fore adoption of

Commission to 3. The commission shall, upon the nomination of ti designate boards of promotion. head of each department, bureau, or office, designate a select a suitable number of persons, not less than three, said department, bureau, or office, to be members of a board of promotion. In the departments, burea offices in Washington, and in all other offices, the members of any board of promotion shall not all be adherents of political party when persons of other political parties 1 available and competent to serve upon said board. Promotions be- 4. Until the regulations here authorized have bee regulations. approved for any department, bureau, or office in w:.: promotion regulations approved by the commission not in force, promotions therein may be made from class to another class which is in the same grade, and fr = one grade to another grade, upon any test of fitnes disapproved by the commission, which may be deter When exam-upon by the promoting officer: Provided, That no proz.. quired for pro- tion of a person shall be made, except upon examina: provided by the commission, from one class to an 2class, or from one grade to another grade, if for orig a entrance to said class or grade to which promotion is ;′′posed there is required by these rules an examination volving essential tests different from or higher than to → involved in the examination required for original entr to the class or grade from which promotion is propo Employees not And provided further, That no promotion of a perseri competitive ex- be made, except upon examination provided by the 12 aminations. mission, to a position in which, in the judgment of

inations are re

motions.

barred from open

commission, there is not required the performance of 2same class of work or the practice of the same mecha:trade which is required to be performed or pract...-the position from which promotion is proposed, a person employed in any grade shall not, because of employment, be barred from the open competitive ex nation provided for original entrance to any other Age limita And provided further, That no promotion of a pr shall be made to a class or grade from original ent

tions.

Jan. 29, 1900.

to which such person is barred by the age limitations ;” scribed therefor or by the provisions regulating s Amendment of tionment: And provided further, That nothing contains in this rule or in any regulation made in pursuance the shall be so construed as to prevent an appointing in his discretion, from promoting a person who serv the military or naval service of the United State. late war of the rebellion or in the Spanis-America

and who was honorably discharged therefrom, who has been reinstated in the service in a grade or position below that from which he was separated to a grade or position no higher than that from which he was separated.1

RULE XII.

tions and emfurnished to

ployments to be

1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the List of all posi civil-service act, every nominating or appointing officer in the executive civil service of the United States shall furnish commission. to the commission a list of 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.

2. Every nominating or appointing officer in the executive civil service shall report in detail to the commission, in form and manner 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.

Reports of

changes in serv

ice to be made to

commission.

RULE XIII.

of employees.

The officers and employees in all branches of the classi- Classification fied 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 $720 or more, or a compensation at the rate of $720 or more, but less than $840 per annum.

'Amended January 29, 1900.

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.1

'This rule appeared originally as a War Department classification. It was extended to the civil service generally by order of the President dated May 29, 1899.

INDEX.

[The references are to paragraphs unless pages are indicated. Articles of war are indicated by their numbers, the letters A. W. following the number of the article.]