 | United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - 1957 - 1028 pages
...best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the...who may receive appointments in the civil service. [Revised Statutes, 2d. Edition 1878, 312.] The above section is merely a restatement of the provisions... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment - 1868 - 240 pages
...civil service of the United States, having regard to the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter. Second. To provide for the examinations and periods and conditions of probation of all persons eligible... | |
 | 1869 - 982 pages
...civil service of the United States, having regard to the fitness of each ciDtiidtte in repect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter. Second — To provide for the examinations and periods and conditions of probation of all persons eligible... | |
 | United States Civil Service Commission - 1424 pages
...efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, cbarMw, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter: >nd for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and "lav prescribe their... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1873 - 550 pages
...authorized to employ suitable persons to conduct said inquiries, to prescribe their duties, and to establish regulations for the conduct of persons who may receive appointments in the Civil Service." 1 Under this provision President Grant appointed the following Commissioners : George William Curtis,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 542 pages
...thereof, aud ascertain the fitness of each candidate, in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, aud ability, for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter; aud ibr this purpose the President is authorized to employ suitable persons to conduct said inquiries,... | |
 | 1871 - 482 pages
...best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which lu- seeks to enter ; and for this purpose the President is authorized to employ suitable persons to... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1872 - 248 pages
...best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the...into which he seeks to enter; and for this purpose the President is authorized to employ suitable persons to conduct said inquiries, to prescribe their... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1872
...conduct said inquiries, to prescribe their ? the Presideat of the United StatesPPbe and duties, and to establish regulations for the conduct of persons who may receive appointments in the civil service. § Mr. WILLIAMS moved that it be tabled; which, on a division, was disagreed to — yeas 25, nays 26.... | |
 | Edward McPherson - 1872
...the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability fof'the branch of service into which he seeks to enter; and for this purpose the President is authorized to employ suitable persons to conduct said inquiries, to prescribe their... | |
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The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character,... 
