WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1811

relative ability of the candidate actually to perform the duty
of the classification to which he seeks to be appointed. All
examinations shall be submitted to the State Employment
Commissioner for his approval before being given. Examina-
tions shall be competitive, free and open to all persons who
may be lawfully appointed to any position within the class for
which the examination is held; provided, however, that the
said Commission may from time to time provide for general
rules exempting from competitive examination positions to
be filled by semi-skilled or unskilled manual laborers, and may
as it sees fit provide in lieu of said competitive examination
such system of registration for said laborers or otherwise as
in its judgment will best provide for such positions.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That honorably dis-
charged veterans of the military and naval services of the
United States who were bona fide residents of the State of
Maryland when entering the military and naval services of
the United States shall, until January 1, 1950, receive a credit
of five (5) per cent in all examinations for appointment.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That notice of the time,
place and general scope of every examination, and of the
duties, pay and experience advantageous or requisite for all
positions in the class for which the examination is to be held
shall be given by the said Commission by publication at least
once a week for at least two successive weeks preceding the
examination in a newspaper or newspapers of general circula-
tion in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Commis-
sion shall prepare a list of eligibles consisting of the names
of persons whose general average and whose marks on any
part of an examination exceed the minimum of the rules set
by said Commission and shall send a copy of said list to the
State Employment Commissioner. Eligible lists shall continue
in force for one year from the date of preparing the list and
may be extended by said Commission by action taken before
the expiration of said year and entered in its minutes. The
marks and examination papers of each candidate shall be open
to his inspection upon his application and should the appli-
cant not be satisfied with the marking he received by the said
Commission, he may appeal to the State Employment Com-
missioner who shall review the matter and whose decision
shall be final. The said Commission may appoint to a vacancy
in the classified service any one on the list of eligibles as above
set forth. No person, except present employees of said Com-
mission as hereinafter described, shall be appointed to a posi-