for the particular examination. All records are preserved and are open for public inspection. No provisional examinations have been held; there have been no appeals from ratings and no exceptions from examination. In addition to 19 regular appointments in the competitive class, report states that "21 inspectors of public works were employed during paving and other public work, two of whom are still at work on an intercepting sewer. All of these employments are of a temporary nature." Promotions of a sergeant to captain and of a patrolman to sergeant, police department, are reported. Provisions of the law relative to certification of pay rolls and those giving preference in appointment and retention to veterans, have been strictly complied with. Pay rolls are reviewed and certified by the commissioners. So far as the commission knows, there are no persons in departments or divisions of the public service whose accounts for services are paid without its certification, disbursing officers of the city requiring such certification in all cases. to the provisions of the law regarding registration of laborers and employments from the labor list, it is reported that they have been complied with as well as possible. "Laborers are employed as a rule temporarily and at a time of the year when labor is scarce. During past year a number of public works were delayed owing to scarcity of labor." Roster and records of the commission are reported to be complete. Watertown The commissioners are James M. Dorsey, merchant, appointed October 21, 1898; Gary M. Jones, principal of high school, appointed October 21, 1898; Charles J. Bellinger, newspaper man, appointed in 1900. The commissioners serve without compensation. The secretary of the commission is J. H. O'Brien, appointed October 7, 1899; compensation, $300 per annum. Lack of competition for technical positions the commission attributes to the fact that the salaries paid are less than firstclass men can make outside of the public service. Notices of examinations are posted on the city hall bulletin board and published in local papers. Examinations are prepared and rated by Commissioner Jones and the secretary. All papers are preserved and are open to those interested. Under the heading of "Number of non-competitive provisional or emergency examinations held during the year; titles of posi tions," it is reported that "Almost all temporary appointments made in the fire department when they would be crippled if we insisted on examinations. In almost every instance men appointed temporarily were afterward regularly appointed. A few others caused by death and sudden resignation." There were no appeals from ratings. Under the rule based on section 14, paragraph 2, of the civil service law, competition was suspended in the case of a superintendent of the filtration plant. The person was examined non-competitively by the muni cipal commission, however. Provisions of the law giving preference to veterans have been strictly complied with by appointing officers. Commission reports provisions of law regarding certification of pay rolls strictly complied with except as to employees in the public library. Pay rolls are reviewed and certified by secretary. "Officials hold that the library comes under a special act of the legislature and the common council turns over annually to trustees $5,000 to pay expenses." Report states that "it is impossible to apply rules strictly to laborers as work is not continuous in small cities." Commission reports that it has a roster of city employees. It considers the roster and its other records sufficiently complete to make it possible to establish the legality of the appointment of all persons in the classified service, but adds: "Our system is very crude by reason of refusal of council to provide funds for better. We do the best we can." Watervliet The commission is non-salaried. The present commissioners, Thomas E. Shaughnessy, soda water manufacturer, Perry Robinson, collar cutter, and William Cassidy, blacksmith, were ap pointed January 18, 1905. Mr. Shaughnessy was reappointed, he having been first appointed a commissioner on July 26, 1901. The secretary is William B. Daubney, appointed January 18, 1905. He receives an annual salary of $150. Nine persons only competed in the three examinations held during the year. Commission can state no reason for the small number of competitors. Notices of examinations are posted on bulletin board at corporation hall and in other public places at least five days before the examinations are to be held. Examinations are prepared and rated by the commissioners. Applications, examination answer papers of candidates, ratings and elig ible lists are preserved and open for public inspection. All laborers registered were employed at various times, none of them being appointed to permanent positions. Report states that provisions of the law regarding registration of laborers and employments from the registration list are strictly complied with; also the provisions giving preference to veterans. One death in the exempt class and two resignations in the competitive class are reported. No transfers, no promotions, no appeals from ratings, no exceptions from examination. Pay rolls and accounts for services are reviewed and certified by the secretary, and the provisions of the law regarding certification of pay rolls is strictly complied with by the commission and the disbursing officer of the city. No employees are paid without the commission's certificate. The roster kept by the commission shows names, dates of appointment, titles of positions and salaries of city employees, and it considers the same, with its other records, sufficiently complete to make it possible to establish the legality of the appointment of all persons in the classified service. Yonkers The commission consists of four members, appointed December 15, 1903, viz.: Louis F. A. Page (president), engineer; Theodore E. Terrell, lawyer; Robert H. Neville, liveryman; Francis G. Gertenbach, inspector. Each commissioner receives an annual salary of $150. Commissioner Gertenbach is secretary and receives an additional salary of $350. "Notice is given five days before examinations by mail, and ten days in daily press, two insertions in each, and notice on bulletin boards of the commission. Papers are prepared by committee of commissioners appointed by the president; rated by full board on same night examination is held. All papers are held and open for public inspection." A provisional examination for position of clerk was held. Subsequently an open competitive examination was held and an elig ible list establish. Registrations in the labor class are made under titles of driver, teamster, caulker, boatman, rockman, watchman, gardener and laborer. Provisions of law regarding registration and employment of laborers strictly complied with. There have been no appeals from ratings; no exceptions from examination under section 14, paragraph 2, of the civil service law. The promotion of a roundsman to the position of sergeant and that of a patrolman to position of roundsman, police depart ment, are reported. Appointing officers have complied with the provisions of the law giving preference to veterans. The provisions of the law concerning certification of pay rolls and accounts for services have been strictly complied with by fiscal or disbursing officers of the city and the commission. Pay rolls are reviewed and certified by the secretary of the commission. There are no employees in departments or divisions of the public service who are paid without the commission's certificate on their pay rolls. Roster and other records of the commission are stated to be sufficiently complete to make it possible to establish the legality of the appointment of all persons in the classified service. |