proceedings of each sitting of the Board, certified by the to clerk of Exchairman. 31 V., c, 8, s. 6; 40 V., c. 9, s. 19. ecutive Council. 658. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council determines the Time and time and place of the sittings of the Board of Examiners for places of meeting. examinations, and notice thereof is given in the Quebec Official Gazette. 31 V., c. 8, s 7. 659. Each candidate shall, at least eight days before the Application examination, forward an application to be admitted to exam- to be sent by ination. candidates. examination. The candidates are examined in the order of the receipt of Order of their application. Candidates holding a diploma from any incorporated uni- Exception as versity or normal school in the Province have precedence to persons over the others. 31 V., c. 8, s. 8. holding diplomas. 660. The Board of Examiners grants certificates corre- Nature of sponding to the five classes of clerks. 40 V., c, 9, s. 19. certificates granted. council of 661. The Board of Examiners is also a council of discipline Board is also for the civil service, and may report to the Provincial Secre- discipline and tary draft rules prepared for the internal government of the as such may departments. make rules. The Provincial Secretary, if he deems it expedient, submits Approval of rules by such proposed rules for the approval of the Lieutenant- LieutenantGovernor, and, when approved, they have the force of law. Governor. 31 V., c. 8, s. 14. Board. 662. The Board of Examiners is called the "Civil Service Name of Board." 31 V., c. 8, s. 18. 663. When the Civil Service Board receives a copy of an Inquiry into order in council, commanding it to inquire into the conduct of conduct of employees an employee in the civil service, it shall make an inquiry into the conduct of such employee and into the complaints preferred against him. The Board has power to examine witnesses and to appoint Power to one or more commissioners to examine the employees and examine witnesses. witnesses In urgent cases, an inquiry may take place on a reference Inquiries in from the member of the Executive Council presiding over the urgent cases. department to which such employee belongs. 31 V., c. 8, s. 16. expenses of the Allowance allowed by the for contin 664. A sufficient sum for the contingent Civil Service Board is, from time to time, Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and the chairman of the gent expenses. Board shall account for the same to the Provincial Treasurer. Accounting. 31 V., c. 8, s. 19 Rules for of departments. § 9.-Miscellaneous. 665. The Lieutenant-Governor may, by order in council, government make regulations for the government, control and management of the departments, and may, when necessary, create offices and positions therein; he may also, from time to time, determine the number of permanent employees who are required for the public service in the departments. Certain officers may be appointed without examination. Otherwise as 666. The deputy-heads, special officers and temporary and supernumerary employees may be appointed without a preliminary examination. No person can be appointed as a permanent clerk or to permanent messenger, unless he holds a certificate corresponding to the class which he is to occupy or to a higher class. 31 V., c. 8, s. 10; 40 V., c. 9, s. 20. clerks, &c. Appointment of deputyheads, &c. Promotion of clerks. Increase of salary. Appointment of private secretaries, &c. Oath of alle giance and of office to be taken by 667. Deputy-heads, permanent clerks, special officers and permanent messengers are appointed by the LieutenantGovernor in Council. The promotion of clerks takes place upon the report of the deputy-head approved by the head of the department and the increase in the salaries of clerks and messengers takes place in the same manner. Private secretaries and supernumerary employees are appointed by the head of the department. 40 V., c. 9, ss. 12. 21 and 22. 668. Before entering upon their duties, the deputy-heads of departments and the employees of the civil service take the oath of allegiance, and that contained in schedule A hereunto deputy-heads annexed. and em- Further oath to be taken by certain employees. Before whom The same oaths may be exacted from private secretaries and supernumerary clerks by the head of the department. 2. In addition to the oaths above mentioned, the clerk of the Executive Council and the employees thereof, as well as every other deputy-head or employee, when thereto required by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, take that contained in schedule B hereunto annexed. 3. Such oaths are taken by the clerk of the Executive 1cbe taken. Council before the Lieutenant-Governor or before a person authorized for that purpose, and are taken by the other deputyheads and by the employees before the clerk of the Executive Council. Register of such oaths. 4. A register of such oaths is kept by the clerk of the Executive Council, SCHEDULE A. OATH OF OFFICE. "I, A. B., swear that I will fulfill the duties of my office of , honestly and justly, and that I will not receive any sum of money or consideration, for what I have done or may do in the discharge of the duties of my office, to procure the purchase or exchange of any thing whatever by or with the Government, other than my salary or what may be allowed me by law or by an order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council: So help me God." SCHEDULE B. OATH OF SECRECY. "I, A. B, further swear that I will not reveal or disclose, unless duly authorized, any thing that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my duties: So help me God.” 31 V., c. 8, s. 12; 40 V., c. 9, s. 24. 669. Every deputy-head or employee who fails to take or Dismissal it who violates such oaths is immediately dismissed. 31 V., c. 8, oath not s. 13. violated. 670. The deputy-head of each department superintends and Duties of dedirects the employees in his department. puty-head He has, under the direction of the head of the department, His control. the general control of the matters connected therewith, and exercises the other powers and duties assigned to him by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. In the absence of the head of the department, he may sus- Power of sus pend any employee who refuses or neglects to obey his orders pension. or whose conduct he may deem blameworthy; he shall report Duty to resuch suspension to the head of the department. 