GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK PASSPORTS. Rules Governing the Issue of Passports. 1. By Whom Issued. No one but the Secretary of State may issue passports in the United States. A citizen desiring a passport while abroad should apply to the diplomatic representative in the country where he happens to be; or, in his absence, to the consul-general; or, in the absence of both, to the consul of the United States. The necessary statements may be made before the nearest consular officer of the United States. 2. Passports are granted to citizens only. 3. Applications.-A citizen in this country must make written application, in form of an affidavit, to Secretary of State. It must be attested by an officer authorized to administer oaths, and if he has an official seal it must be affixed. If applicant signs by mark, two attesting witnesses to signature are required. Applicant is required to state date and place of birth, occupation and residence, to declare he goes abroad for temporary sojourn and intends to return, and must take oath of allegiance to United States Government. Applications must be accompanied by a description of the person applying, and state following particulars, viz.: age, stature, feet, inches (English measure), forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, hair, complexion, face. The application must be accompanied by a certificate from one witness that applicant is the person represented and that the facts stated are true. 4. Native citizens.-(See Rule 3.) 5. A Person Born Abroad whose Father was a Native Citizen of United States. In addition to requirements of Rule 3, application must show that his father was born and resided in United States, and was a citizen at time of applicant's birth. 6. Naturalized Citizens. In addition to requirements of Rule 3, naturalized citizens must transmit certificates of naturalization, or certified copy of court record thereof, with applications. He must state when and from what port he emigrated; in what ship he sailed; where he has lived since arrival; when and before what court he was naturalized. 7. The Wife or Widow of a Naturalized Citizen. In addition to requirements of Rule 3, she must transmit for inspection her husband's certificate of naturalization, state that she is the wife (or widow) of person described therein, and set forth facts of his emigration, naturalization and residence. 8. The Child of a Naturalized Citizen Claiming Citizenship through the Naturalization of the Parent. In addition to Rule 3, applicant must state that he or she is son or daughter of person described in certificate of naturalization, which must be submitted for inspection, and set forth facts of emigration, naturalization and residence. 9. Expiration of Passport.-A passport expires in two years. A new one will be issued upon a new application, and, if naturalized citizen, the old passport will be accepted in lieu of a certificate of naturalization. 10. Wife, Minor Children and Servant.-When applicant is accompanied by wife, minor children, or servant, who is an American citizen, it will be sufficient to state the fact, giving the respective ages of the children and the citizenship of the servant, when one passport will suffice for all. A woman's passport may include her minor children and servant under above conditions. II. Professional Titles.-They are not inserted in passports. 12. Fee. One dollar is the fee collected for every passport. Orders should be made payable to Disbursing Clerk, Department of State. Drafts or checks will not be accepted. 13. Blank Forms of Application. Are furnished by the Department to persons upon their stating whether they are native or naturalized citizens, or claim through the naturalization of husband or parent. 14. Address.-Communications should be addressed to the Department of State, Passport Division. 15. Rejection of Applications.-The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a passport to anyone who he has reason to believe desires it for an unlawful or improper purpose, or who is unable or unwilling to comply with the rules. The foregoing rules apply also to passports in United States. UNITED STATES VALUE OF FOREIGN COINS. The following estimate by the Director of the Mint of the value of foreign coins is proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the provisions of section 25 of the Act of August 28, 1894, to be the value of such coin in terms of the money of account of the United States, to be followed in estimating the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the United States on or after January 1, 1896, expressed in any of such metallic currencies: GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK The Civil Service Law prescribes that appointments and promotions in that service shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination; and no appointing officer may fill any vacancy except in accordance with the Civil Service Rules. No employee in the Civil Service may be transferred to any position in a higher class than that which he has held, unless he has passed an examination for the higher position, or he has served the City three years in a similar position. No transfer shall be made from the unclassified to the classified branch of the service, nor from any position in the competitive class to another in that class, without authorization of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, and a violation of that rule is good cause for the dismissal of the offending official. There are four divisions of the classified