MESSAGE

FROM THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

TRANSMITTING

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE

COMMISSION, FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1911.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Congress, the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911.

Wm. H. TAFT. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 3, 1912.

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Report to the President:

Introduction...

Extent of the civil service....

Growth of the classified service.

Exceptions from examination..

Examinations and appointments..

Work preliminary to the holding of examinations..

Examinations with unusual requirements....

Fourth-class postmasters....

Classification of assistant postmasters and clerks in certain first and second

class offices...

Temporary appointments..

The apportionment....

Widening of transfer rule....

Political activity of officeholders and political assessments.

Increased efficiency from the merit system..

Proposed extensions of classification..

Local presidential officers...

Artisans at navy yards..

Employees of the District of Columbia..

The Life-Saving Service.....

The Official Register and the service records of the commission.

Civil service in the Philippines....

Civil service in Porto Rico....

Amendments to the Illinois civil-service law....

The National Assembly of Civil Service Commissions..

Opinions of the Attorney General...

Jurisdiction to determine eligibility for appointment.

Term of office of deputy marshals..

Report of the chief examiner...

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APPENDIX.

Civil-service act....

Statutes affecting the classified service..

Civil-service rules, with notes by the commission-

Schedule A. Classified positions excepted from examination.......

Schedule B. Classified positions which may be filled on noncompetitive

examination..

Labor regulations:

In Washington..

Outside Washington.....

Classification of the Executive Civil Service..

Regulations governing certain branches of the service outside Washington.....

Publications of the commission..

Archives of the commission..

Historical register of the commission..

Executive orders...

Orders amending general rules and regulations.

Orders amending Schedule A.......

Orders excepting persons named from the requirements of the rules..

Appointments authorized under Executive order of December 1, 1910...

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