APPENDIX I THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, RULES, CLASSIFICATION AND REGULATIONS, AMENDED TO JANUARY 1, 1904 551 THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW Chapter 370, laws of 1899 An Act in relation to the civil service of the state of New York and the cities and civil divisions thereof, constituting chapter three of the general laws. Chapter 3 of the general laws THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW Section 1. Short title. 2. Definitions. 3. State civil service commission. 4. Officers and employees of the commission. 5. Rooms and accommodations. 6. The powers and duties of the commission. 7. Duties of public officers. 8. Unclassified service; classified service. 9. Rules for the classified state service. 10. The classified city service. 11. Classification. 12. The exempt class. 13. The competitive class. 14. Exceptions from competitive examination. 15. Promotion, transfer, reinstatement, reduction. 16. The non-competitive class. 17. The labor class in cities. 18. Official roster; reports of appointing officers. 19. Disbursing officers. 20. Preferences allowed honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines. 21. Power of removal limited. 22. Misdemeanor to obstruct right of examination; false representation; impersonation in examination. Section 23. Recommendations for appointment or promotion. 24. Political assessments prohibited. 25. Officers or candidates not to promise influence, et cetera; "public officer" and "public employee" defined. 26. Attendance of witnesses; fees. 27. Taxpayer's action. 28. Saving clause. 29. Repeal. 30. When to take effect. [As amended by chap. 195, laws of 1900.] Section 1 Short title. This chapter shall be known as the civil service law. § 2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, 1 The term "commission" or "state commission state civil service commission. means the 2 The term "municipal commission " means the municipal civil service commission of a city. 3 The "civil service" of the state of New York or any of its civil divisions or cities includes all offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the state or of such civil division or city, except such offices and positions in the militia and the military departments as are or may be created under the provisions of article eleven of the constitution. 4 The "state service" shall include all such offices and positions in the service of the state or of any of its civil divisions except a city. 5 The "city service" shall include such positions in the service of any city. 6 The term "appointing officer" signifies the officer, commission, board or body having the power of appointment to subordinate positions in any office, court, department, commission, board, or institution. § 3 State Civil Service Commission. The governor is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three persons, not more than two of whom shall be adherents of the same political party, as civil service commissioners, and said three commissioners shall constitute the State Civil Service Com |