Executive Order 128

Section 4, Rule V, is hereby amended (1) by inserting after the first proviso the following as a second proviso:


 * And provided further, That in case of positions for which no maximum age limitations are fixed herein the Commission, upon consultation with and approval of the proper head of department or office, may, by regulation, determine maximum age limitations and confine competition in examinations for such positions to persons within such limitations.

(2) By inserting in the second line of the tabular statement, after the word "apprentice," the following as a parenthesis: "other than apprentice in mints and assay offices;" (3) by inserting after the second line of the tabular statement the following as a separate line: "Apprentice in mints and assay offices, 18—24;" (4) by inserting after the fifth line in the tabular statement the following as a separate line: "Keeper, assistant keeper, and officers of light-ships in the Light-House Service, 18—50;" (5) by striking out the word "and" after the word "inspector," in the eighth line of the tabular statement, and inserting after the word "disciplinarian," in the same line, the words "matron and assistant matron;" and (6) by inserting after the eighth line in the tabular statement the following as a separate line: "Observer in the Weather Bureau Service, 18—30."

The section an amended shall read as follows:

No application for examination shall be accepted unless the applicant is within the age limitations fixed herein for entrance to the position to which he seeks to be appointed: Provided, That, subject to the other conditions of these rules, the application of any person whose claim of preference under the provisions of section 1754 of the Revised Statutes has been allowed by the Commission may be accepted without regard to his age: And provided further, That in the case of positions for which no maximum age limitations are fixed herein the Commission, upon consultation with and approval of the proper head of department or office, may, by regulation, determine maximum age limitations and confine competition in examinations for such positions to persons within such limitations. The age limitations for entrance to positions in the different branches of the service shall be as follows:

 

Approved.

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 * March 29, 1900.