RULE I.-GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS OF TERMS.

1. The board shall have authority to prescribe such regulations in pursuance of and in execution of these rules and of the civil-service act as may not be inconsistent therewith, and may prescribe blank forms for all applications, examinations, certifications, reports, records, and returns received under these rules and the regulations made in pursuance thereof.

2. The several terms hereinafter mentioned, wherever used in these rules, shall be construed as follows:

(a) The term "board" refers to the Philippine civil-service board.

(b) The term "civil-service act" refers to "an act for the establishment and maintenance of an efficient and honest civil service in the Philippine Islands," enacted September 19, 1900.

(c) The term "grade" refers to a number of positions or employees arranged in a group upon the basis of the duties performed, without regard to the salaries received. (d) The term "class" refers to a number of positions or employees arranged in a group upon the basis of the salaries received, without regard to the duties performed. (e) The term "classified service" refers to that portion of the Philippine civil service which is subject to the provisions of the civil-service act and these rules.

(f) The term "unclassified service" refers to that portion of the Philippine civilservice positions in which may be filled without reference to the provisions of the civil-service act and these rules.

(g) Whenever a sum of money is mentioned it shall be understood to refer to the money of the United States.

(h)‍ Whenever the term "officers" is used, it shall be understood to refer to civil officers employed in, or military officers detailed to, the Philippine civil service.

3. A person occupying a position classified by the operation of the civil-service act and these rules, whose appointment was made in conformity with law, shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits possessed by persons of the same class or grade appointed upon examination under the provisions of said act and these rules, except that the board may, in its discretion, require by rule that all such employees shall pass examinations practically adapted to show their fitness to fill the positions now held by them, and that in case of failure to pass such examinations to the satisfaction of the board they shall be dismissed from the service.

RULE II.-EXTENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

1. The civil service of the Philippine Islands shall include all appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which are now or may hereafter be occupied by civilians in the central, departmental, and provincial branches of the Philippine government, and also in the municipal service of Manila.

2. The following-named employees or positions are not classified and vacancies therein may be filled without reference to the provisions of the civil-service act:

ALL DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES.

1. One private secretary to each member of the Philippine Commission, except the president.

2. Persons appointed by the civil governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.

3. Any person in the military or naval service of the United States who may be detailed for the performance of civil duties.

4. All persons employed merely as laborers [and all employees whose rate of compensation is $120 or less per annum].

EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

5. One private secretary to the civil governor.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

6. The members of the board of health for the Philippine Islands.

7. The presidents of provincial boards of health.

8. The director of the agricultural college and experiment station.

9. The director, the three assistants, and the secretary of the weather bureau.

10. The chief of the ethnological survey for the Philippine Islands.

11. The superintendent and directors of government laboratories.

12. The attending physician and surgeon of the Philippine civil hospital.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.

13. Postmasters compensated on a percentage basis as provided by law. 14. Postmasters receiving not more than $300 per annum compensation for their personal salaries, who may lawfully perform the duties of postmaster in connection with the official duties with which they are charged, if they be government employees, or if not government employees, in connection with their private business, such duties requiring only a portion of their time.

15. The consulting engineer to the Commission.

16. The officer in charge of the improvement of the port of Manila.

17. Detectives.

18. Any position in the department of commerce and police the duties of which are of a quasi-military or quasi-naval character, and for the performance of which duties a person is commissioned or enlisted for a term of years.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.

19. Judges and justices of the peace.

20. The attorney-general and his assistant lawyers. 21. The solicitor-general.

22. The assistant attorney-general.

23. The supervisor of provincial fiscals.

24. Provincial fiscals.

25. The auditor of the Philippine Islands.

26. The deputy auditor of the Philippine Islands.

27. The treasurer of the Philippine Islands.

28. The cashier of the treasurer of the Philippine Islands.

29. The superintendent of the insular cold storage and ice plant.

30. Secret agents.

31. Customs inspectors in the provinces whose rates of compensation do not exceed $180 per annum, who may lawfully perform the duties of customs inspectors in connection with the official duties with which they are charged, if they be government employees, or if not government employees, in connection with their private business, such duties requiring only a portion of their time.

CITY OF MANILA.

32. The members of of the municipal board.

33. The city engineer.

34. The city attorney and his assistant attorney.

35. The prosecuting attorney and his assistant attorneys.

36. The sheriff and his deputies.

It is the purpose of the appointing power to observe the principle of promotion in filling vacancies in the unclassified service: Provided, That competent persons may be found in the service who are available and possess the qualifications required.

3. The following-named employees or positions shall be excepted from the requirement of examination, and vacancies therein shall be filled by promotion from a class to be composed of the first, second, and third assistants in all the bureaus or offices of the Philippine government, provided that competent persons may be found in the service who are available and possess the qualifications required, the intention of this provision being that the appointing power may, by virtue hereof, transfer from one office to another a person deemed competent to fill the vacancy. In case there are not two or more assistants, designated as such by law, in the office in which a vacancy occurs, the board may, in its discretion, include in such eligible list one or more of the subordinates in such office ranking next to the head thereof:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.

