 | National Conference on Social Welfare - 1899 - 620 pages
...officials having control must be selected in accordance with the provision of the constitution requiring that " appointments and promotions in the civil service...so far as practicable, shall be competitive," and that " laws shall be passed to provide for the enforcement of this section." Four legislatures have... | |
 | National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Annual Session - 1899 - 620 pages
...officials having control must be selected in accordance with the provision of the constitution requiring that " appointments and promotions in the civil service...so far as practicable, shall be competitive," and that •' laws shall be passed to provide for the enforcement of this section." Four legislatures have... | |
 | Dorman Bridgman Eaton - 1899 - 608 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... | |
 | New York (State). Courts - 1899 - 980 pages
...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 - 36 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 - 828 pages
...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 - 1168 pages
...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 - 832 pages
...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 - 1150 pages
...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 - 374 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
