Section 9
SEC. 9. Section six hundred and seventy-two of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 672. Examination as prerequisite to appointment.—No person shall be appointed to or employed in any position in the classified service until he passes the examination provided therefor: Provided, however, That persons now regularly and permanently employed in any branch or subdivision of the Government, whose position are or may hereafter be classified by operation of the Constitution and of this Act may, unless separated by proper authority, continue in the service for the term of three years from January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven: Provided, That they shall be given three chances to qualify: And provided finally, That all employees who, upon the approval of this Act, have rendered ten years or more of continuous and satisfactory service in a classified position or in a position which may be subject to classification, shall be given practical examination in which their length of satisfactory service shall be accorded preferred consideration."