8. The chief of coast guard and transportation.

9. The director of posts.

10. The assistant director of posts.

11. The postmaster at Manila.

12. The chief of Philippines Constabulary.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.

13. The collector of customs for the Philippine Islands.

14. The deputy collector of customs for the Philippine Islands.

15. The surveyor of customs for the Philippine Islands.

16. The cashier of the collector of customs for the Philippine Islands. 17. The collector of customs at Iloilo.

18. The collector of customs at Cebu.

19. The collector of internal revenue for the islands.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

20. The general superintendent of education. 21. The chief of the bureau of public printing.

22. The chief statistician.

23. The chief of the bureau of archives.

24. The chief of the bureau of architecture.

CITY OF MANILA.

25. The chief of the fire department. 26. The city assessor and collector. 27. The chief of police.

ALL DEPARTMENTS.

28. The chief or head of any bureau hereafter organized, unless otherwise expressly provided by law.

RULE III.-APPLICATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS.

1. No applicant shall be admitted to competitive examination who has not taken the oath of allegiance to the United States and who is not a citizen of the United States, a native of the Philippine Islands, an honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States, or a person who has under and by virtue of the Treaty of Paris acquired the political rights of natives of the islands.

2. Every applicant for examination must furnish information as to his citizenship, nativity, age, education, and physical capacity, and such other information tending to show his qualifications or disqualifications for the service, as may be required by

the board.

3. No applicant shall be admitted to examination or be appointed in the United States for this service until he has been thoroughly examined by a competent physician and found to be physically qualified for efficient service in the Philippine Islands. A physical and medical examination may, in the discretion of the board, be required of applicants for examination in the Philippine Islands.

4. No applicant shall be admitted to examination in the Philippine Islands until he has furnished evidence satisfactory to the board of his loyalty to the supreme authority of the United States of America in these islands.

5. No application for examination shall be accepted from any person serving or enlisted in the Army, the Navy, or the Marine Corps of the United States unless the written consent of the proper military, naval, or marine authority under whom such person is serving or enlisted is filed with his application.

6. No application for examination for entrance into the classified service shall be accepted from any applicant who is under eighteen or over forty years of age: Provided, That in the interest of good administration, the board, with the concurrence of the head of the proper department, office, or branch of the service, may by regulation determine the age limitations within the maximum and minimum limits herein specified, and confine competition for such positions to persons who meet the requirements as to age: And provided, further, That whenever in the discretion of the board the needs of the service require it, the age limitations named herein may be extended.

7. The board may, in its discretion, refuse to examine an applicant, or to certify or attest an appointment of an eligible, who is physically unfitted for the performance of the duties of the position to which he seeks appointment, or who has been guilty of a crime or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful or immoral conduct, including drunkenness and dishonesty, or who has been dismissed from the service for delinquency or misconduct within one year next preceding the date of his application, or who has intentionally made a false statement in any material fact, or practiced or attempted to practice any deception or fraud in securing his examination, registration, or appointment. Any of the foregoing disqualifications shall be good cause for the removal of the person from the service after his appointment.

8. No application shall be accepted for examination for a position which belongs to one of the recognized mechanical trades unless it shall be shown that the applicant has served as apprentice or as journeyman, or as apprentice and journeyman, at said trade for such periods as the board may prescribe.

RULE IV.-EXAMINATIONS.

1. Examinations of a suitable and practical character, absolutely impartial and involving such subjects and tests as the board may determine, shall be held to ascertain the relative capacity and fitness of applicants for the positions to which they seek to be appointed.

2. Whenever the board shall find, after consultation with the head of the proper department or office, that a knowledge of both the Spanish and the English languages is essential to an efficient discharge of the duties of a position to be filled, the board shall test English-speaking applicants as to their knowledge of the Spanish language, and Spanish-speaking applicants as to their knowledge of the English language. 3. No person shall be appointed to, or employed in, any classified position unless he shall have passed the examination provided therefor, or unless he is specially exempt from such examination by the provisions of the civil-service act and these rules. 4. No noncompetitive examination shall be held except under the following conditions:

(a) When applicants fail to compete after due notice has been given of an open competitive examination to fill an existing vacancy.

(b) To test fitness for promotion.

(c) To test fitness for reinstatement or transfer to a position in the service.

(d) To test fitness for positions requiring professional, technical, or scientific qualifications when, in the judgment of the board, it is not practicable to hold a competitive examination for such positions.

(e) To test fitness for positions of skilled workmen, mechanics, or artisans.