40 V., c. 9, s. 16. port. puty-head. 671. The head of a department may entrust any first class Replacing of clerk or special officer of such department with the duties of absent dethe deputy-head, in the absence of the latter; and during the whole period that such clerk or officer discharges such duties, he has all the powers of the absent deputy-head. 40 V. c. 9, 8. 17. from different 672. When the employees of a department cannot perform Employment the duties entrusted to them with sufficient despatch for the of officers public service, and assistance may be had from the employees departments. in other departments, the deputy-head of such department may confer with the deputy-heads of the other departments, for the purpose of obtaining the temporary services of the required number of employees; and such employees shall give Monthly reports by deputy-heads. Funds out of nent officers their services without additional remuneration. 31 V., c. 8, s. 20. 673. Every month, the deputy-head of each department is bound to make a faithful report to the head thereof with respect to the regularity and efficiency of the service of all the employees under his control. 40 V., c. 9, s. 18. 674. The payment of the salaries of the permanent members which perma- of the civil service and of the private secretaries, as well as that of the contingencies of the Civil Service Board, is made out of the consolidated revenue fund, are paid, &c. Funds out of The salaries of supernumerary clerks are paid out of the which super- moneys voted by the Legislature for the payment of the contingencies of the departments in which they are employed. numeraries are paid. Return to the 675. Within the first fifteen days of every session of the Legislature. Legislature, a statement showing the appointments and promotions which have been made in the civil service, since the preceding session, and also copies of the orders in council concerning such promotions, shall be submitted to the Legislative Assembly.. 40 V. c. 9, s. 23. SECTION II. PENSIONS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Rension of retired officers. Basis of pension. § 1.-Amount of the Pensions of such Officers. 676. There is granted by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council an annual pension to any permanent member of the civil service who has served as such during ten years or more, and has attained the full age of sixty years, or who has become incapable of discharging his ordinary duties by reason of physical or mental infirmity, provided such infirmity be not caused by bad conduct. 40 V., c. 10, ss. 1 and 11; 44-45 V., c. 14, ss. 1 and 4; 48 V., c. 6, s. 3. 677. Such pension is calculated according to the total calculation of number of years of service of the public officer or employee, and the average of his salary during the three years immediately preceding his superannuation, in the manner following, that is to say: For ten years of service, ten-fiftieths of such average salary; For eleven years, eleven-fiftieths; For twelve years, twelve-fiftieths, and so on, adding one fiftieth of such average salary for every additional year's service, up to thirty-five-fiftieths, inclusively. 40 V., c. 10, s. 2; 44-45 V., c. 14, s. 2. 678. No additional grant can be made for more than thirty- Limit of five years of service. pension. The interruptions which may have occurred during the time Interruptions of service are not computed in the number of years which of service. entitle to the pension. 40 V., c. 10, s. 4. 679. If the report of the head of the department, to which Diminution of a public officer or employee, who is to be superannuated, certain cases. pension in belongs, shows that the services of such employee have, for any other reason than that of age or health, not been satisfactory, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may allow him a smaller pension than that by law allowed. 44-45 V., c. 14, s. 1. Union. 680. The time which any public officer or employee may Services⚫ have served before the Union as the permanent and salaried before the holder of any office, which entitles to a pension under this section, is taken into account. 40 V., c. 10, s. 3. entitled to 681. The same pension is granted upon the same conditions Certain other to the clerk of the Legislative Council, to the clerk of the officers to be Legislative Assembly and to all the permanent officers, clerks, same penand messengers of the Legislative Council and of the Legisla- sions." tive Assembly; to the clerk of the Crown in Chancery; to the permanent officers of the library of the Legislature; and to the law clerk of the Legislature and his permanent employees and messengers. 40 V., c. 10, s. 5. 682. Out of the salary of every public officer or employee Deduction to whom this section applies, a deduction is annually made of out of salary. five per cent. for the first three years, and of three per cent. for the subsequent years of his service. Such sum so deducted is paid monthly into the consolidated Payable revenue fund. 40 V., c. 10, s. 7; 44-45 V., c. 14, s. 4. § 2.-Pensions of their Widows and Children. monthly to consolidated revenue fund. of widows of 683. From and after the first day of the month which Pensions follows the date of the death of a public officer or employee, officers, &c. half the pension which the deceased received, or which he would have been entitled to receive if he had been superannuated, is paid to his widow for life, during her widow hood. If the wife of a public officer or employee dies before him, Pensions or if, having survived him, she dies or marries again, such half of children. pension is paid to those of the children of such officer or employee who have not attained the age of eighteen years and until they attain such age. Such half pension shall be paid in monthly instalments, Manner of and shall continue until the first day of the month next after payment. the date of the marriage or death of the widow, or the date at which the children of the deceased have attained the age of eighteen years. 40 V., c. 10, s. 10. |