e insert the following: "4. The
classified railway mail service." The rule as thus amended will read:

There shall be four branches of the classified civil service, as
follows:

1. The classified departmental service.

2. The classified customs service.

3. The classified postal service.

4. The classified railway mail service.

GENERAL RULE III.

In section 9, line 2, after the word "service," insert the words "and
the classified railway mail service." The section as thus amended will
read:

9. Every applicant for examination for the classified departmental
service and the classified railway mail 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.

In section 10, line 1, after the word "or," insert the words "procured
by his;" strike out all after the word "connivance" in line 1 to and
including the word "and" in line 3, and in place of the words stricken
out insert the words "or any;" strike out all after the word "consent"
in line 1 to and including the word "examination" in line 5; strike out
the words "for refusing" in line 6; change the period to a comma at the
end of line 6 and insert after the comma the words "or to certify him
for appointment, or for his removal after appointment." The section as
thus amended will read:

10. A false statement made by an applicant, or procured by his
connivance, or any deception or fraud practiced by an applicant, or
by any person on his behalf with his consent, shall be good cause
for refusal to examine such applicant, or to mark his papers after
examination, or to certify him for appointment, or for his removal
after appointment.

GENERAL RULE IV.

In section 2 strike out the letter "_a_," in brackets, in line 2;
change the period to a semicolon at the end of line 4; in line 5 strike
out the letter "_b_," in brackets, and strike out all after the
word "has" to and including the word "has" in line 7, and write the
section as one paragraph. The section as thus amended will read:

2. The Commission may refuse to certify an eligible who is so defective
in sight, speech, or hearing, or who is otherwise so defective
physically as to be apparently unfit to perform the duties of the
position to whic