Absence, leaves of, during year, in
competitive class, 289-291; tem-
porary, not to bar candidate from
promotion, department of highways,
375; promotion of stenographer
after, state architect's office, 395;
regulation concerning, 691.
Accounts against commission, regula-
tion concerning, 684.
Agricultural and industrial school,
Industry, classifiecation amended,
328, 348; salary of acting superin-
tendent discussed, 391; promotion
of assistant superintendent to su-
perintendent, 395; positions in
exempt class, 639; positions in non-
competitive class, 669.
Agricultural experiment

station,
Geneva, classification amended, 331,
349; position in exempt class, 639;
positions in non-competitive class,
669; position as laborer, 687.
Agriculture, department of, classifica-

tion amended, 324, 329, 348, 350;
examination for first assistant
veterinarian, 369; transfer of tech-
nical assistant to farm manager
and steward, Mohansic state hospi-
tal, approved, 371; transfer of con-
fidential clerk, exempt position, to
index clerk, competitive, denied,
394; assignment of chief of ac-
counts as assistant commissioner
approved, 396; positions in exempt
class, 638.

Agriculture, state schools of, status
of employees of, 374: opinion of
attorney-general concerning, 602,
603. See also Alfred university;
Morrisville; St. Lawrence univer-
sity.

Albany civil service, amendments to
rules approved, 466; exceptions
from competitive examination ap-
proved, 500; report of municipal
commission, 538.

Albany county civil service, positions

in exempt class, 641, 642: positions
in non-competitive class, 670; posi-
tions as laborers, 688.
Albion, house of refuge for women,
positions in non-competitive class,
668.

Application to enter examination,
law, rule and regulation concerning,
620, 659, 679; candidate's error in,
name barred from eligible list,
department of labor, 394.

Appointing officer, term defined, 613,
631; required to report to commis-
sion, 622, 672.
Appointments during year, in exempt
class, 34-47; in competitive class,
48-109; without examination,
under rule VIII, subd. 5, 110, 111;
under rule VIII, subd. 10, 112, 113;
provisional, under rule VIII, subd.
4, 114-123; without examination
under rule VIII, subd. 9, 124-194;
in non-competitive class, 310; in
labor class, 311; total number of
since organization of commission,
313; illegal, of patrolmen, Oswego,
374; of laborers, Kings county
clerk's office, allowed, 381; of junior
physician, Letchworth village, resi-
dents and citizens of state to be
preferred in certifications for, 381;
provisional, of court crier,
Queens county court, allowed,
381; of carpenter and farmer
to positions of head carpenter and
head farmer, Craig colony, allowed,
without examination, 382; of spe-
cial deputy county clerk, Suffolk
county clerk's office, accepted, 384;
of laborer at Westchester county
court house approved, 387; tempo-
rary, under rule VIII-9, of bac-
teriologists, health officer, port of
New York, approved, 389; of re-
corder, Monroe county clerk's office,
approved, 389; copies of certifica-
tions for not to be furnished

and

by commission, 390; of stenog-
raphers
special investi-
gators with knowledge of
foreign languages, department
of labor, 390; of graduates of
training school for nurses, Craig
colony, as trained nurses without
examination not allowed, 391; of
orderly, Erie county home and hos-
pital, with suspension of citizenship
and residence requirements, 392;
law, rule and regulation regarding
temporary, 621, 629, 658, 691; to
be made to lowest grade, 629; in
classified service, rule concerning,
633; in exempt class, rule concern-
ing, 634-652; in exempt class with-
out examination, 652; in competi-
tive class, rule concerning, 657-659;
in competitive class without exam-
ination, 659; emergency, rule con-
cerning, 663; in non-competitive
class, rule concerning, 672.
Architect, state, promotion of stenog-
rapher after absence from service
on leave of absence approved, 395;
positions in exempt class, 636.
Assessments, law prohibiting politi-
cal, 627.

Athletic commission, state, exempt
classification of confidential stenog-
rapher denied, 361; position in ex-
empt class, 640.
Attorney-general,

classification

amended, 325, 349; eligible list for
process server in New York office to
be prepared from lists for first and
second judicial districts, 396;
opinions of, relating to civil serv-
ice law, 602-609; opinion of, re-
garding promotion of deputies with-
out examination, 607-609; posi-
tions in exempt class, 635.
Auburn civil service, amendment to

rules approved, 470; exception from
competitive examination approved,
501; report of municipal commis-
sion, 540.

Auburn prison, transfer of foreman to
guard approved, 372.
Auburn, prison for women, positions
in non-competitive class, 668.

Banking department, classification
amended, 347; positions in exempt
class, 636; positions in non-competi-
tive class, 667.

