days after the receipt of notice, appeal to the commission, specifying particularly and in detail the cause of complaint. Such appeal will be considered by the commission, and, if necessary, it will direct the revision of the marking or grading of the appellant's papers, or otherwise do justice in the premises.

6 The commission shall appoint a committee on appeals, consisting of one commissioner, to whom all appeals shall be referred immediately upon their receipt, and who shall report thereon at the next meeting of the commission. (Added December 19, 1902.)

Regulation VII - Eligible lists

1 After an examination for positions in any grade or subdivision in the competitive class, the names of such competitors as are eligible under the provisions of rule XI shall be entered upon an eligible list for such position in order as follows:

First, the names of veterans in the order of their rating; and, second, the names of other eligibles in the order of their rating. Opposite the name of each eligible shall be entered his post-office address and his rating. The accuracy of all such lists shall be checked by two officials in the office of the commission.

2 The eligible list so prepared shall be entered by the secre tary in the proper place in the register of eligible lists, which may be kept by the card system, or otherwise, as deemed most convenient. Whenever there remain on the register any eligibles for any position at the time when the eligibles ascertained by a new examination are to be entered thereon, the names of all the eligibles shall be subject to the above regulation as to the order in which they shall be entered.

3 The term of eligibility shall be one year from the date of filing of the report of the examination, or until a new list of eligibles for the same positions shall be filed, if longer than one year, unless otherwise prescribed by the commission. The term of eligibility for the position of state hospital superintendent shall be three years, and for the positions of court stenographer, state hospital matron, assistant civil engineer,

first assistant physician, woman physician, regents' examiner, court interpreter, engineering draughtsman, architectual draughtsman, apothecary, examination clerk, technical and trade instructors, chemist, steward, milk expert, butter expert, cheese expert, vinegar expert, chief engineer, inspector of boilers and engines, building inspector, inspector of nurseries, junior physician, librarian and library assistant, two years. Whenever a person whose name is on an eligible list for any position shall enter a new examination for the same position within his term of eligibility, his eligibility on account of the former examination shall cease from the date of filing of the report of the new examination, and from such date he shall be credited with the mark and relative position obtained in the new examination. If he fail in the new examination, his name shall be stricken from the eligible list.

4 Copies of eligible lists shall not be furnished by the commission except to the appointing officers having the right of selection from such lists. The lists will be open to public

inspection.

5 The secretary shall certify eligibles upon the requisition of an appointing officer in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of rule VIII in such form as the commission may prescribe. No appointment shall be made from any certificate of eligibles after the expiration of the eligible list from which such certificate is drawn, nor after receipt by the commission of a report of examination providing new eligibles for such list. 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 ap pointment copies of all correspondence to and from the persons declining such appointment, in accordance with the provisions of rule XX and section 2 of rule VIII. (As amended May 7, 1900.)

6 Section 13 of the civil service law requiring appointments to positions in the state service, the duties of which are confined to a locality outside of Albany county, to be made, so far as practicable, from residents of the judicial district including such locality, shall be applied as follows:

(a) In certifications from the eligible lists of clerks, junior clerks, bookkeepers, stenographers, pages, teachers, storekeepers, messengers, janitors, assistant steam engineers, assistant electrical engineers, firemen, court stenographers, court attendants, court clerks, building inspectors, milk experts, veal inspectors, housekeepers, nurses, supervisors, watchmen, florists and gardeners. (As amended November 17, 1899; December 15, 1900; January 2, 1901.)

(b) In certification from the eligible list of prison guards, residents of the first and second judicial districts shall be certified for appointment in Sing Sing prison; residents of the third, fourth and fifth judicial districts for appointment in Clinton prison, and residents of the sixth, seventh and eighth judicial districts for appointment in Auburn prison.

(c) In certification from the eligible list for the position of foreman, department of public works, residents of the first, second, third and fourth judicial districts shall be certified for employment at any locality within those districts; residents of the fifth and sixth judicial districts for employment at any locality within those districts; residents of the seventh judicial district for employment at any locality within that district; residents of the eighth judicial district for employment at any locality within that district. (Added January 2, 1901.)

(d) In certification from the eligible list of court attendants for appointment in the appellate division of the supreme court, residents of the judicial department in which the vacancy exists shall be preferred. (Added March 15, 1901.)

When the services to be performed in any position for which eligibles are to be certified from any of the eligible lists mentioned in this section, are confined to a locality outside of Albany county, the secretary shall certify from the proper eligible list the person or persons standing highest who are residents of the judicial district in which the service is located or of the judicial district indicated above; but if there be no eligibles who are residents of such judicial district, or if all such eligibles shall decline the appointment, the person or per sons standing highest on the whole eligible list shall be certified.

For the purpose of certification under this regulation, the residence of any person shall be deemed to be the place stated by such person in his application to be his legal residence at the time such application is filed, but in case any person has removed from the judicial district in which he resided at the time of the filing of his application for examination, such person shall no longer be eligible to appointment from that district, but shall, after three months, be on the eligible list for the judicial district into which he has moved. (As amended February 6, 1900.)

7 Whenever an appointing officer to whom certification is made from the list of physicians, first and second grades, shall show that the conditions of residence in his institution are such as to require that only unmarried physicians be appointed, and that one or more of the persons certified is unsuitable for the reason that he is married, an additional name or names may be certified in place of those to whom objection is made. (Added January 1, 1902.)

Regulation VIII- Accounts

1 All accounts for compensation as examiners or for preparation of questions or marking of answers and papers, or other expenses of examinations, shall be certified by the chief examiner.

2 All accounts for other expenses of the commission, except those for salaries and official expenses fixed by statute, and those certified as above by the chief examiner, shall be certified by the secretary.

3 All accounts certified by the chief examiner and secretary shall be approved by the commission before payment.

Regulation IX - Information

1 General abstracts from the provisions of the law, rules and regulations, and other pertinent matter will be published by the commission from time to time, for the information of appointing officers, applicants, candidates and others concerned.

2 The commission cannot undertake to answer inquiries relating to cases which are not officially before it for decision, nor can it decide, except in cases of actual candidates, questions respecting the application of the rules and regulations.

3 Particular answers cannot be given to inquiries which are answered expressly or by implication in published regulations or other similar documents.

4 The commission cannot give any information upon the following points: (a) regarding positions in the unclassified service or in the exempt class of the classified service; (b) regard ing vacancies in any positions existing or prospective; (c) regarding the duties of positions except as indicated by their classification; (d) regarding the personal interests of any intending or actual applicant, candidate or eligible.

5 The examination papers of a competitor will be exhibited only to the competitor or his duly authorized representative, or to the appointing officer to whom his name is certified.

6 Copies of questions used in examinations cannot be furnished except in cases where they are published by the commission for general information.

7 The qualifications of applicants and subjects of examination, as prepared from time to time, will be published, but in regard to certain positions in which vacancies are rare the nature and extent of the examinations may not be determined until vacancies occur.

8 Eligible lists may be published with the standing of the persons named in them, but under no circumstances will the names of persons passing below the minimum standing be published, nor will their examination papers be exhibited or any information given about them, except as provided in the fifth section of this regulation.

Regulation X-Residence and citizenship

The restrictions of section 2 of rule IX as to residence and citizenship shall not apply to the following positions:

(a) On account of low compensation:

Attendants, nurses and orderlies in asylums and hospitals and

similar institutions.