Executive officers shall in all proper ways facilitate civil-service
examinations; and customs officers, postmasters, and custodians of
public buildings at places where such examinations are to be held shall
for the purposes of such examinations permit and arrange for the use of
suitable rooms under their charge, and for heating, lighting, and
furnishing the same.
GENERAL RULE VI.
No person dismissed for misconduct, and no probationer who has failed
to receive absolute appointment or employment, shall be admitted to any
examination within one year after having been thus discharged from the
service.
GENERAL RULE VII.
1. Persons who have a _prima facie_ claim of preference for
appointments to civil offices under section 1754, Revised Statutes,
shall be preferred in certifications made under the authority of the
Commission to any appointing or nominating officer.
2. In making any reduction of force in any branch of the classified
civil service those persons shall be retained who, being equally
qualified, have been honorably discharged from the military or naval
service of the United States, and also the widows and orphans of
deceased soldiers and sailors.
GENERAL RULE VIII.
The Commission shall have authority to prescribe regulations under and
in accordance with these general rules and the rules relating specially
to each of the several branches of the classified service.
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