Batavia, school for blind, positions in
non-competitive class, 669.
Batavia, village service, positions in
exempt class, 651; position in non-
competitive class, 671; positions as
laborers, 690.

Bedford, reformatory for women,
non-competitive classification of as-
sistant parole officer denied, 363;
positions in non-competitive class,
669.
Binghamton civil service, report of
municipal commission, 541.
Blind, school for, see Batavia.
Boards and commissions, state, see
specific names of.

Brockport normal school, position as
laborer, 640.

Bronx parkway commission, classifi-
cation amended, 343; exempt classi-
fication of assistant engineer and
of confidential stenographer denied,
361; positions in exempt class, 639;
positions as laborers, 688.

Buffalo civil service, revised rules,
405-436; amendments to rules ap-
proved, 470-473; report of munici-
pal commission, 542; court decision
relating to, 593.

Canal lands, see Special examiner and
appraiser.

Canandaigua, village service, posi-
tion in exempt class, 652; positions
as laborers, 690.

Cancer laboratory, Buffalo, positions
in non-competitive class, 668.
Central Islip state hospital, superin-
tendent of appointed member of
board of examiners for medical po-
sitions, 381; position in non-com-
petitive class, 668.
Certification for payment for services,
required, for persons employed in
maintenance and repair bureau, de-
partment of highways, 401; rule
concerning, 673-675.

Charitable institutions, classification
amended, 333, 335; positions in ex-
empt class, 638; positions in non-
competitive class, 668; positions as
laborers, 687. See also names of
institutions.
Charities, fiscal supervisor of state,
see Fiscal supervisor of state chari-
ties.
Charities, state board of, position in
exempt class, 637.
Chautauqua county civil service,
classification amended, 345; exam-
inations required for positions in
almshouse, 394; positions in exempt
class, 641, 642; positions in non-
competitive class, 670; positions as
laborers, 688.

Chief examiner, duties of, 677.
Children, crippled and deformed, see
West Haverstraw.

Children, feeble-minded, see Syracuse.

Cities, civil service, rules approved,
Buffalo, 405-436; Utica, 437-465;
amendments to rules approved,
466-496; proposed amendments to
rules disapproved, 497-499; excep-
tions from competitive examination
approved, 500-532; amendments to
rules, court decision relating to,
601. See also Municipal civil serv-
ice; also names of cities.
Citizenship and residence, requirement
waived for certain examinations,
15; requirement waived for ap-
pointment of superintendent of
nurses at Craig colony, 368; for ex-
amination for bacteriologists, etc.,
health officer, port of New York,
371; for appointment of orderly,
Erie county home and hospital,
392: for appointment of examiner,
civil service commission, 395; regu-
lation concerning, 684, 685.

Civil list, law concerning publication
of, 628.

Civil service commission, extracts
from minutes, 368-401; residence
requirement waived for appoint-
ment of examiner, 395; terms de-
fined, 613; appointment of commis-
sioners, 614; officers and employees
of, 614; rooms and accommodations
for, 615; powers and duties of, 615;
general regulations, 677-691; reg-
ulations for president of, 677; for
secretary, 677; for chief examiner,
677; for examiners, 678.

Civil service laws, see Law, civil serv-
ice.

Civil service rules, see Rules, civil
service.

Civil service, terms defined, 613, 631;
persons in not to use official in-
fluence, etc., 627; law concerning
publication of civil list, 628.
Claims, board of, classification amend
ed, 336; positions in exempt class,
639.

Class, term defined, 631.
Classification, amendments to, 318-

354; general reclassification, 347-
349; requests for changes in denied,
355-363; of positions in office of
public administrator, Kings county,
370: status of employees of food in-
vestigation commission, 371; of
foreman or wateliman, Oneida
county sheriff, 373; of employees of
state schools of agriculture. 374,
opinion of attorney-general concern-
ing, 602; of employees of commis-
sion to investigate conditions in
factories, 378; of notarial clerk,

New York county clerk's office, 379;
of special deputy county clerk,
Suffolk county clerk's office, 384; of
employees of board of statutory
consolidation, 387; of employees of
Saratoga battle monument dedica-
tion commission, 391; law concern-
ing, 619; of state employees in
grades, law concerning, 628, 629;
rules of state service, 633.

Classified service, defined, 617; law
concerning rules for state, 617; of
cities, law concerning, 617–619;
rule concerning appointments and
employments, 633, 634.

Clinton prison, classification amended,
339; transfer of assistant foreman
of construction to guard approved,
386; positions in non-competitive
class, 668.

Cohoes civil service, report of munici
pal commission, 543.

Commission on new prisons, position
in exempt class, 639.
Commission to investigate conditions
in factories, status of employees of,
378.
Commission to investigate port con-
ditions and pier extensions, posi-
tion in exempt class, 639.
Commissions and boards, state, see
specific names of.

