Leslie M. Shaw.
The balance of the correspondence is unimportant in view of the Commissioner’s letter of Dec. 9, 1905, practically one year thereafter, quoted page 173, and in which the Commission states that after two examinations, on its recommendation the place was excepted by the President and filled independent of Civil Service.
APPENDIX C
TOBACCO EXAMINER
Treasury Department, December 15, 1904.
To the Civil Service Commission:
I am in receipt of your letter of the 12th inst. certifying three names eligible for selection as Tobacco Examiner at the port of ————.
I hereby file objections to each and all because of mental unfitness for the position for which they apply.
The Tariff Duty on unmanufactured tobacco is in part as follows:
| Per lb. | |
| Wrapped Tobacco, unstemmed | $1.85 |
| Wrapped Tobacco, stemmed | 2.50 |
| Filler Tobacco, unstemmed | .35 |
| Filler Tobacco, stemmed | .50 |
| Filler Tobacco, if packed or mixed with more than 15 per cent of wrapper tobacco, unstemmed | 1.85 |
| If stemmed | 2.50 |
| Tobacco, the product of two or more countries or dependencies when mixed, unstemmed | 1.85 |
| If stemmed | 2.50 |