5. Examinations in the Philippine Islands shall be held at Manila and in the provinces upon such dates as the board may deem best for the interest of the service and the convenience of applicants, and examinations in the United States will be held under the auspices of the United States Civil Service Commission at the request of this board. Previous notice of such examinations, with such general information relative thereto as the board shall prescribe, shall be mailed to each person who has made application in due form.

6. The board shall appoint such examining committees or special examiners as it may deem necessary from officers and employees in the Philippine civil service. The members of examining committees and special examiners shall perform such duties as the board may direct in connection with examinations, appointments, and promotions in any part of the service which has been or may hereafter be classified; and in the performance of such duties they shall be under the direct and sole control and authority of the board. The duties performed by members of examining committees and special examiners shall be considered part of the duties of the office in which they are serving, and time shall be allowed for the performance of such duties during the office hours of said office.

7. All officers of the Philippine civil service shall facilitate the examinations of the board, and officers having the custody of public buildings at places where such examinations are to be held shall for this purpose permit and arrange for the use of suitable rooms under their charge and for furnishing and lighting the same when required.

RULE V.-RATING OF PAPERS AND ELIGIBILITY.

1. Examination papers shall be rated according to their excellence on a scale of 100, and the subjects therein shall be given such relative weights as the board shall prescribe. After a competitor's papers shall have been rated he shall be duly notified of the result thereof.

2. Every competitor who attains a rating of 70 or over shall be eligible to appointment, subject to the provisions of these rules, to the position for which he was examined; and the names of eligibles shall be entered in the order of their ratings, without regard to the date of examination, on the proper register of eligibles.

3. The period of eligibility shall be one year from the date on which the name of the eligible is entered on the register, but this period may be extended, if, in the discretion of the board, the needs of the service warrant it: Provided, That in case a person whose name is on any register shall be mustered into the military or naval service of the United States at a time when the United States may be engaged in war or in suppressing an insurrection, the period of eligibility of such person shall, under such conditions as the board may prescribe, be considered as suspended during the time he may be serving in the Army or Navy of the United States: And provided, further, That when the needs of the service require it, the eligibility of any person resulting from examinations held in the Philippine Islands shall be revoked during the absence of such person from the Philippine Islands.

RULE VI. CERTIFICATIONS.

A vacancy in a classified position, if not filled by appointment, by promotion, reduction, transfer, or reinstatement, or through noncompetitive examination, shall be filled under the following provisions:

1. The nominating or appointing officer shall make requisition, upon a form prescribed by the board, for the names of eligibles for the position vacant, specifying the duties of the position, and the board shall certify to said officer from the proper register the three names at the head thereof which have not been three times certified to the office or branch of the service in which the vacancy exists: Provided, That certification for temporary employment shall not be counted as one of the three certifications to which an eligible is entitled: And provided, further, That whenever the request for certification, or any law, rule, or regulation, shall call for persons of one sex, those of that sex shall be certified; otherwise, sex shall be disregarded in certification.

2. The nominating or appointing officer shall select one of the three names certified, and, if at the time of selection there are more vacancies than one, he may select more than one name, unless otherwise directed by the board: Provided, That if an appointing officer shall object to an eligible certified, stating that because of disloyalty, physical defect, mental unsoundness or moral or other disqualification as provided in Rule III, paragraph 7, particularly specified, such eligible would be unsuitable for the position to be filled, and if said officer shall support such objections with evidence satisfactory to the board, certification may be made of the eligible on the register whose rating is next below those already certified in place of the one to whom objection is made and sustained.

3. In making selections from certifications of eligibles by the board, appointing officers shall, when other qualifications are equal, prefer, first, natives of the Philippine Islands, and second, all honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines of the United States.

4. The board, whenever practicable, shall forward to the head of the bureau or office in connection with each certification the applications and examination papers of the persons certified, and said officer may summon personally before him the persons certified and make such verbal inquiries of them as he may think proper. The papers forwarded by the board to the head of the bureau or office for his information shall be returned to the board with the notice of selection.

5. When a person is selected for appointment, the appointing officer shall notify the board, and the board shall notify the appointee. Upon his reporting for duty, he shall receive from the appointing officer a certificate of appointment for a probationary period of six months, at the end of which period, if his conduct and capacity are satisfactory to the appointing officer, his retention in the service shall be equivalent to his absolute appointment; but if his conduct and capacity be not satisfactory, he may at any time during, or at the expiration of, his probationary period be notified by the appointing officer that he will not receive absolute appointment, because of such unsatisfactory conduct or want of capacity, and such notification shall discharge him from the service. The name of a probationer who has been separated from the service without delinquency or misconduct may be restored to the register of eligibles, in the discretion of the board, for the remainder of his period of eligibility. 6. An eligible may waive certification or decline appointment without losing his position on the register upon furnishing reasons satisfactory to the board, but without such action his name shall be dropped from the register upon his declination of an appointment. No eligible shall have the right to decline an appointment from the same register more than twice.