The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-07-15
ENTER STATE CIVIL SERVICE.
Nearly 1900 Persons Placed Beyond
Reach of Spells System by New Law.

ready has become law, it's enforce
ment is not likely to be immediate
The civil service commission has been
given six months in which to organize
and formulate rules, and until this
work has been done there can be no
enforcement of it's main provisions.
The present employees coming with
in the classified service, however, will
be required to take Noncompliance
examination before the rules formu,
lated by the commission shall take eff.
feet if they wish to continue in the
service longer than six months after
the adoption of the rules Meantime
officers with appointive power may
exercise their prerogative irrespective
of the civil service act, but this free.
dom will end Dec. 49, at which time
the commission must have adopted
rules as prescribed by the civil ser.
vice act.
1t is estimated that 1857 places will
come within the operation of the law
Of this number 266 are in the state
capitol building, 613 are in the chart
table and penal institutions, 269 in
the University of Wisconsin, and so
in the normal schools. In the depart
ment of the superintendent of public
property So places will be classified
in the competitive and labor. classes,
10 in the state department, Is in the
labor bureau, 8 in the state superin-
tendent of schools, Z each in the treas
ury and insurance departments, each
in the railroad and dairy and food
commissions, in the state board of
assessment, and 3 each in the com
missioner of public lands, tax com
mission, and the board of control.
The main provisions in the Wiscon-
sin law, as in all measures of that
character, is the division of state en-
plOyment into classified and unclassi-
fed service and the continuance of the
first mentioned by merit alone The
service will comprise:
1. All Officers and employees ap-
pointed by the governor whether sub
ject to confirmation or not
2. All officers and employees in any
for the creation of which
a vote Of two-thirds of all the members
elected in each house is required.
3. All presidents, deans, principals,
professors, instructors, scientific staff
and other teachers in the university,
normal or public schools.
4. The library staff in any library
wholly or in part at state
expense.
5. The superintendent, warden, or
other head of the state reformatory,
charitable and penal institutions.
6. All persons appointed by name
in any statute and all legislative Off
GERS.
Z. In addition to these exemptions
from examinations, there are also in
Guided one deputy or assistant of each
principal executive officer and the
chief clerk or secretary of any board
Or commission, one stenographer for
each appointing officer board or COM
and the clerks and other
assistants of the supreme court
All other positions will comprise the
classified service and are subject to
the examinations prescribed by the
rules adopted by the commissioners.
Other exemptions, except in the case
Of labOrers, may be declared by the
if it is found that the fill
ing of such places would be impracti-
cable by competitive or noncompeti-
tive examinations, but such exemp-
tons must be specifically named in the
rules and the reasons also must be
given. Declarations of this character
are subject to public hearing at
which any taxpayer in the state may
be heard either in person or by coun-
sci. The Offices, positions and employ
nents of this class will be arranged in
five classes to be designated as the ex-
empt class, the competitive class, the
class, the labor class,
the legislative employees. The competi.
tive class will include all positions for
which it is practicable to determine
the merit and fitness of applicants by
examination The noncom-
petitive class will include such places
as are not in the exempt class or the
labor class and which are determined
to be included in the
class. The labor class will
include ordinary unskilled laborers.
Examinations for positions in the
classified service will be practical in
character and will relate to those mat
-ers fairly testing the capacity and fit
ness of the persons examined to dis
charge the duties of the employment
sought by them. Due allowance also
will be given for experience in the
same or similar work. Competitive ex-
will be free to all appli
,ants who are citizens Of the United
States and of Wisconsin.-W