designated for such purpose by the appointing officer therein, subject to confirmation by the Commission. Such entries shall be based upon reports submitted by the administrative officer most closely in touch with the work of the officer or employees to be rated, and shall be made at stated periods and at least quarterly. Where the entries are made quarterly, they shall be made on or about the first day of January, April, July and October of each year, and shall be a record for the quarter immediately preceding. The following terms shall be employed to indicate the degree of efficiency: (a) Far above the average; (b) Above the average; (c) Average; (d) Below the average; (e) Far below the average. A transcript or summary of such record shall be furnished to the Commission annually in a form to be prescribed by the Commission, which shall contain the certification of the appointing officer that the entries on such record were made in accordance with the provisions of this rule, and whenever the Commission so requires, like certification of the full record of each candidate shall be furnished by the appointing officer in advance of a particular examination. For periods of service prior to the establishment, or in the absence of any such record, such rating shall be based on such certificates, covering the several elements of service herein specified, in such forms as the Commission may require.

Whenever, in the judgment of the Chief Examiner, more exact information is required for the purposes of such rating than that given in any summary, the original record may be consulted in such case. Such records shall be open either to the Chief Examiner or to any examiner designated by him, and at reasonable times, to any officer or employee whose conduct is noted therein.

9. Whenever there are less than three persons eligible for promotion to fill a vacancy in a graded position, and willing to compete therefor, an eligible nominated by the appointing officer may be promoted to the grade next higher upon a statement of the facts to the Commission, and, on passing a non-competitive examination, similar in scope, subjects and preliminary conditions to such examination as would have been prescribed in case of competition.

10. Whenever a vacancy exists or is anticipated in a position in the Ungraded Service which, in the opinion of the appointing officer, or of the Commission, can be filled satisfactorily by a selection for promotion from among persons holding positions of lower but

corresponding character, the Commission may order a competitive examination for such promotion, open to all persons who shall have served with fidelity for not less than six months in such lower position.

II. Whenever a vacancy exists or is anticipated in a position in the ungraded service, or in the lowest grade of Part VI., VII. or VIII., which, in the opinion of the Commission, can be filled satisfactorily by the promotion of persons employed in a position of lower but corresponding character in the Labor Class, the Commission may, by resolution, order a competitive examination for such promotion open to all persons who have served with fidelity for not less than three years in such lower position.

12. Any person in the competitive service who shall have passed an examination for either appointment or promotion covering in its scope a higher grade or compensation than that of the position he holds, provided there are less than two other persons in the same grade, and if not otherwise disqualified, shall be eligible for promotion or advancement to such higher grade or compensation without further examination under this rule.

13. No recommendation for the promotion of any person in the Classified Service shall be considered by any officer concerned in making promotions unless it shall be made by an officer under whose supervision such person has served; such recommendation by any other person, if made with the knowledge and consent of the person to whom it relates, shall be sufficient cause for debarring such person from the promotion proposed, and a repetition of the offense shall be sufficient cause for his removal.

14. Except as this rule otherwise provides, the conduct of an examination for promotion and the making of selections therefor from any eligible list formed as the result of such examination, shall be governed by the rules relating to original appointment.

Rule XVI.

REMOVALS.

1. No person holding a position in the service of the city shal! be removed from such position, except in the manner prescribed by the Charter and the Civil Service Law; and the officer charged with the power of removal, in each case, shall transmit to the Commission, with the report of his action required under Rule XX., a copy of the reasons therefor, or of the findings of any trial board or officer, as stated to the person removed, and as filed in the department or office.

2. No person who is an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, having served as such in the Union Army or Navy during the War of the Rebellion, or in the volunteer army or navy of the United States during the Spanish War, or who is a veteran volunteer fireman, shall be removed from any position in the Classified Service except in the manner prescribed by section 21 of the Civil Service Law.

3. The provisions of this rule shall apply to the removal of any person from a graded position by reduction to a position in a lower grade, but shall not apply to a suspension from service for lack of work or reduction of force.

Rule XVII.

SPECIAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.

1. Before admission to an examination for the Police or the Fire Service, each applicant therefor, whose application has been accepted, shall be subjected to medical and physical tests having reference to (a) measurements of weight, height and chest expansion and mobility; (b) sight and hearing; (c) habits as to the use of stimulants and narcotics; (d) general organic condition, and (c) previous condition of health. The medical and physical examiners shall report to the Commission in writing the results of such tests, and no applicant shall be admitted to the examination who is not certified by them to be qualified and sound in each of the aforesaid particulars.

3. The subjects of rating in such examination and the relative weights thereof shall be as follows: Physical development and strength, 50; and mental tests, 50. The mental tests shall embrace an elementary knowledge of government, information as to city streets and localities, writing from memory the substance of communicated orders, and such other elementary subjects as may be prescribed.

4. A candidate to be eligible for appointment must obtain an average of not less than 70 per cent. on the mental tests and 70 per cent. on the physical development and strength. Candidates for the Fire Department who obtain an average of over 80 per cent. on the physical development and strength and a final average of 75 per cent. shall also be eligible for appointment.

5. In a competition for promotion in the Police or the Fire Service, the written examination shall cover; the writing of a report to a superior officer on some designated subject; knowledge of the administration, organization and discipline of the Police or the Fire Department; knowledge of the administrative relations of such department with other branches of the city government; knowledge of laws or ordinances relating to Police or Fire duty; knowledge and construction of departmental rules and regulations; knowledge of the simple rules of evidence (in the case of the

Police Service), and such other pertinent subjects as the Chief Examiner, subject to the direction of the Commission, may pre

scribe.

Such written examination shall be of higher and more exhaustive character as the grade examined for advances.

6. No candidate shall be eligible for promotion whose ascertained general average is less than So per cent.

7. Whenever a position in either the Police or the Fire Service to which promotion is sought calls for qualifications of a special or technical character, the Chief Examiner may, subject to the direction of the Commission, fix such subjects therefor as may be appropriate, in addition to those required for the promotion in grade; but such subjects shall conform as nearly as possible to those set for similar positions in other Parts of the Competitive Class.

8. The position of engineer of steamer, in Grade 1 of the Fire Service, shall be filled by special competitive examination, open to all firemen of the First Grade as defined by section 740 of the City Charter.

9. In every particular not herein specified appointments or promotions in the Police or the Fire Service are subject to the general provisions of these rules.

THE NON-COMPETITIVE CLASS.

1. The positions in the Non-Competitive Class shall be those of a minor nature, in the city institutions or elsewhere, that it is not practicable to fill either through competition or through registration under the provisions of Rule XIX., and that are specifically designated in the Classification.

2. In each department or institution where there are positions in the Non-Competitive Class there shall be a Board of Examiners for such positions, composed of not less than three superior officers or employees of such department or institution, who shall be designated by the appointing officer therein, subject to confirmation by the Commission.