1. No person, unless excepted under Rule XIX, shall be admitted into the
classified civil service from any place not within said service without
an examination and certification under the rules; nor shall any person
who has passed only a limited examination under clause 4 of Rule VII for
the lower classes or grades in the departmental or customs service be
appointed, or be promoted within two years after appointment, to any
position giving a salary of $1,000 or upward without first passing an
examination under clause I of said rule; and such examination shall not
be allowed within the first year after appointment.
2. But a person who has passed the examination under said clause I and
has accepted a position giving a salary of $900 or less shall have the
same right of promotion as if originally appointed to a position giving
a salary of $1,000 or more.
3. The Commission may at any time certify for a $900 or any lower place
in the classified service any person upon the register who has passed
the examination under clause I of Rule VII, if such person does not
object before such certification is made.