assignment is made the fact shall be reported to the head of the
Department.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE VIII.

1. Transfers will be made as follows:

(_a_) From one Department to another, upon requisition by the head
of the Department to which the transfer is to be made.

(_b_) From a bureau of the Treasury Department in which business
relating to the customs is transacted to a classified customs district,
and from such a district to such a bureau of the Treasury Department,
upon requisition by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(_c_) From the Post-Office Department to a classified post-office,
and from such an office to the Post-Office Department, upon requisition
by the Postmaster-General.

2. No person may be transferred as herein authorized until the
Commission shall have certified to the officer making the transfer
requisition that the person whom it is proposed to transfer has passed
an examination to test fitness for the place to which he is to be
transferred, and that such person has during at least six months
preceding the date of the certificate been in the classified service of
the Department, customs district, or post-office from which the transfer
is to be made: _Provided_, That no person who has been appointed
from the copyist register shall be transferred to a place the salary of
which is more than $900 per annum until one year after appointment.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE IX.

1. A person appointed from the copyist register may, upon any test of
fitness determined upon by the promoting officer, be promoted as
follows:

(_a_) At any time after probational appointment, to any place the
salary of which is not more than $900 per annum.

(_b_) At any time after one year from the date of probational
appointment, upon certification by the Commission that he has passed the
clerk examination or its equivalent, to any place the salary of which is
$1,000 per annum or more.

(_c_) At any time after two years from the date of probational
appointment, to any place the salary of which is $1,000 per annum or
more.

2. A person appointed from the clerk register or from any supplementary
or special register to a place the salary of which is $1,000 per annum
or more may, upon any test of fitness determined upon by the promoting
officer, be promoted at any time after absolute appointment.

3. A person appointed from the clerk register or fro