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NEW YORK CITY MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Held, That appointments to positions in the New York City Magistrates' Court must be made from regular court, eligible lists. (May 20, 1897.)

SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME, BATH.

Ordered, That the superintendent be authorized to appoint exsuperintendent Rogers to the position of agent at Buffalo, and transfer Major H. S. Leavitt from the position of adjutant to that of inspector. (May 20, 1897.)

Held, That the appointment to the position of eastern agent of the Home at Brooklyn, N. Y., has been legally made under the provisions of rule 8, section 7 (e). (December 9, 1897.)

Held, That the position of superintendent of the mess hall and kitchens be included in class III of the State Civil Service classification. (December 9, 1897.)

ELIGIBLE LISTS.

Resolved, That all eligible lists which have expired or are about to expire under the fourth section of the eleventh rule, shall be extended until further orders. (May 20, 1897.)

AGE LIMITATIONS.

Resolved, That when the regulations of this Commission under the new law shall be amended, all age limitations shall be abolished. (June 3, 1897.)

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS.

Held, That no temporary appointments can be made pending the promulgation of the new rules. (June 3, 1897.)

ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR.

Resolved, That the State Engineer and Surveyor be allowed to employ six assistant engineers to aid in the matter of the canal enlargement now being made, and such surveyors of land as may be required by the Court of Claims or the Forest Preserve Board under section 8 and 9 of rule 8. (July 1, 1897.)

STATE LAND SURVEY.

Resolved, That the superintendent of the State Land Survey be allowed to appoint Mr. Wesley Barnes as a surveyor to locate and verify certain boundaries in Essex county, under sections 8 and 9 of rule 8. (July 1, 1897.)

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, GENEVA. Resolved, That for the reasons set forth in a communication from Dr. W. H. Jordan, director of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station under date of June 14, 1897, the restrictions in regard to residence and citizenship shall not apply to the position of assistant chemist in his department. (July 1, 1897.)

MERIT LISTS.

Resolved, That by direction of the Governor, all existing merit lists will expire upon the fifteenth day of September next, and examinations for new lists must be made in time for the completion of the new lists on or before that date. (July 1, 1897.)

STATE WEATHER BUREAU, CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Resolved, That/Professor E. A. Fuertes of the College of Civil Engineering of Cornell University, be, under section 6 of rule 8, allowed to employ temporarily such persons as he may require who are informed upon the subject of meteorology and in the computation of diffcult mathematical investigations. (August 3, 1897.)

COURTS.

Held, That the Commission should relinquish all jurisdiction over the appointments to positions under the board of police magistrates and in the police courts, minor civil courts and the courts of special sessions in the cities, for the reason that the employes in said courts are city and not State officials. (September 15, 1897.)

CRAIG COLONY.

Ordered, That the restrictions imposed by the rules as to residence and citizenship be removed as applying to the position of pathologist or pathological chemist at Craig Colony. (December 9, 1897.)

APPENDIX F.

1. AMENDMENTS TO CITY REGULATIONS, APPROVED.

2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, APPROVED.

3. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS OF

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DIS

APPROVED.

Amendments to City Regulations, Approved.

Brooklyn Civil Service Regulations.

At a meeting of the Civil Service Commission of the city of Brooklyn held December 1, 1897, the following action was taken: A communication dated November 30, 1897, from his Honor the Mayor, recommending that the position of superintendent of the bureau of combustibles in the department of fire be transferred by amendment to the regulations, from Schedule A to Schedule B, was read. In connection therewith, a communication dated November 29, 1897, from the commissioner of fire, addressed to his Honor the Mayor, was also read, and both communications were ordered on file.

On motion it was ordered that, pursuant to chapter 428 of the Laws of 1897, appendix B of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations, entitled "positions in Schedule A," be amended by striking out under the heading "Department of Fire," the figure and words "1 Superintendent Bureau of Combustibles," and that appendix D of the said rules and regulations, entitled "Classification of Positions in Schedule B, for the purposes of examination," be amended by adding to the said appendix the following words: "Class 42. Superintendent of the Bureau of Combusti bles.

"Grade A. Superintendent of the Bureau of Combustibles, Department of Fire, $1,800 or more."

ALBANY, N. Y., December 9, 1897.

The foregoing amendments to the Civil Service Regulations of the city of Brooklyn, having been duly examined, are hereby approved by the New York Civil Service Commission.

Attest:

[L. S.]

CLARENCE B. ANGLE,

Secretary.

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