Executive Order 1778

The regulations governing the appointment of postmasters of the fourth class, approved November 25, 1912, are hereby amended as follows:

Section 1 of such regulations is amended to read: Appointment to offices having an annual compensation of as much as $180 shall be made in the same manner as provided by the civil-service law and rules for other positions in the competitive classified service, provided that in the event that for the examination for any such office less than three persons apply the Civil Service Commission may in its discretion authorize selection in accordance with section 2 of these regulations.

Section 2 of such regulations is amended to read: Appointment to offices having an annual compensation of less than $180 shall be made in the following manner: When a vacancy has occurred or is about to occur in any such office, the Postmaster General shall direct a post office inspector to visit the locality and make report for appointment from among the persons filing applications, in the order of their fitness; due notice of such visit shall be made in the locality to be visited; such report shall be based solely upon the suitability of the applicant and his ability to provide proper facilities for transacting the business of the office. The inspector shall make his report in duplicate and accompany each duplicate with a list of all applicants. Such report shall include a statement of the qualifications of each applicant and of the reasons for such report. The Post Office Department shall transmit to the Civil Service Commission one copy of such report showing the action thereon.

The following shall be inserted as an additional section: No person shall be appointed under the regulations of November 25, 1912, as amended, as postmaster of an office of the fourth class where the annual compensation is as much as $500 after he has reached his sixty-fifth birthday.

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 * May 7, 1913.