gulations
made by the Commission. Bach competitor shall be graded on a scale of
100, according to the general average determined by the markings.

2. Immediately after the general average shall have been ascertained
each competitor shall be notified that he has passed or has failed to
pass.

3. A competitor who has failed to pass an examination may, with the
consent of the Commission, be allowed reexamination at any time within
six months from the date of failure without filing a new application;
but if he be not allowed reexamination within six months he shall be
required to file a new application before being again examined.

4. No eligible shall be allowed reexamination during the period of his
eligibility unless he shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the
Commission that at the time of his examination, because of illness or
other good cause, he was incapable of doing himself justice; and his
rating on such reexamination shall cancel and be a substitute for his
rating on his former examination.

5. All competitors whose claim to preference under section 1754 of the
Revised Statutes have been allowed by the Commission who attain a
general average of 65 per cent or over, and all other competitors who
attain a general average of 70 per cent or over, shall be eligible for
appointment to the place for which they were examined. The names of all
the competitors thus rendered eligible shall be entered in the order of
grade on the proper register of eligibles.

6. When two or more eligibles are of the same grade, preference in
certification shall be determined by the order in which the application
papers are filed.

7. For the Indian service there shall be four districts and a separate
register of eligibles for each grade of examination for each district,
the names of males and females being listed separately on each register.
The districts shall be comprised as follows: No. 1, of the States of
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming; No. 2, of the States of Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, Nevada, and that part of California lying north of the
thirty-seventh parallel of latitude, and the Territory of Utah; No. 3,
of that part of California lying south of the thirty-seventh parallel of
latitude, the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, the Indian
Territory, and the States of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana, and Texas; No. 4, of all the States