e date of the reception of all regular applications for the
classified departmental service shall be entered of record by the
Commission, and of all other regular applications by the proper
examining boards of the district or office for which they are made;
and applicants, when in excess of the number that can be examined at
a single examination, shall be notified to appear in their order on
the respective records. But any applicants in the several States and
Territories for appointment in the classified departmental service
may be notified to appear for examination at any place at which an
examination is to be held, whether in any State or Territory or in
Washington, which shall be deemed most convenient for them.

2. The Commission is authorized, in aid of the apportionment among
the States and Territories, to hold examinations at places convenient
for applicants from different States and Territories, or for those
examination districts which it may designate and which the President
shall approve.

RULE XIV.

Those examined shall be graded, and shall have their grade marked
upon a register after those previously thereon, in the order of their
excellence as shown by their examination papers, except that those from
the same State or Territory may be entered upon the register together,
in the order of relative excellence, to facilitate apportionment.
Separate registers may be kept of those seeking to enter any part of
the service in which special qualifications are required.

RULE XV.

The Commission may give a certificate to any person examined, stating
the grade which such person attained and the proficiency in the several
subjects, shown by the markings.

RULE XVI.

1. Whenever any officer having the power of appointment or employment
shall so request, there shall be certified to him by the Commission or
the proper examining board four names for the vacancy specified, to be
taken from those graded highest on the proper register of those in his
branch of the service and remaining eligible, regard being had to the
apportionment of appointments to States and Territories; and from the
said four a selection shall be made for the vacancy.

2. These certifications for the service at Washington shall be made
in such order as to apportion, as nearly as may be practicable, the
original appointments thereto among the States and Territories and the
District of Columbia upon the basis of population as ascertained at the