Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-07

s, ESQ to tl40; No. y, tl50 10 tllO;
No. 10, fI0O to 900; No. IL, ESQ to EGO.
"The first class consists of the Prime
Minister only, while the second includes
the other ministers of State, the Presi-
dent of the Supreme Court of Judica-
ture, and the chief of the principal audit
office. The Governors of the different
provinces and the President of the high
courts of justice compose the third class.
The fourth class includes the Under Sec.
retaries of State, the Prefect OF Police,
etc. The remaining classes contain SUBJ
ordinate officials of all denominations.
In addition to these fixed salaries there
are perquisites in every class. The 'ad'
ditional payments, as they are called
are for class No. l, IL, 400; No =, e.,
600; No. 3, $1,000 to f4O0; No. 4, t4O0
to flOO; Nos. 5 to IL, flOO to tl2. PEN
sions are computed in accordance with
the following scale: Service OF lO to 10
wears. one third of salary; OF 10 to ~
wears, three.eighths of salary; OF ~ to
25 wears. one half of salary; of % to 30
ears, five-eighths of salary; OF 30 to 30
wears, three.fourths of salary; OF 80 to
40 years, seven-eighths of salary; OF 4O
wears, the full salary. Promotion is by
no means rapid, and it is seldom that an
official rises from the lower to the high
er ranks of the administration.
considering the present value OF the
paper form, it may be easily imagined
that an off sial with fixed salary Of toO,
and an additional payment OF II, does
not live in luxury, particularly II, as Is
frequently the case, he has wife ana
family to support. Still, the claim 10 a
pension and the security OF his position
makes the Government beamte fayorite
in bourgeois households where there are
unmarried daughters.
In some of the Government depart.
nents Office hours are from to 2, and
in others from 9 to g. They are kept
with military punctuality by subordinate
officials. Their superiors take it some'
what easier, but on the whole they are
regular in their attendance at the office.
TIE head officials are at liberty to grant
leave of absence for one day only. Ii
! longer leave is applied for it requires
ministerial sanction. In case of illness
great lberality is shown.
sIn order to establish claim to PEN
sion. the applicant must have been at
least ten years in the service of the
crown. Should he quit the service or
be declared incapable on the grounds OF
i'll health, within ten years, he is under
no circumstance entitled to more IMAM a
years salary. A pensioned member OF
the civil service is free to take other
employment, providing it be consistent
with his former position. In spite OF
the new law on Sunday rest, the officials
in most of the Government departments
are expected to put in an appearance on
Sunday, and not unfrequently to WORK
half the day. The uniforms worn In the
| Austrian civil service are by no means
handsome, and officials put them on only
when compelled by regulation. even
| the ushers in the different ministerial
offices object to wear the badly lifting
( frock coat, with plate buttons, provided d
by Government. A few years ago an
order was issued rendering it obligatory,
and for few days it was enforced. but
II caused such dissatisfaction that it had
to be cancelled. An audience from any
of the ministers is easily obtained, and
none of their excellencies are more
accessible than the sPrime Minister,
Count Taaffe. On such occasions the
applicant always comes away well
pleased, for if he seldom gets decisive 9
answer to his request. at all events he
invariably finds courteous reception
Official prigishness does not exist IN II,
Austria. A Government employe will
oblige you if he can. The delay that
occurs in the transaction of business is nc
fault Of his. 1t results from the whole
system prevailing in the civil SER
vice, ard which is not peculiar te
Austra."