Show GIVE OFfICES I Tn J FILIPINOS Will Be Given Opportunity to Govern Small Cities t ALL MUST 1 BE LOYAL TO UNITED STATES I Fitness ot Natives is Decided by Commission Washington April 1The I first annual report of the Philippine clvtl service board was received here today I says I Iho civil service act passol f before tho organization or-ganization pf the board 1s so explicit that i tlon which otherwise I many Important questions othe wise would have arisen Ip Ute preparation of the rules were solved by the passage I of the act Tho yet makes disloyalty to tho United Stales as the Kiiprimo authority author-ity of the Inland a complete disqualification disqualifica-tion for holding office Every ono examined ton exam-ined must first takes the oath of loyally An amendment to lie net made Jan W last t take effect prll declares United I the all persons In arms uganBt Unle Suites In the Philippines and all persons aiding or abetting tnem arc Ineligible to ahHt IbeUlnt iiniit oC 1i hold olc A mhlmUm age lmit AJtiSSfS WUSt yelLrs all amadmum or IQ yats Is fixed the loWer gradc or The act proldel5 for the ultimate CIL slficatloir of all positions In tho servIce sltcaLolCr I and offices from laborers to heads of bureaus o labrcr to de ices and the board Is empowered lermlne iho eUlclency ot present and LUturo government Ccenc ee8 Tho das Klflcallon of policemen firemen and guards at nenlioiulartej and prisons Ig poBtponcd until hero arc fewer disturbing disturb-ing elements In the island eemenLs I line with tho opinion of the military govornor that the present system 01 scleciine ovorol cinpfoycos be not dc I parted from Owing to lie urgent ncod of securing teachers without delay and tho largo number required these positions wero exccptcd irom the provisions of iho cIvil service ael It la believed thru conditions con-ditions In the near fulurd will warrant selection of skilled their inclusion The selecton Sltilctl and unskilled laborers has boon loft to the heads of lie several departments or oiflcurs with certain conditions 115 to certifying the lects on whloh any removals re-movals may be billed Vhllc It IK believed be-lieved that the board will In tlmo find It advisable to accept applications for employment em-ployment as laborers and to subject applicants ap-plicants to tesls of Illness it Is not been how under existing conditions this can be done < Fitness of Employees The question of ascertaining tho fitness Queston of employees M now In the aeivico will he considered by the board at the earliest practical date At tim beginning the I civil administration HIS iho report It Is r essential lhat the service should nol bo embarrassed by the preficncc of incompc1 I hint employees Thin act while giving I I preference to natives and soldiers still safeguards the servico by requiiing that rcqullnS they shall paM their oximlnaiions sufficiently suffi-ciently for appointment high to have their names certified The report says that natives found to have the capacity for positions now held by tho Americans should bo advanced us rapidly us practicable Thu irutnluos tutu report says have aptitude and 1 desire for knowledge Copks ot two importani nets of tho t Philippine commission providing for the organization othe municipal and provincial pro-vincial governments In the iirchipclugo havo been received nt the war department dCJrl ment Tho act for the organlzailon of a municipal government does not apply lo iho city of Manila nor dus tho settlements settle-ments of nonChristian tribes for which special legislation is to bo enacted Hut ail pucblas shall bo recognized UK municipal mu-nicipal l corporations adhorc lo their for mor name and continue to hold all property prop-erty rights vcitcd under their former or S Kanlzailon The government proper of each pueblo In vtsicd In 0 president vice president and D municipal council to ba chosen at largo by quallllcd electors 111110 lualledelecLorE for a term of two yours from and after the first Mon I day 1 January nwct after their election I Councillors elected In 1001 will divide I themselves Into two classes wi i t act I vacating their seats on iho firsTt Monduy f in January 1001 and the second set onu year after their successors have been > chosen nnd qualified so that onehalf of tho council will bo chosen annually I Divided into Four Classes Municipalities will bo divided Into four I aliHBes IhoHC containing c less than r LnOOO Inhabitants to have eighteen coup I clllors tho c containing J8OOQ and Ici H I 18Oo I than IJJ Inhabitants in huvu fouriojp councillors those containing iy000 and leas I than 1SCOO inhabitant to have ten councillors and thoso containing less than K100 Inhabitants to have eight coun cillors Tho qualifications of electors authorized to choose the oalcers or the municipal government are that they shall he male poisons over 3 years of age and must have a legal residence in the muntclpnllt In winch they exorcise a right of smirago for a period ot six months preceding tnu election and must not be citizens or sub Jocia OL foreign powers They too must bo members of the following three classes Those who prior to Aug J3 1S held the olilro of municipal captain or member mem-ber of any ayuntamiento those who own real property to the value ot 600 pesos or who pay annually M pc I > os or more to tho established taxes and those who speak road or write JMigllsh Spanish Those disqualified trom voting Include delinquent payers of taxes levied hlnce Aug JS 1SJS Insane or fecbiomlnddd persons those who violated the oath of allegiance to the United Hlatos llioso who 0101 after April l were lu arms against t lie sovereignty of the United Scales and thoso who In any way aid or promote the Insurrection The municipal officer in no case shall bo an ecclesiastic or soldier In active service Tho officers of each provincial government govern-ment aro to bo n provincial governor see ristary treasurer supervisor and fUcal I The provisional governors shall bo selected select-ed by n comontlou composed of tho coun cillors of ail the municipalities Included In tho province The four other officers of tho provisional government shall be appointed ap-pointed by the commission to hold office during Its pleasure With tho exception I o the provincial fiscal after Mhrch 1 IMC tluy shall be selected under the provisions of the civil service tct |