The foregoing amendments are hereby approved.

GROVER CLEVELAND.



AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

Postal Rule No. 2 is hereby amended as follows:

Strike out all of section 1 except the last paragraph, relating to
non-competitive examinations, and insert in lieu thereof the following:

1. To test the fitness for admission to the classified postal service
one or more examinations shall be provided, as the Commission may
determine, which shall not include more than the following subjects:
Orthography, copying, penmanship, arithmetic (fundamental rules,
fractions, and percentage), elements of the geography of the United
States, local delivery, reading addresses, physical tests: _Provided_,
That when special examinations are needed to test fitness for any place
requiring special or technical knowledge or skill the examination shall
include, in addition to the special subjects required, such of the
subjects of the regular examination as the Commission may determine.


Strike out section 2 and insert in lieu thereof the following:

No person shall be examined for the position of letter carrier if under
21 or over 40 years of age, and no person shall be examined for any
other position in the classified postal service if under 18 years of