2. The evidence in regard to character, health, age, and knowledge of
the English language required by the first rule shall be furnished in
writing, and if such evidence shall be satisfactory to the head of
the Department in which the appointment is to be made the applicant
shall be notified when and where to appear for examination; but when
the applicants are so numerous that the examination of all whose
preliminary papers are satisfactory is plainly impracticable, the head
of the Department shall select for examination a practicable number of
those who are apparently best qualified.
3. Examinations to fill vacancies in any of the Executive Departments
in Washington shall be held not only at the city of Washington, but
also, when directed by the head of the Department in which the vacancy
may exist, in the several States, either at the capital or other
convenient place.
4. The appointment of persons to be employed exclusively in the
secret service of the Government, also of persons to be employed as
translators, stenographers, or private secretaries, or to be designated
for secret service, to fill vacancies in clerkships in either of the
Executive Departments at Washington, may be excepted from the operation
of the rules.
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