service: the Exempt Class, the Non-Competitive Class, the Competitive Class, and the Labor Class. The Exempt Class comprises the deputies of the principal executive officers of the several departments. The Non-Competitive Class includes persons appointed in an emergency to fill vacancies for which there is no eligible list on hand. Such an appointment, however, cannot continue longer than two months, nor can the vacancy be again created and filled temporarily. A permanent appointment must be made after examination at the expiration of that period The Competitive Class includes all positions and classes of employees except those of the Labor Class, which includes all laborers and other employees who shall not be subject to examination, and except those especially exempt from examination under the Civil Service rules or the statutes of the State. Applications for appointment under the Civil Service must be addressed to the Secretary of the Municipal Civil Service Commission; and all applicants must furnish their full names and addresses, with such other information concerning themselves as is naturally of use in judging their qualifications and fitness for appointment. Applicants will find it desirable to state what branch of the service they wish to serve, if they have a preference; and they must take oath before a Notary as to the truth of all their statements. GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK CIVIL SERVICE RULES-Continued No person under eighteen years of age can be appointed to a position in the Competitive Class, unless otherwise provided by the rules. Professional persons who are to perform technical or expert duties are required to satisfy the Commission that they are regularly authorized by the laws of the State to engage in their particular field of effort, before they can be accepted under the Civil Service; but such persons are not expected to submit to an examination adapted for non-professional persons. A false statement will disqualify an applicant, and the Commission may refuse to examine a person who is unsuitable for the service. No person who has been convicted of crime, who has been dismissed from the public service, or who has attempted to practise fraud in connection with his application, can be appointed. Intemperance also debars. All examinations are conducted in writing, and the utmost care is exercised to prevent fraud in the preparation of applicant's papers. Any person detected in fraud is instantly dismissed by the Commission. No person who has failed to pass an examination may be again admitted to examination within nine months without consent of the Commission. Applicants for senior clerical positions must attain an average percentage of 80, and no person who receives less than 70 can be appointed to any clerical position. Applicants for positions requiring technical or professional knowledge must attain an average of 75 per cent.; otherwise they cannot be accepted. Applicants for positions in the Fire and Police Departments are required to average 70 per cent. in mental and 70 in physical examination. No applicant who fails utterly in any one branch of the examination can be appointed to the service. Candidates for promotion in graded positions must attain an average of 80 per cent. in all grades up to the second, and 85 per cent. in all higher grades; while in the Police and Fire Departments they must average 70 per cent. If a person feels that he has not been fairly treated by an examining board, he may appeal to the Municipal Commission, who will investigate his complaint and will remedy any injustice that may have been done. In all eligible lists prepared by the Secretary of the Commission, candidates who have been honorably discharged from the United States naval military service, having served during the Civil War, will be specially indicated in order that they may receive preference in the matter of appointments. No eligible list shall be effective for a term longer than four years, and at the expiration of that time, or the lapse of one year, a new list may be submitted to the Secretary. The eligibility of those on the old list will expire at the same time, so that they will be obliged to pass a new examination in order to be placed on the new list. A person who is appointed to a Civil Service position is expected to accept it within four business days after receiving notice of his appointment. Delay longer than four such days is interpreted as a declination. A person may waive his right to a position on ground of nonresidence, insufficiency of salary, or temporary disability. No person whose name is on an eligible list may take an examination for another position within nine months of the issuance of the list, except by consent of the Commission. Persons on the eligible list of any department may accept temporary appointment in emergency cases without affecting their rights to permanent appointment later. When extra clerks are required for temporary employment in the departments of Taxes, Finance, Elections, Assessments and Arrears, Water Rates and Water Supply, temporary appointments may be made from the eligible list and otherwise without special examination; but such employees selected from the eligible list will be given preferment when permanent appointments are made in those departments. Those whose names are on the eligible list will be restored to that list in their original order at the expiration of their temporary service in any one of the departments named. Every original appointment in the Civil Service is for a probationary