 | Dorman Bridgman Eaton - 1899 - 498 pages
...the reform policy and assured its ultimate enforcement by a constitutional provision in these words: "Appointments and promotions in the civil service...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive " (Const., Art. V. Sec. 9). This language, which the highest court of New York has interpreted most... | |
 | 1899
...of the Constitution as it now stands provides as Supreme Court, February, 1899. [Vol. 26. follows: " Appointments and promotions in the civil service of...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United... | |
 | New York (State) - 1899 - 24 pages
...1. Appointments and promotions In the Civil Service of the City of New York shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive. RULE 2. No officer or officers having the power of appointment or employment shall select or appoint... | |
 | 1899
...peremptory than in the Federal service. The Constitution provides that " promotions shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive." What are the difficulties in the way of promotion by competitive examination, which have led many of... | |
 | New York (State) - 1899
...determine the qualifications of teachers in the public schools. The merit and fitness of candidates shall be ascertained so far as practicable by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be com• petitive. The superintendent shall prescribe rules relating to examinations and certificates... | |
 | New York (State). Civil Service Commission - 1900
...that appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state, etc., "shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as...by examinations which, so far as practicable, shall fee competitive." The civil service act in force at the time the constitution was adopted (chapter... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of Statutory Revision - 1900
...otherwise prescribed for a city by a charter or special statute. The merit and fitness of candidates shall be ascertained so far as practicable by examinations,...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive. The superintendent shall prescribe rules relating to examinations and certificates or other authority... | |
 | 1904
...officer untrammeled in making his appointments. In 1894 we adopted a State Constitution which provided that " appointments and promotions in the civil service...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive * * * . Laws shall be made for the enforcement of this section." Can anything be more clear? We have... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson, Alexander Clarence Flick - 1902 - 407 pages
...or shall prevent the creation of any office for such purposes hereafter. § 9. f Civil service. — Appointments and promotions in the civil service of...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United... | |
 | New York (State). Department of State - 1901
...service appointments and promotions.— § 9. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of tin- State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided however, that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the ARTICLE V — Continued.... | |
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Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far... 
