Public Law 75–196

That the proviso of the second paragraph under the caption “Civil Service Commission” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes”, approved July 11, 1890, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Applications for examinations.

Certificate of residence to accompany.

“Hereafter every application for examination before the Civil Service Commission for appointment in the departmental service in the District of Columbia shall be accompanied by a certificate of an officer, with his official seal attached, of the county and State of which the applicant claims to be a citizen, that such applicant was, at the time of making such application, a legal or voting resident of said county, and had been such resident for a period of not less than one

Promotion or transfer.

year next preceding, but this provision shall not apply to persons who may be in the service with civil-service status and seek promotion or appointment in other branches of the Government.”