hereby made shall within one year after appointment be transferred from
such place to another place not also excepted from examination, but a
person who has served not less than one year in an examination-excepted
place may be transferred in the customs office in which he is serving to
a place not excepted from examination: _Provided_, That before any
such transfer may be made the Commission must certify that the person
whom it is proposed to so transfer has passed an examination to test
fitness for the place proposed to be filled by such transfer.

CUSTOMS RULE III.

1. The papers of every examination shall be marked under direction of
the Commission, and each competitor shall be graded on a scale of 100,
according to the general average determined by the marks made by the
examiners on his papers.

2. The Commission shall appoint in each classified customs district a
board of examiners, which shall--

(_a_) Conduct all examinations held to test fitness for admission
to or promotion in the classified service of the customs district in
which the board is located.

(_b_) Mark the papers of such examinations, unless otherwise
directed, as provided for by General Rule III, clause 12.

(_c_) Conduct such examinations for the classified departmental
service as the Commission may direct.

3. The papers of an examination having been marked, the board of
examiners 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 applicants are hereby
declared eligible to the class or place to test fitness for which the
examination was held.

4. 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. The names of
male and of female eligibles shall be listed separately.

5. The