Laws of 1896, be and hereby is included in Schedule A of the State classification.

(Approved by the Governor, June 16, 1896.)

At a meeting of the Commission held July 22, 1896, it was Resolved, That the confidential clerks to the justices of the Supreme Court, authorized by chapter 893 of the Laws of 1896, be and hereby are included in Schedule A of the State classification. (Approved by the Governor, July 25, 1896.)

At a meeting of the Commission held November 10, 1896, it was Resolved, That the position of attendant in the Court of Appeals be classified in Schedule A, the number of such attendants not to exceed one for each judge of said court.

(Approved by the Governor, November 25, 1896.)

At a meeting of the Commission held December 1, 1896, it was

Resolved, That one confidential clerk to each justice of the Supreme Court be and hereby is included in Schedule A of the State classification.

(Approved by the Governor, December 2, 1896.)

Requests for Changes in the Civil Service

Classification, Denied.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Bath.

At a meeting of the Commission held February 4, 1896, the request of Superintendent Rogers of the State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home that the position of stenographer be included in the non-competitive schedule, was denied.

Sing Sing Prison.

At a meeting of the Commission held May 7, 1896, communications from Warden Sage of Sing Sing Prison under date of April 30, requesting the classification in Schedule A of a confidential clerk to conduct the convict correspondence of Sing Sing Prison, and that the rule prohibiting the appointment of thirty day officers be suspended so far as Sing Sing Prison is concerned, until the work of re-construction is completed, were read, and the requests denied.

Custodial Asylum, Newark.

At a meeting of the Commission held June 9, 1896, a communication under date of June 1, from C. W. Winspear, Superintendent of the State Custodial Asylum at Newark, requesting the exemption of the position of confidential clerk and assistant in said asylum, was considered, and the request denied.

Factory Inspector.

At a meeting of the Commission held July 22, 1896, a communication under date of July 2, from Hon. Daniel O'Leary, Factory Inspector, was read, requesting that the positions of private secretary in the Albany office and the special clerk and stenographer in the sub-office in New York city be exempted from examination. On motion the request was denied.

Pathological Institute.

At a meeting of the Commission held July 22, 1896, the request of the Director of the Pathological Institute for the New York State Hospitals, asking that the positions of librarian, collaborator and archivist in his department be exempted from competitive examination, was read and his request denied on the ground that it was practicable to fill the positions named, through competitive examination.

Court of Special Sessions, New York City.

At a meeting of the Commission held December 1, 1896, a letter from Judge John Hayes of the Court of Special Sessions, New York city, under date of November 18, 1896, was read, requesting that the position of a court attendant who is a typewriter be classified in the non-competitive schedule. The request was denied, and the secretary directed to inform Judge Hayes that a special competitive examination would be ordered at his request for the position of attendant and typewriter in his court.

Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission.

At a meeting of the Commission held May 7, 1896, it was Resolved, That the confidential clerk to the shell fish commissioner in charge of the New York office of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission, be and hereby is included in Schedule A of the State classification.

(Disapproved by the Governor, May 15. 1896.)

Rulings of the Commission.

Junior Clerks.

Resolved, That junior clerks in the Department of the Regents of the University be, for the purpose of promotion, considered as included in Schedule E. (February 4, 1896.)

Resolved, That the scheme of examination for the position of junior clerk and examiner in the Department of the Regents of the University be amended so as to require that applicants for said positions shall have completed a high school course or its equivalent. (April 8, 1896.)

Custodian or Special Agent, Fisheries, Game and Forest

Commission.

Held that the position of custodian or special agent to watch and guard the islands and State lands in and around Lake George from fires and trespass is exceptional, and an examination is not necessary. (March 25, 1896.)

Normal Schools.

WHEREAS, It is represented by the principals and trustees of the State Normal and Training Schools that, because of differences in their respective modes of instruction, no general scheme of exami nation would be applicable to their respective needs, and that different standards of qualification are, therefore, requisite for the development of their respective systems;

Resolved, that there shall be established for each such school a distinct board of examiners, to consist of the principal of the school, a member of the board of its trustees, to be selected by such board, and the chief examiner of this Commission, of which the principal of the school shall be the chairman, and the chief examiner shall be the secretary. Such board shall prepare the schemes of examination and carry out all the details thereof, and report to the Commission the eligible lists constructed in accordance therewith, and such

examinations and eligible lists may be held and prepared from time to time as may be required to meet the needs of the several schools; Resolved, That upon special application to this Commission the provision in Rule 31 regarding residence may be suspended. (April 8, 1896.)

Stewards, State Hospitals.

Resolved, That the scheme of examination for the position of Hospital Steward be amended so as to require that applicants for said positions be not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty-five years of age at the time of application. (April 8, 1896.)

Pupil Instructors, School for the Blind, Batavia.

Held that pupil instructors employed as aids to the director of the Industrial Department are not subject to examination. (May 7, 1896.)

Factory Inspector.

Held that the private secretary to the Factory Inspector can not be transferred to the position of deputy. (May 7, 1896.)

Thirteenth District Court, New York City.

Resolved, That in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, New York city, the examinations for employes in said court shall be confined to applicants who are residents of said district, and that a special eligible list be prepared from which appointments shall be made. (June 9, 1896.)

Excise Agent, Comptroller.

Held that the transfer from the position of excise agent in the Department of the Comptroller to the position of special agent in the Department of Excise could not be made in accordance with the rules. (June 9, 1896.)

County Court, Kings County.

WHEREAS, Under chap. 954 of the Laws of 1895, the governments of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn were consolidated and the offices of county treasurer and city treasurer merged in one, and