(_b_) That he is a citizen of the United States.

(_c_) Year and place of his birth.

(_d_) The State, Territory, or District of which he is a _bona
fide_ resident, and the length of time he has been a resident thereof.

(_e_) His post-office address.

(_f_) His business or employment during the three years immediately
preceding the date of his application, and where he has resided each of
those years.

(_g_) Condition of his health, and his physical capacity for the
public service.

(_h_) His previous employment in the public service.

(_i_) Any right of preference in civil appointments he may claim
under section 1754 of the Revised Statutes.

(_j_) The kind of school in which he received his education.

(_k_) That he does not habitually use intoxicating beverages to excess.

(_l_) That he has not within the one year next preceding the date
of his application been dismissed from the public service for
delinquency or misconduct.

(_m_) Such other facts as the Commission may require.

9. Every applicant for examination for the classified departmental
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.

10. A false statement made by an applicant, or connivance by him with
any person to make on his behalf a false statement in any certificate
required by the Commission, and deception or fraud practiced by an
applicant, or by any person on his behalf with his consent, to influence
an examination, shall be good cause for refusal to examine such
applicant or for refusing to mark his papers after examination.

11. All examinations shall be prepared and conducted under the
supervision of the Commission; and examination papers shall be marked
under rules made by the Commission, which shall take care that the
marking examiners do not know the name of any competitor in an
examination for admission whose papers are intrusted to them.

12. For the purpose of marking examination papers boards of examiners
shall be appointed by the Commission, one to be known as the central
board, which shall be composed of persons in the classified service, who
shall be detailed for constant duty at the office of the Commission.
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