secretary shall, in all cases, state the relative standing of each of the persons certified. If the appointing officer shall notify the Commission of more than one vacancy at any time, the secretary shall certify to the appointing officer the names of as many persons as there are vacancies to be filled with the addition of two

names.

4. From the persons whose names are so certified the appointing officer shall make selection to fill the vacancy or vacancies, subject, however, to the provisions of the Constitution giving preference in appointment to veterans. Whenever the appointing officer who shall have made a requisition to fill a certain number of vacancies shall appoint a number smaller than that of the vacancies named by him, he shall not make selection from the whole number certified to him, but only from that number of names standing highest upon the list that would have been certified to him had the requisition stated the number of vacancies which he actually filled. Until an appointment has been made from said certification, or until said certification has been cancelled, no new certification shall be made to fill said vacant position or positions. In all cases the vacancies shall be so filled within fifteen days after the receipt by the appointing officer of the names certified by the secretary, and the secretary shall be notified within twenty-four hours by the appointing power of the appointment or promotions so made. No certification shall be in force for a longer period than fifteen days.

5. When a requisition is made to fill a position for which no eligible list exists, the Municipal Commission shall make certification from the eligible list most nearly appropriate for the group in which the position to be filled is classified, and wherein the qualifications demanded have been determined by examination.

6. No person on an eligible list shall be certified more than three times to the same appointing officer for the same bureau or institution, except at the request of said appointing officer, unless the person so certified is à veteran, in which case his name shall continue to be certified so long as it remains on the eligible list under these rules.

7. If the appointing officer shall certify that a person named in a certification has declined to accept a position offered, the secretary may certify the name of the person standing next highest upon the eligible list to those already certified.

8. If a person who is not entitled to certification is certified and appointed, his appointment shall be immediately revoked by the appointing officer upon notification by the Municipal Commission.

9. No person whose name is upon an eligible list may waive his right to certification or appointment except for any one of the following reasons, stated in writing to the appointing officer and to the Municipal Commission:

First. Insufficiency of the salary attached to the position offered; or

Second. Temporary inability, physical or otherwise, to accept the position offered, the proof of which shall be accepted by the Municipal Commission. The Commission shall enter upon its minutes the reasons for its action in each such case, and the waiver shall not continue in effect for a period longer than thirty days from the date of certification.

10. The name of any eligible who shall decline certification or appointment for any reason other than those above specified shall be stricken from the list.

11. Whenever an eligible certified for appointment shall fail to accept an offer of appointment sent to him by mail at his post office address within the four business days next succeeding the mailing of such offer of appointment, he shall be deemed to have declined such appointment.

12. An eligible who has declined an appointment on the ground of the insufficiency of the salary offered shall not thereafter be certified for a position at the same or any less salary. Whenever one or more eligibles shall have declined any appointment offered, and an eligible whose relative standing is lower shall have been appointed to the position, the salary or compensation of such appointee shall not be increased within a period of one year after his appointment, beyond that offered to the persons so declining.

13. If the appointment shall be made of any person other than one of the three standing highest on the eligible list the appointing officer shall forward to the Commission, with the notice of appointment, copies of all correspondence to and from the persons declining such appointment.

RULE XVIII

Suspension of Rules

In case of a vacancy in any position in the competitive class where peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional or educational character are required, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in such special case is impracticable, and that the position can be best filled by the selection of some particular person of high and recognized attainment in such qualities, the Commission may, upon obtaining the approval of the State Civil Service Commission, suspend the provisions of the rule requiring competition in such case, but no such suspension shall be general in its application to such place, and all such cases of suspension shall be reported to the State Civil Service Commission in the annual report made to them, with the reasons for the same.

RULE XIX

Qualifications as to Residence and Citizenship

Every applicant for examination for appointment to any of the positions enumerated in the competitive class, or for registra tion for employment in any of the positions enumerated in the labor class, must be a citizen of the United States and an actual resident of the city of Middletown at the time of his application; provided that such requirements as to citizenship and residence may be specially suspended by the Commission as to any position requiring high professional, scientific or technical qualifications, but all such cases, with the reasons therefor, shall be entered on the records of the Commission opposite the name of the candidate.

RULE XX

Requirements in Exceptional Cases

In the applications for examinations for positions requir ing scientific, professional or technical qualifications, the Commission may require evidences of special education for or of practical experience for a satisfactory term in such profession, art or trade; and shall require the production of such certificates of competency and license as are provided by the statutes of this State as necessary to enable the practice of any profession, art or trade.

RULE XXI

Candidates Unfit for Appointment

Blank forms for applications will be furnished by the said Municipal Civil Service Commission without charge to all persons requesting the same. The Commission may require in connection with such application such certificates of citizens, physi cians, public officers or others having knowledge of the applicant, as the good of the service may require. The Commission may refuse to examine an applicant, or after examination to certify an eligible, who is found to lack any of the established preliminary requirements for the examination or position for which he applies; or who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for the performance of the duties of the position to which he seeks appointment; or who is addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating beverages to excess; or who has been guilty of a crime, or of infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct; or who has been dismissed from the public service for delinquency or misconduct; or who has intentionally made a false statement of any material fact, or practiced, or attempted to practice, any decepion or fraud in his application, in his examination, or in securing his eligibility or appointment. Any of the foregoing disqualifications shall be good cause for the removal of an eligible from the service after his appointment. When the position to be filled involves fiduciary responsibility, the appointing officer, where otherwise permitted by law, may require the appointee to furnish a bond or other security and shall notify the Municipal

Commission of the amount and necessary details thereof. No person who has entered upon any examination for any position shall be entitled to be admitted within nine months from the date thereof to a new examination for the same grade of position.

RULE XXII

Temporary Appointments

1. Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in the competitive class and there is no list of persons eligible for appointment after competitive examination, the appointing officer may nominate a person to the Municipal Cominission for non-competitive examination and if such nominee shall be certified by such Commission as qualified after such noncompetitive examination, he may be appointed provisionally to fill such vacancy until a selection and appointment can be made after competitive examination, but such provisional appointment shall not continue for a longer period than two months, nor shall successive temporary appointments be made to the same position under this rule.

2. When the service to be rendered by an appointee is for a temporary period, and the need of such services is urgent, the appointing officer may appoint from the appropriate eligible list the first person willing to accept such temporary appointment, but the acceptance or declination of such temporary appointment, shall not deprive the person of his right to future certification for permanent appointment, nor shall said appointee be entitled to the privileges conferred by the provisions of these rules relating to promotion, transfer or reinstatement. A temporary appointment made under this rule shall not continue for a longer period than ten days from the date of the appointment, nor shall successive temporary appointments be made to the same position; except in the case of the temporary appointment to the position of substitute fireman, in which case the police and fire commissioners may select for such service any person on the eligible list of firemen for permanent appointment without regard to his standing on such list, but no such appointment shall continue for a longer period than three days in any one calendar month,