period of three months, except in the cases of firemen and of patrolmen, when it is one month's probation. If the appointee is then declared competent, his appointment is made permanent; if not, he is dismissed. Promotions from lower to higher grades of a department are made on the basis of merit, seniority of service and examination. An increase of salary is deemed promotion. Delinquency and misconduct are sufficient causes for dismissal, and no persons dismissed for such reasons may be appointed to any position under the Civil Service within two years after dismissal. No person may be dismissed from the Civil Service for political reasons, nor until the person has been given an opportunity to refute the charges made. Any person who has retired from the Civil Service voluntarily or who has been dismissed without prejudice may be reinstated within one year after leaving his position. If he wishes to re-enter the service after the expiration of that period he must submit to examination again. While there is no rule prohibiting persons in the Civil Service contributing to political campaign funds, it is expressly stipulated that no such person shall be dismissed from the service for refusing to contribute to such funds. Nor shall any person in authority exercise his power against any Civil Service employee because of his political or religious affiliations. Applicants for positions as laborers are required to furnish satisfactory references as to character, sobriety and physical fitness for such work, and their names are registered by the Labor Clerk; but no appointment to that class is for a longer period than one year, when they may be re-appointed if they pass another physical examination. If at any time they fail to GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK CIVIL SERVICE RULES-Continued fulfil the physical qualifications required, they are dismissed, but without prejudice—that is to say, their dismissal is no reflection upon their character. One department may call upon another to funish extra labor forces temporarily, in which case the Commission will indicate what assignments are to be made, and from the lists so submitted to him the executive officer of the department requiring the laborers will select such persons as he needs, and will report his selections to the Labor Clerk. If an emergency arise under which laborers are required immediately, the executive officer may hire such persons as he wants without examination, but not for a period longer than three days. The Municipal departments which come under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission are as follows: Calvary Church Free Dispensary, 216 W. Catharine Mission Dispensary for Women and Children's Hospital, Randall's Island Colored Home and Hospital, Concord ave, Columbia Dispensary, 125 E. 104th st. Demilt Dispensary, 245 E. 23d st. Eleventh St. M. E. Dispensary, 543 E. 11th st. st. Epileptic, Randall's Island European Women's Medical Institute, 150 Fever, North Brother's Island Floating Hospital of St. John's Guild, no per- Fordham Reception, Aqueduct ave., cor. St. French, 320 W. 34th st. General Memorial, 2 W. 106th st. German American Sanitarium, 143 W. 22d st. Good Samaritan Dispensary, 75 Essex st. Harlem Dispensary, 108 E. 128th st. Harlem Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary, 114 Harlem Homœopathic Hospital, 63 W. 125th GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES IN GREATER NEW YORK-Continued Lincoln, Concord ave., near E. 141st st. st. Long Island State (office), 309 Broadway Morning Star Mission Dispensary, 17 Doyersts. New Amsterdam Eye and Ear, 230 W. 38th st. N Y. College of Veterinary Surgeons, 337 E. 57th st. New York Dental School Infirmary, 216 W. 42d st. New York Dispensary, 137 Centre st. st. New York Infirmary for Women and Children, 5 Livingston pl. New York Institute for Diseases of the Eye, New York Medical Institute, 305 E. Broadway New York Orthopædic Hospital, 126 E. 59th st. New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, 214 E. 34th st. New York Post-Graduate Medical School and New York Red Cross, 110 W. 82d st. New York Throat, Nose and Lung, 244 E. 59th st. New York Veterinary, 117 W. 25th st. Northeastern Dispensary, 222 E. 59th st. Northern Dispensary, Waverly pl., Christopher st. cor. Northwestern Dispensary, 403 W. 36th st. St. Bartholomew's Eye and Ear Clinic, 221 St. Bartholomew's Medical Clinic, 221 E. 42d st. St. Chrysostom's Chapel Seventh ave. Dispensary, 550 St. Elizabeth's, 223 W. 31st st. St. John's Guild (office), 501 Fifth ave. son ave. St. Luke's, W. 113th st. and Amsterdam ave. St. Mark's, 177 Second ave. St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children, 405 St. Vincent's, 149 W. 11th st. Seaside Hospital of St. John's Guild (office), 501 Fifth ave. Seton, Spuyten Duyvil Sherwood Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary, 2064 Fifth ave. Skene Hospital for Self-supporting Women, (office), 27 Pine st. Sloane Maternity, 59th st. and Amsterdam ave. Trinity Dispensary, 209 Fulton st. U. S. Marine (office), Battery University and Bellevue Hospital, Medical College Dispensary, 338 and 410 E. 26th st. Vanderbilt Clinic Dispensary, 13 Amsterdam Brooklyn Bay Ridge, 2d ave. and 60th st. ave. Bethesda Sanitarium, 954 St. Mark's ave. Brooklyn Central Dispensary, 29 Third ave. Brooklyn City Dispensary, 11 Tillary st. Brooklyn Diet Dispensary, 231 Lorimer st. and 285 Hackett st. Brooklyn E. D. Dispensary and Hospital, 108 South 3d st. Brooklyn E. D. Homoeopathic Dispensary, 194 South 3d st. |