_The central board_.--A board composed of seven members, who shall
be detailed from the Departments in which they are serving when
appointed for continuous service at the office of the Commission. This
board shall mark such papers of examinations for admission to the
departmental, customs, and postal services as the Commission may direct.
_Departmental special boards_.--These boards shall mark such papers
of special examinations for the departmental service as the Commission
may direct, and shall be composed of persons in the public service.
_Departmental supplementary boards_.--These boards shall mark the
papers of such supplementary examinations for the departmental service
as the Commission may direct, and shall be composed of persons in the
public service.
_Departmental promotion boards_.--One for each of the Executive
Departments, of three members, and one auxiliary member for each bureau
of the Department for which the board is to act.
_Departmental local boards_.--These boards shall be organized at
one or more places in each State and Territory where examinations for
the departmental service are to be held, and shall each be composed of
persons in the public service residing in the State or Territory in
which the board is to act.
_Customs boards_.--One for each classified customs district, to be
composed of persons in the customs service in the district for which
said board is to act. These boards shall conduct examinations for
entrance to and promotions in the classified customs service, and shall
mark such of the examination papers for that service as the Commission
shall direct. They shall also conduct such departmental examinations as
the Commission may direct.
_Postal boards_.--One for each classified post-office, to be
composed of persons in the postal service at the post-office in which
said board is to act. These boards shall conduct examinations for
entrance to and promotions in the postal service, and shall mark such of
the examination papers for that service as the Commission may direct.
They shall also conduct such departmental examinations as the Commission
may direct.
2. No person shall be appointed an examiner until after consultation by
the Commission with the head of the Department or office in which the
person whom it desires to appoint is serving.
3. It shall be the duty of the head of any classified customs office or
post-office to promptly give written information to the Commission of
the removal or resignation from the public service, or of the inability
or refusal to act, of any examiner in his office; and on request of the
Commission such officer shall state which of the persons in his office
he regards as most competent to fill the vacancy, and shall mention
generally the qualifications of each person named by him.
4. The duties of an examiner shall be regarded as a part of his public
duties, and each examiner shall be allowed time during office hours to
perform the duties required of him.
5. The Commission may adopt regulations which shall prescribe (1) the
manner of organizing the boards of examiners, (2) the powers of each
board, and (3) the duties of the members thereof.
6. The Commission may create additional boards of examiners and may
change the membership of any board; and boards of examiners shall
perform such other appropriate duties as the Commission may impose
upon them.