§ 43. Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state at what age an assistant clerk who has been recommended for promotion is exempted from further examination on the ground of age?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThere is no age fixed. In treating each case the Commissioners take all the circumstances into account, and if the candidate has reached the age of forty the Commissioners give his case special consideration.