Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. 907, Al Published June 20, 1907.
: CHAPTER 256. LAWS OF 1907

No. 9o7, Al Published June 20, 1907.
CHAPTER 256, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to amend sections 4, s and 10,
chapter 1853, laws of 1905, and making
the same sections 990ma, 500 ana
civil service In the state of Wisconsin,
and making an appropriation therefor
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, 90
enact as follows
Section L. Sections A. and 10, chap
ter 1868. laws of 1905. are amended ana
made sections of the, statutes to read
Section 99O--4. The civil service commits
sion may elect one of it's members presi-
dent, and may employ a chief examiner,
. who shall be ex-oficio secretary. at
salary Of s $So9 per ss4o per ear
and may employ such additional clerks or
examiners as may be necessary.
Said employees shall be PAID necessary eA,
penses actually incurred in the discharge
of their official duties The commissioners
may designate persons In or out OF the
official service of the state or OF any CITY
or county who shall, If in the service,
with the consent of the head of depart
ment or office in which such person serves,
act as local examiner. Such persons In
the official service in the performance OF
such duties as the commission shall di
rect, shall be under the direct ana sole
control of the commission, and their duties
shall De considered part OF the duties OF
the Office in which they are serving, an0
time shall be allowed therefor during OF
flee hours and no extra compensation shall
be paid such officers for such service,
Section 99O--5. The commission shall be
provided with suitable office accommoda
lions in the capitol building at Madison,
and It shall be the duty of the officiais
having control Of municipal and county
buildings to furnish convenient offices and
rooms for examinations, and necessary Iur-
niture, heat and light, for the accommoda-
ton of local examiners and registrars upon
n nssion sha II be ' furnished BY the state
superintendent Of public property with sta
tionery, printing, supplies, postage ana an
official seal, and other articles which 1T
may require. All salaries, expenses and
disbursements Of the commissioners and
their subordinates and employees, shall be
|" paid out Of the state treasury, as the
are paid, and a sum sufficient to carry
out the provisions Of this act not exceed
ing the sum Of twelve thou
sand dollars per annum, Is hereby !appro-
priated, of which sum $4,000 Is specifically
set aside for the compensation Of local
examiners.
Section 990-1O All examinations for
positions in the classified service shall be
practical in character, and shall relate to
those matters which will fairly test the
capacity and fitness of the persons exam
ined to discharge the duties of the office
or employment sought by them, giving due
allowance for experience in the same or
similar positions. The competitive exami-
nations shall be free and open to all ap-
pllcanCS VINO are cltIZenS OF tue OnlLeu
States and Of the state Of Wisconsin, and
who shall have fulfilled the preliminary
requirements stated in section II Of this
act and shall be held at such times and
places as shall, In the judgment of the
commission, most nearly meet the conven-
fence Of applicants and the needs of the
service. Examinations of a technical or
special character, or where requirements
are peculiarly within the knowledge Of
the Office, institution or department in
which appointment is to be made, shall be
proposed by the incumbent Of such office
or head of such institution or depart
ment, or by persons having knowledge and
experience In the same or similar employ
ments. 1t is the declared policy of the
state that under the operation of this act
there shall be a fair distribution through
out the state of persons accepted for the
classified service, and to that end examina-
lions shall be held simultaneously at at
least one convenient point in each county
of the state but the commits
sion may require candidates who have sat
isf1ed the preliminary and written require
ments, to undergo a supplem entary exami-
nation In cases where tests for manual
skill or of instruments In construct
i've work may be necessary, at one or more
designated places in the state.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
Approved June 10, 1907