The Civil-service Reform MovementPress of G. H. Ellis, 1882 - 76 pages |
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... congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the president alone , in the courts of law , or in the heads of departments . " What is the practice which has grown up under the partisan system ...
... congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the president alone , in the courts of law , or in the heads of departments . " What is the practice which has grown up under the partisan system ...
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... congress . " 3 The reform , therefore , not only in its general principle , but as regards this specific feature of examinations , rests on a constitutional basis , as repeatedly affirmed by the govern- ment's chief legal advisers . 1 ...
... congress . " 3 The reform , therefore , not only in its general principle , but as regards this specific feature of examinations , rests on a constitutional basis , as repeatedly affirmed by the govern- ment's chief legal advisers . 1 ...
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... congress , 3d session , p . 4. ] 2 Resolutions of the New York Chamber of Commerce , at its monthly meeting , June 2 , 1SS1 . - would still be open to the charge of favoritism 16 THE CIVIL - SERVICE REFORM MOVEMENT .
... congress , 3d session , p . 4. ] 2 Resolutions of the New York Chamber of Commerce , at its monthly meeting , June 2 , 1SS1 . - would still be open to the charge of favoritism 16 THE CIVIL - SERVICE REFORM MOVEMENT .
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... . It is through such a pro- cess as this that the specific plan of legislation , now before congress , has been developed and shaped . 1 See Chapter 6 , p . 39 . CHAPTER IV . IT IS NOT UNBUSINESS - LIKE . IT IS NOT IMPRACTICABLE . 23.
... . It is through such a pro- cess as this that the specific plan of legislation , now before congress , has been developed and shaped . 1 See Chapter 6 , p . 39 . CHAPTER IV . IT IS NOT UNBUSINESS - LIKE . IT IS NOT IMPRACTICABLE . 23.
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... congress , 3d session ; appendix , p . 35 . 3There are certain kinds of information which every official needs : how to read , to write , to apply the elements of arithmetic . As we rise in the grades of the service technical or ...
... congress , 3d session ; appendix , p . 35 . 3There are certain kinds of information which every official needs : how to read , to write , to apply the elements of arithmetic . As we rise in the grades of the service technical or ...
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Page 68 - 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.
Page 70 - ... falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing...
Page 70 - ... 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 70 - That any said commissioner, examiner, copyist, or messenger, or any person in the public service who shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in co-operation with one or more other persons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his or her right of examination...
Page 11 - 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...
Page 68 - Sixth, that no person in said service has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Page 69 - Columbia where examinations are directed by the President or by said board to be held, to allow the reasonable use of the public buildings for holding such examinations, and in all proper ways to facilitate the same.
Page 71 - Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive branch of the government, or any person merely employed as a laborer or workman...
Page 68 - That it shall be the duty of said commissioners : "FIRST. To aid the President, as he may request, in preparing suitable rules for carrying this act into effect, and when said rules shall have been promulgated it shall be the duty of all officers of the United States in the departments and offices to which any such rules may relate to aid, in all proper ways, in carrying said rules, and any modifications thereof, into effect.
Page 68 - ... from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation, of transfers, resignations, and removals, and of the date thereof, and a record of the same shall be kept by said commission.