Annual Report of the New York State Civil Service CommissionNew York State Civil Service Commission, 1898 - Civil service |
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... competitive examinations . There were in 1885 , 22 appointments from the eligible list , in 1886 there were 57 , in 1887 there were 58 , in 1888 there were 79 , in 1889 there were 47 , in 1890 there were 62 , in 1891 there were 71 , in ...
... competitive examinations . There were in 1885 , 22 appointments from the eligible list , in 1886 there were 57 , in 1887 there were 58 , in 1888 there were 79 , in 1889 there were 47 , in 1890 there were 62 , in 1891 there were 71 , in ...
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... competitive examination held by the Civil Service Commission . This limitation reduced the oppor- tunities for favoritism to the lowest point deemed possible , since a restriction to the one person standing highest would annul the ...
... competitive examination held by the Civil Service Commission . This limitation reduced the oppor- tunities for favoritism to the lowest point deemed possible , since a restriction to the one person standing highest would annul the ...
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... competitive examinations held under the old law , as I have considered it to be the sense of the Commission and the ... examination . The provisions of sec- tion 3 of Rule XI for the formation of several eligible lists from the results of a ...
... competitive examinations held under the old law , as I have considered it to be the sense of the Commission and the ... examination . The provisions of sec- tion 3 of Rule XI for the formation of several eligible lists from the results of a ...
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... competitive examinations for pro- motion will often be valuable . They furnish a basis on which ap- pointing officers may freely select employes to be promoted with- out the charge of favoritism and without being compelled to ap- point ...
... competitive examinations for pro- motion will often be valuable . They furnish a basis on which ap- pointing officers may freely select employes to be promoted with- out the charge of favoritism and without being compelled to ap- point ...
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... examination . I think a further effort should be made to have section 3 of the original Civil Service Law amended so ... competitive examinations as seem to require special mention . A table appended to the report gives a complete list of the ...
... examination . I think a further effort should be made to have section 3 of the original Civil Service Law amended so ... competitive examinations as seem to require special mention . A table appended to the report gives a complete list of the ...
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affidavit Albany amended annum appellant applicant appointing officer appointment or promotion April ascertained Auburn Prison August August 27 bookkeeper candidates certified character chief city of Brooklyn Civil Service Commission Civil Service Commissioners Class classified service compensation competitive examination Comptroller confidential Constitution defendant Department of Excise Department of Public Deputy determined dismissal duties eligible list Elmira Reformatory employed employment entitled ex rel examination for fitness examining board experience filled Give grade held honorably discharged soldier Inspector January Junior physician labor Legislature Manhattan State Hospital mayor Medical interne ment merit and fitness merit list passed practicable prescribed public service qualifications question Regents REGULATION Relative weights relator relator's removal rules salary Schedule F secretary Sheet Sing Sing Prison statute Stenographer subdivision Superintendent Supreme Court term thereof tion Total vacancy veteran writ of mandamus York city YORK ex rel
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Page 482 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 575 - ... that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late civil war, who are citizens and residents of this State, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 730 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 730 - ... representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined or to be examined being appointed, employed, or promoted...
Page 401 - Senate, shall appoint three persons, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party, who shall be styled a "State Board of Arbitration...
Page 842 - Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 841 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Page 515 - The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter...
Page 841 - whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror...
Page 349 - Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.