an examination having been marked, the Commission shall
ascertain--

(_a_) The name of every competitor who has, under section 1754 of
the Revised Statutes, claim of preference in civil appointments, and who
has attained a general average of not less than 65 per cent; and all
such competitors are hereby declared eligible to the class or place to
test fitness for which the examination was held.

(_b_) The name of every other competitor who has attained a general
average of not less than 70 per cent; and all such competitors are
hereby declared eligible to the class or place to test fitness for which
the examination was held.

3. The names of all preference-claiming competitors whose general
average is not less than 65 per cent, together with the names of all
other competitors whose general average is not less than 70 per cent,
shall be entered upon the register of persons eligible to the class or
place to test fitness for which the examination was held.

4. To facilitate the maintenance of the apportionment of appointments
among the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia,
required by section 2 of the act to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States, approved January 16, 1883, there shall be
lists of eligibles for each State and Territory and for the District of
Columbia, upon which shall be entered the names of the competitors from
that State or Territory or the District of Columbia who have passed the
copyist and the clerk examinations, the names of those who have passed
the copyist examination and of those who have passed the clerk
examination being listed separately; the names of male and of female
eligibles in such examinations being also listed separately.

5. But the names of all competitors who have passed a supplementary or a
special examination shall be entered, without regard to State residence,
upon the register of persons eligible to the class or place to test
fitness for which supplementary or special examination was held.

6. The grade of each competitor shall be expressed by the whole number
nearest the general average attained by him, and the grade of each
eligible shall be noted upon the register of eligibles in connection
with his name. When two or more eligibles are of the same grade,
preference in certification shall be determined by the order in which
their application papers were filed