In line 1 strike out the word “three” and insert in place thereof the word “four.”  At the end of the rule insert the following:  “4.  The classified railway mail service.”  The rule as thus amended will read: 

  There shall be four branches of the classified civil service, as
  follows: 

  1.  The classified departmental service.

  2.  The classified customs service.

  3.  The classified postal service.

  4.  The classified railway mail service.

GENERAL RULE III.

In section 9, line 2, after the word “service,” insert the words “and the classified railway mail service.”  The section as thus amended will read: 

9.  Every applicant for examination for the classified departmental service and the classified railway mail service must support the statements of his application paper by certificates of persons acquainted with him, residents of the State, Territory, or district in which he claims bona fide residence; and the Commission shall prescribe the form and number of such certificates.

In section 10, line 1, after the word “or,” insert the words “procured by his;” strike out all after the word “connivance” in line 1 to and including the word “and” in line 3, and in place of the words stricken out insert the words “or any;” strike out all after the word “consent” in line 1 to and including the word “examination” in line 5; strike out the words “for refusing” in line 6; change the period to a comma at the end of line 6 and insert after the comma the words “or to certify him for appointment, or for his removal after appointment.”  The section as thus amended will read: 

10.  A false statement made by an applicant, or procured by his connivance, or any deception or fraud practiced by an applicant, or by any person on his behalf with his consent, shall be good cause for refusal to examine such applicant, or to mark his papers after examination, or to certify him for appointment, or for his removal after appointment.

GENERAL RULE IV.

In section 2 strike out the letter “a,” in brackets, in line 2; change the period to a semicolon at the end of line 4; in line 5 strike out the letter “b,” in brackets, and strike out all after the word “has” to and including the word “has” in line 7, and write the section as one paragraph.  The section as thus amended will read: 

2.  The Commission may refuse to certify an eligible who is so defective in sight, speech, or hearing, or who is otherwise so defective physically as to be apparently unfit to perform the duties of the position to which he is seeking appointment, or an eligible who has been guilty of crime or of infamous or of notoriously disgraceful conduct.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE V.