are written by the competitor in the blank spaces indicated on the first sheet of the examination. All words should be commenced with capital letters. The examiner pronounces each word and gives its definition. The competitor is required to write only the word and not ita definition.
Page 10 - ... or who is addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating beverages to excess; or who has been guilty of a crime; or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct; or who has been dismissed from the public service for delinquency or misconduct or who has intentionally made a false statement...
Page 14 - Some time may elapse before you are notified of your standing. No unnecessary delay will occur in marking your papers, and you are requested not to increase the labors of the commission by making inquiries in regard to your standing, unless you have reason to believe that the notice to you has miscarried.