SIXTEENTH REPORT

OF THE

*UNITED STATES

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

1893

July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899.

Previous reports can be consulted at the principal public libraries. A Manual of Examinations
is issued by the Commission for public distribution, giving information respecting
the scope of the examinations and the methods of appointment.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

192759

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 1900.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

[See also Index.]

Report (Sixteenth Report of the Commission to the President).

Report of Chief Examiner to Commission..........

Historical register of the Commission

APPENDIX.

PART I.-CIVIL-SERVICE ACT AND RULES, ETC.

Civil-service act

Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large affecting the classified service.

Civil-service rules....

Executive order and resolution of the Commission concerning navy-yard regu-

lations......

Amendments to the civil-service rules since July 1, 1898

Recommendations of the Commission for changes in the rules:

The Library of Congress........

Exceptions from examination............

22

71

72

Extracts from debates in Congress at the time of the passage of the civil-serv-
ice law

Reasons for the recommendation that certain positions be placed in the ex-

cepted list.....

75

81

89

Superannuation..

Extracts from reports of Government officials, etc., relative to the operation of

the civil-service law and the merit system.

Notable articles in previous reports..........

Features of previous reports

PART II.-PROMOTION REGULATIONS,

Authority for the establishment of promotion regulations.

General information concerning promotion regulations.

Departmental service:

Regulations governing promotion from positions below the grade of clerk

or copyist to grades equal to the grade of clerk or copyist...

Civil Service Commission

Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Post-Office Department.......

Railway Mail Service

Navy Department..........

Navy-yards

Department of Agriculture...

Commission of Fish and Fisheries..

Government Printing Office

The grouping of employees by designation..

Custom-House Service.....

Promotions and transfers in the New York customs district..

Subtreasury service ....

Shipping commissioners' offices..