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70 per cent Albany amended annual compensation APPENDIX applicant appointing officer aqueduct commissioners arithmetic ascertained Assem asylums average standing Board of Examiners Brooklyn Buffalo candidates certified character chief examiner Civil Service Act Civil Service Commission civil service rules Class classified clerk clerkships competitive examination corporation courts David Murray disease duties eligible list employees employment exam Examining Board experience FEBRUARY 25 fire department Give given honorably discharged Hudson River insane inspector intelligence Ireland John Legislature marked Mayor ment messenger non-competitive examination November 20 number of persons obligatory subjects passed persons examined physical Plattsburgh Police department policeman political positions in Schedule practical prisons promotion Public school public service qualifications Question receiving an annual reference regulations Requisite minimum respectfully Second Grade Secretary selection statute stenographer Subdivision superintendent Supervisory Board Syracuse tion United States Public Utica whole number writing York city
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Page 69 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 65 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of New York ; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 224 - ... that they have been personally acquainted with the applicant for at least one year, and believe him to be of good moral character, of temperate and industrious habits, and in all respects fit for the service which he wishes to enter...
Page 68 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 237 - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 215 - And every person found guilty of such bribery or an attempt to commit the same, as aforesaid, shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three thousand dollars, or to be imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than two years, or to both said fine and said imprisonment in the discretion of the court. The phrase "public officer...
Page 219 - ... shall not be disqualified from holding any position in the civil service on account of his age nor by reason of any physical disability, provided such age or disability does not render him incompetent to perform the duties of the position applied for.
Page 269 - Defective applications will be suspended and applicants notified to amend the same, but no such notice will be given or opportunity granted a second time. 7. Applications...
Page 215 - ... bribery or an attempt at bribery. And whoever being a public officer, or having or claiming to have any authority or influence for or affecting the nomination, public employment, confirmation, promotion, removal or increase or decrease of salary...
Page 235 - Every original appointment or employment in said classified service shall be for the probationary period of six months, at the end of which time, if the conduct and capacity of the person appointed have been found satisfactory, the probationer shall be absolutely appointed or employed, but otherwise be deemed out of the service.