risdiction.

(_b_) Every refusal by him to nominate a probationer for absolute
appointment and every refusal or neglect to accept an appointment in the
classified service under him.

(_c_) Every transfer into the classified service under him.

(_d_) Every separation from the classified service under him, and
whether the separation was caused by dismissal, resignation, or death.
Places excepted from examination are within the classified service.

(_e_) Every restoration to the classified service under him of any
person who may have been separated therefrom by dismissal or
resignation.

POSTAL RULES.

POSTAL RULE I.

1. The classified postal service shall include the officers, clerks,
and other persons in the several post-offices classified under the
provisions of section 6 of the act to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States, approved January 16, 1883.

2. Whenever the officers, clerks, and other persons in any post-office
number as many as fifty, any existing classification of the postal
service made by the Postmaster-General 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 post-office and these rules shall be in force therein.
Every revision of the classification of any post-office under section 6
of the act above mentioned, and every inclusion of a post-office within
the classified postal service, shall be reported to the President.

POSTAL RULE II.

1. To test fitness for admission to the classified postal service
examinations shall be provided as follows:

_Clerk 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_) Letter writing.

(_g_) Elements of the geography, history, and government of the
United States.

_Carrier examination_.--This examination shall not include more
than the following subjects:

(_a_) Orthography.

(_b_) Copying.

(_c_) Penmanship.

(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules.

(_e_) Elements of the geography of the United States.

(_f_) Knowledge of the locality of the post-office delivery.

(_g_) Physical tests.