Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-09-25
NEED : NOT STAND
AN EXAMINATION
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WILL HOLD POSITION.
NO EXEMPTION OF OFFICE
Civil Service Commission Allows APP
pointment Because Of Special Fit
ness and Attachments of Present
incumbent But viii Apply Compel
tive System in Event of Vacancy.


A. G. Titus. first assistant attorney
general, viii retain his place in the
department of Attorney General Gil
bert, and he will not be required 10
enter a competitive examination. His
salary is $4,000 a year.
The civil service commission yes
fterday decided to deny the applica-
ton of the attorney general for the
exemption of this Office, but permitted
MIR. Gilbert to appoint Mr.. Titus under
a special provision of the civil service
statute. This means that Mr.. Titus
will hold his place but that In the
event Of vacancy occurring in that
office the merit law will apply and a
competitive examination will be held.
The commission, in accordance with
its decision, abandoned the examina.
ton recently announced for this posi-
ton. The decision is as follows:
This is an application of the at.
torney general to exempt Mr.. A. G..
Titus, frst assistant attorney general,
from the operation OF the civil service
law; also to place the position of first
assistant attorney general in the ex-
empt class, Subdivision of section
IL Of the civil service law provides
that in case of a vacancy in a position
in the competitive class where pecu-
liar and exceptional qualifications Of a
scientific, professional or educational
character are required and upon salts
factory evidence that for specific rea-
sons competition in such special case
is impracticable and that the position
can best be filed by the selection OF
some designated person OF high and
recognized attainments the commits
sion may dispense with the competi-
tive examination.
Section ia of the law, after pro
yiding that certain positions shall be
within the exempt class, gives the
commission authority to include with
in the exempt class other offices or
positions except laborers, for the fill.
ing of which competitive or non-com-
pecL-IYe examinations shall be found
10 be impracticable.
THE commission is asked, first, to
exempt Mr.. Titus personally under
section II on account OF his high pro-
fessional attachments, and second, TO
exempt the Office Of assistant attor-
ney general under section IA.
Part Of Request Denied.
No sufficient reasons for exempting
the Office of assistant attorney general
have been shown, and that portion of
the request of the attorney general is
therefore denied.
1T appears from the evidence intro
duced upon this hearing that Mr..
Titus is man Of most excellent legal
attainments, of large experience that
be has been In the attorney general
Office fer several years and Is famil-
lar with all the duties of the office,
that he has participated in the trial
now pending in the supreme court up
on appeal, that the position he has Or.
cupied has until recently been the ex-
empt position in the attorney generals
Office and Mr.. Titus has filed this po-
sition with signal ability and to the
satisfaction Of all, and that If he were
not continued IN this position the pub.
a.: service % ire state would be liable
to suffer
1T is therefore ordered that the re-
quest Of the attorney general for au-
thority to appoint MIR. A. c. Titus to
the position Of first assistant attorney
general under the provisions of SUB
division 2 of section II Of the civil
service law, be, and hereby is
granted"