_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.
_Messenger examination_.--This examination shall not include more
than the following subjects:
(_a_) Orthography.
(_b_) Copying.
(_c_) Penmanship.
(_d_) Arithmetic--fundamental rules.
(_e_) Physical tests.
This examination shall also be used to test fitness for the position of
piler, stamper, junior clerk, or other places the duties of which are
chiefly manual.
_Special examinations_.--These examinations shall test fitness for
positions requiring knowledge of a language other than the English
language, or special or technical knowledge or skill. Each special
examination shall include, in addition to the special subject upon which
the applicant is to be tested, so many of the subjects of the clerk
examination as the Commission may determine.
_Noncompetitive examinations_.--Such examinations may, with the
approval of the Commission, be held under conditions stated in General
Rule III, clause 2.
2. No person shall be examined for the position of clerk if under 18
years of age; and no person shall be examined for the position of
messenger, stamper, or junior clerk if under 16 or over 45 years of age;
and no person shall be examined for the position of carrier if under 21
or over 40 years of age.
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