The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-18
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
WILL BE HELD IN NINE CITIES or
ILLINOIS TO-DAY AND TO.
MORROW.
BIC CLASS OF 1900
Same OF the Examinations Are First
Held Of the Kind In Illinois
Some Positions Exempt
From Examination.

The Illinois Civil Service commits
sion will hold examinations today ant
tomorrow in nine different cities fol
steward, food inspector. milk pas
tcnrizer. chief nurse, engineer. fire
man. electrician, Attendants for in
sane, laboreis and domestics. Appli.
cations have been received ftom il4O
persons. The cities in which the ex-
aminatons will BIO held are Chicago.
Springfield Mt Vernon, Jacksonville.
Bar ongille, WATERFOWL, Elgin. Kan.
Ikakee ana Anna.
/ Prior % July when the amend.
lments To the civil service law went
into effect the commission coulf hold
Ionly three examinations per day as It
was necessary for a commissioner 10
be present at each examination. I'M
der the amendments the chief ex-
hammer may utilize the entire Office
force and call to his assistance mhat-
leyes examiners may be necessary 10
90 the wolk In this way the commits
sion hopes 10 be able to get closer
ITO the applicants and reduce the ccst
l0t examination to the minimum for
each applicant In the forthcoming
ordinations twenty-five persons will
be eployed including the commission
ers, the chi% examiner and physiclans
and stenographer This numbes does
NOT include the experts who have as.
sitel in preparing the questions for
the examinations
First Time For Examinations.
The examinations for steward. fcod
Inspector and pasteurizer win be he
FIST held in Illiuois, although the posi-. |
tons Of food inspector and milk pas. |
tuerizer were created several years
ago The position Of steward was
agreed upon in the conference or
superintendents las. winter with the .
understanding tha a recommendation
would be made to the respective
boards of trustees to confirm the ac-
ton Of the superintendent meeting
Thus far only one board of trustees
Las created the position OF ewarl.
that Of the Illinois Eastern Hosp't1l
for the Insane at Kankakee The
steward will be the business manager
2! the institution under the direction
of the superintendent, having charge
OF the buildings and grounds, over
seeing the purchasing and passing
uron the quality of the supplies that
arc delivered at the Institution. While
Kankalee is the only in titution al
which a steward is 10 he employed
it Is expected that tho
position will be created soon at Elgin
and possibly the other large institu
lions win drop into lire before the
,lose of the year The examinations
Tor steward, milk pasreurizer. food
Inspector and chief nurse will be con.
iucted July II In Chicago, Spring
ield and Mt Vernon.
Chief Nurse Examination.
The examination for chief nurse Is
Xpected to produce eligbles who viii
axe charge Of the training schools
or nurses in several institutions be-
ore the first of September when the
raining school begins Training
chools have been established in an
he institutions for the insane and
'ere conducted last year under the
uperyision OF the superintendent and
hysicians where a chiefnurse had not
cen obtained Vacancies now exist
Kankakee and Elgiu.
The applicants for the various posi-
ons in the forthcoming examination
re divided as follows:
stewards, l27; engineers, IS: cleo
icians. 5; fremen. 70: chief nurses.
=: domestics. 1i2; food inspector. .:
ilk pasteurizers, 2; attendants $40;
borers 17G.
Under the law which became eTec.
We July !. treasurers passed into the
empt class which now leaves tho
Isl ion Of superintendent. chief
ERIK, stenographer and treasurer in
ch of the several institutions
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