1. The date of the reception of all regular applications for the
classified departmental service shall be entered of record by the
Commission, and of all other regular applications by the proper
examining boards of the district or office for which they are made; and
applicants, when in excess of the number that can be examined at a
single examination, shall, subject to the needs of apportionment, be
notified to appear in their order on the respective records. But any
applicants in the several States and Territories for appointment in the
classified departmental service may be notified to appear for
examination at any place at which an examination is to be held, whether
in any State or Territory or in Washington, which shall be deemed most
convenient for them.
2. The Commission is authorized, in aid of the apportionment among the
States and Territories, to hold examinations at places convenient for
applicants from different States and Territories, or for those
examination districts which it may designate and which the President
shall approve.
3. The Commission may by regulation provide for dropping from any record
the applicants whose names have remained thereon for six months or more
without having been reached in due course for notification to be
examined.