New York State Service, Volume 4New York State Department of Civil Service., 1887 |
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... selection , yet this is a much less evil than that which existed under the former lack of system , when there were ... selected from whom the police commissioners could exercise the choice which the law gives them . The fact that ...
... selection , yet this is a much less evil than that which existed under the former lack of system , when there were ... selected from whom the police commissioners could exercise the choice which the law gives them . The fact that ...
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... selected . " The Third Annual Report of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Brooklyn , bearing date December 1 , 1886 , shows that the present Commissioners , at the beginning of their official terms , had the valuable advice ...
... selected . " The Third Annual Report of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Brooklyn , bearing date December 1 , 1886 , shows that the present Commissioners , at the beginning of their official terms , had the valuable advice ...
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... selections are made . " In Boston the whole number of laborers , December 1 , 1885 , on the pay - roll was 2,612 , and it ... selection of laborers , except in certain departments of the city of Boston , in which a considerable number of ...
... selections are made . " In Boston the whole number of laborers , December 1 , 1885 , on the pay - roll was 2,612 , and it ... selection of laborers , except in certain departments of the city of Boston , in which a considerable number of ...
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... selection for registra tion was both difficult and delicate . To register all the unemployed , and give them the idea that they would eventually get city work , would have had a very bad effect on the labor market . It was decided ...
... selection for registra tion was both difficult and delicate . To register all the unemployed , and give them the idea that they would eventually get city work , would have had a very bad effect on the labor market . It was decided ...
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... selections for pro- motions , " remarking , however , in a note , that " perhaps there is sometimes too much regard for seniority , which may have been allowed to exclude larger ability from the more important parts . " The London ...
... selections for pro- motions , " remarking , however , in a note , that " perhaps there is sometimes too much regard for seniority , which may have been allowed to exclude larger ability from the more important parts . " The London ...
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Page 183 - An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States...
Page 189 - ... 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...
Page 188 - The three commissioners shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars a year, and each of said commissioners shall be paid his necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duty as a commissioner.
Page 25 - The test of actual service being the main factor in fitness for promotion, there shall be kept in every office continuous and comparative records of the efficiency, punctuality, attention and general good conduct of all persons employed therein.
Page 215 - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 196 - ... shall not be disqualified from holding any position in the civil service on account of his age nor by reason of any physical disability, provided such age or disability does not render him incompetent to perform the duties of the position applied for.
Page 191 - Commission and its agents; and said Commission shall set forth in its reports the character and practical effects of such examinations, together with its views as to the improvement and extension of the same, and also copies of all rules made under the authority hereby conferred.
Page 201 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 192 - ... shall corruptly use, or promise, or threaten to use any such authority or influence, directly or indirectly, in order to coerce or persuade the vote or political action of any citizen or the removal, discharge or promotion of any...
Page 242 - That he is properly certified as free from any physical defect or disease which would be likely to interfere with the proper discharge of his duties ; Third.