Commutation for board and lodgings,
regulation concerning, 686.

Compensation, extra, allowed guard,
Sing Sing prison, for extra services
as dyer, 398; extra prohibited, 629;
term defined, 632; rule regarding,
655-657; grades based upon rates
of, 629, 655.

Competitive appointments, see Ap-
pointments, also Competitive class.
Competitive class, appointments dur-
ing year, 48-109; appointments
without examination under rule
VIII, subd. 5, 110, 111; appoint-
ments and employments without
examination under rule VIII, subd.
9, 124-194; promotions in, 195–247;
transfers in, 248-254; reinstate-
ments in, 255-262; resignations in,
263-288; removals, 292-306; total
number of appointments since or-
ganization of commission, 313;
deaths in during year, 307-309;
law concerning, 620; rule regarding
positions included in, 652-657;
groups based upon character of
service, 653-655; grades established
for positions in, 656, 657; rule con-
cerning appointments in, 657-659.

Competitive examinations, see Ex-

aminations.
Comptroller,

state, classification
amended, 327, 333, 334, 337, 340,
342, 354; exempt classification of
confidential special agent denied,
356; of confidential examiner and
stenographer denied, 360; of four
secured debt tax examiners denied,
361; positions in exempt class, 635;
position as laborer, 686.
Conservation commission, classifica-
tion amended, 339, 351, 347; exempt
classification of surveyor, bureau of
marine fisheries, denied, 362; posi-
tions in exempt class, 635.
Constitutional provision, 630.
Contents, table of, 5.

Corning civil service, report of muni-
cipal commission, 545.

Cortland civil service, report of muni-
cipal commission, 545.

County boards of elections, see Elec
tions, county boards of. See also
names of counties.

County officers, see names of counties.
County service, positions in exempt

class, 641-651; positions in non-
competitive class, 670, 671: posi-
tions as laborers, 641, 688-690. See
also names of counties.

Court house, appellate division, New
York city, positions in exempt
class, 641; positions as laborers,
687.

Court of appeals, positions in exempt
class. 637.

Court of appeals library, Syracuse,
position as laborer, 689.

Courts, digest of decisions of, relat-
ing to civil service law, 593–601;
positions in exempt class, 640;
grading of positions in, 656.
Craig colony, Sonyea, residence re-
quirement waived for appointment
of superintendent of nurses, 368;
appointment of carpenter and
farmer (non-competitive positions)
as head carpenter and head farmer
(competitive) allowed, 382; gradu-
ates of training school for nurses
not eligible for appointment as
trained nurses without examina-
tion, 391; position in exempt class,
639; positions in non-competitive
class, 670.

Custodial asylums, see Rome;
Newark.

Deaths, in competitive and exempt
classes, 307-309; in non-competitive
class, 310; in labor class. 311.
Definitions of terms, 613, 627, 631.

Departments, state, see specific names
of.

Disbursing officers, law concerning,
623.
Dunkirk civil service, report of
municipal commission, 546.

Eastern New York and Elmira re-
formatories, classification amended,
323, 324, 341; positions in exempt
class, 639; positions in non-com-
petitive class, 669; positions as
laborers, 687.

Education department, classification
amended, 334: assignment of in-
spector to position of assistant in
charge of teachers' examinations
approved, 388: positions in exempt
class, 636, 640; positions in non-
competitive class, 667; positions as
laborers, 686. See also Teachers'
retirement fund board.

Efficiency records, promotion on basis
of, allowed, public service commis-
sion, first district, 382.

Elections, board of, of city of New
York, classification amended, 351;
exempt classification of four clerk-
ships denied, 355; employees of in
state service, 388; court decision
relating to, 597.

Elections, county boards o1, positions
in exempt class, 641. See also
names of counties.

Elections, state superintendents of,
positions in exempt class, 640.
Eligibility, minimum rating required
to obtain, 661; term of, 683.
Eligible list, illegal appointment of
patrolmen from old, Oswego service,
374; copies of certifications from
not to be furnished by commission,
390; reestablishment of promotion
list, New York county clerk, de-
nied, 392; list for process server,
New York office of attorney-general,
to include residents of first and
second judicial districts, 396:
transfer of names from list for
chief parole officer and assistant
parole agent, state institutions, to
that for investigator, automobile
bureau, secretary of state, denied,
399: rule concerning, 661; regu-
lation concerning, 682-684.
Elmira civil service, report of muni-
cipal commission, 547.
Elmira reformatory, promotion of
head cook, non-competitive, to posi-
tion of chef, competitive, without
examination, 383. See also Eastern
New York and Elmira reforma-
tories.