1. The papers of every examination shall be marked under the direction
of the Commission, and each competitor shall be graded on a scale of
100, according to the general average determined by the marks made by
the examiners on his papers.
2. The Commission shall appoint in each classified post-office a board
of examiners, which shall (_a_) Conduct all examinations held to
test fitness for entrance to or promotion in the classified service of
the post-office in which the board is located.
(_d_) Mark the papers of such examinations, unless otherwise
directed, as provided for by General Rule III, clause 12.
(_c_) Conduct such examinations for the classified departmental
service as the Commission may direct.
3. The papers of an examination having been marked, the board of
examiners shall ascertain--
(_a_) The name of every competitor who has, under section 1754 of
the Revised Statutes, claim of preference in civil appointments, and who
has attained a general average of not less than 65 per cent; and all
such competitors are hereby declared eligible to the class or place to
test fitness for which the examination was held.
(_b_) The name of every other competitor who has attained a general
average of not less than 70 per cent; and all such applicants are hereby
declared eligible to the class or place to test fitness for which the
examination was held.
4. The names of all preference-claiming competitors whose general
average is not less than 65 per cent, together with the names of all
other competitors whose general average is not less than 70 per cent,
shall be entered upon the register of persons eligible to the class or
place to test fitness for which the examination was held. The names of
male and of female eligibles shall be listed separately.
5. The grade of each competitor shall be expressed by the whole number
nearest the general average attained by him, and the grade of each
eligible shall be noted upon the register of eligibles in connection
with his name. When two or more eligibles are of the same grade,
preference in certification shall be determined by the order in which
their application papers were filed.
6. Immediately after the general averages shall have been ascertained
each competitor shall be notified that he has passed or has failed to
pass.
7. If a competitor fail to pass, he may, with the consent of the board,
approved by the Commission, be allowed reexamination at any time within
six months from the date of failure without filing a new application;
but a competitor failing to pass, desiring to take again the same
examination, must, if not allowed reexamination within six months from
the date of failure, make in due form a new application therefor.
8. No person who has passed an examination shall while eligible on the
register supplied by such examination be reexamined, unless he shall
furnish evidence satisfactory to the Commission that at the time of his
examination he was, because of illness or for other good cause,
incapable of doing himself justice in said examination.
9. The term of eligibility to appointment in the classified postal
service shall be one year from the day on which the name of the eligible
is entered on the register.