es, the names of such eligibles shall be certified before
the names of other eligibles of higher grade: _Provided further_,
That on a line on which the service does not require the full time of a
clerk, and one can be employed jointly with the railroad company, the
appointment may be made without examination and certification, with the
consent of the Commission, upon a statement of the facts by the general
superintendent; but no clerk so appointed shall be eligible for transfer
or appointment to any other place in the service.

Section 6 of said rule is hereby amended by adding after the word
"substitutes" in line 6 the words "resident in the counties which are
supplied wholly or in part by the road on which the vacancy exists;" so
that as amended the section will read:

6. There may be certified and appointed in each State and Territory, in
the manner provided for in this rule, such number of substitute clerks,
not exceeding the ratio of one substitute to ten regular clerks, in
such State or Territory as the Postmaster-General may authorize, and
any vacancies occurring in class I in any State or Territory in which
substitutes have been appointed shall be filled by the appointment
thereto of those substitutes resident in the counties which are
supplied wholly or in part by the road on which the vacancy exists,
in the order of their appointment as substitutes, without further
certification. The time during which any substitute is actually
employed in the service shall be counted as part of his probation.

GENERAL RULE III.

Section 2 of General Rule III is hereby amended by adding thereto the
following clause:

(_h_) For the appointment of an Indian as assistant teacher in
the Indian-school service.

INDIAN RULE IV.

Indian Rule IV is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
section:

6. Upon the nomination by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, through
the Secretary of the Interior, of an Indian for appointment as
assistant teacher, the Commission shall give such Indian noncompetitive
examination under General Rule III, section 2, clause (_h_), upon
passing which at the required grade he shall be certified and appointed
for the probationary period provided for in section 3 of this rule, at
the end of which period he shall be absolutely appointed or discharged
from the service in accordance with the provisions of said section. Any
Indian appo