...admitted to or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing, or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination,...exempted from such examination, in conformity herewith. No elective officer, and no person merely employed as a laborer or workman, shall be required to be...

...said classes iiow existing, or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he lias passed an examination. or is shown to be specially...exempted from such examination in conformity herewith. Hut nothing herein contained shall be construed to lake from those honorably discharged from the military...

...enter or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing, or that may be arranged hereuutler pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination or is shown to he specially exempted from nuch examination in conformity herewith.' * * * "These positions were reported...

...to enter or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination...exempted from such examination in conformity herewith." After the lapse of nineteen years, the Commission in its annual report urges Congress to provide for...

...of the Court. In section 7 of the Civil Service act of 1883 (22 Stat. 406) is this proviso : " But nothing herein contained shall be construed to take...preference conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty -fourth section of the Revised Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent...

...of the Court. In section 7 of the Civil Service act of 1883 (22 Stat. 406) is this proviso : " But nothing herein contained shall be construed to take...preference conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty -fourth section of the Revised Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent...

...admitted to or be promoted in either of the said classes now existing or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he has passed an examination,...exempted from such examination in conformity herewith." The rules aidopted pursuant to such statute, and as they existed when the amendment to the constitution...

...Section 7 of the act reads in part as follows: No person shall be employed to enter or be promoted * * * until he has passed an examination, or is shown to be specially exempted from suoh examination. * * * At the time of the organization of the Commission the need of promotion regulations...

...classes now existing, or that may be arranged hereunder pursuant to said rules, until he has pas-scd an examination, or is shown to be specially exempted...military or naval service any preference conferred by thri seventeen hundred and preference fifty-fourth section of the Revised Statutes1 nor to take £<•....

...may be arranged hcreunder pursuant to paid rules, until ne has passed au examination, or is abow n to be specially exempted from such examination in...military or naval service any preference conferred by tU seventeen hundred and fifty-fourth section of the Kivised Statutes, nor to take from the President...