s, and other persons in any customs
district number as many as fifty, any existing classification of the
customs service made by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 6 of
the act of January 16, 1883, shall apply thereto, and thereafter the
Commission shall provide examinations to test the fitness of persons to
fill vacancies in said customs district and these rules shall be in
force therein. Every revision of the classification of any customs
office under section 6 of the act above mentioned, and every inclusion
within the classified customs service of a customs district, shall be
reported to the President.
CUSTOMS RULE II.
1. To test fitness for admission to the classified customs service,
examinations shall be provided as follows:
_Clerk examination_[18]--This examination shall not include more
than the following subjects:
(_a_) Orthography.
(_b_) Copying.
(_c_) Penmanship.
(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules, fractions, percentage,
interest, and discount.
(_e_) Elements of bookkeeping and of accounts.
(_f_) Elements of the English language.
(_g_) Letter writing.
(_h_) Elements of the geography, history, and government of the
United States.
_Law-clerk examination_.--This examination shall not include more
than the following subjects:
(_a_) Orthography.
(_b_) Copying.
(_c_) Penmanship.
(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules, fractions, percentage,
interest, and discount.
(_e_) Elements of the English language.
(_f_) Letter writing.
(_g_) Law questions.
_Day-inspector examination_.--This examination shall not include
more than the following subjects:
(_a_) Orthography.
(_b_) Copying.
(_c_) Penmanship.
(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules, fractions, and percentage.
(_e_) Elements of the English language.
(_f_) Geography of America and Europe.
_Inspectress examination_.--This examination shall not include more
than the following subjects:
(_a_) Orthography.
(_b_) Copying.
(_c_) Penmanship.
(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules.
(_e_) Geography of America and Europe.
_Night-inspector, messenger, assistant weigher, and opener and packer
examination_.--This examination shall not include more than the
following subjects:
(_a_) Orthography.
(_b_) Copying.
(_c_) Penmanship.
(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules.
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