New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
SERVICE REVISION
BY GOTERNOR.
Fec Notifications IN State Commits
sion's ResoIution-Those affected.

Albany Dec Ex-Governor Hughes to-day
approved. with certain notifications. the resolu-
tion adopted by the state Civil Service Commits
sion last August revising the classification of
places in the state and county service. The res
olution as approved increases the number in the
competitive class by 3O9 and adds two to the
exempt class-an additional attorney in the
Office of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission
and field deputy in the office of the State Su-
perintendent of Elections. both of which were
provided for at the last session of the Legisla-
ture Among the candidates for places in the
state service the action Of the Governor had been
awaited with great interest. The new state
of1cers-eiect have held some of their ap-
pointments IN allegiance pending the Governors
action not knowing what places on their exempt
list might be transferred to the competitive class
A statement was given out at the executive
chamber tonight explanatory of the Governors
action. 1t says in part:
There has been misrepresentation as to the
effect of the resolution adopted by the Ci.l
Service Commission, only ten positions IN
the offices of elected state officers, apart from
the office of Governor, were involved VI laeSe
ten positions two were in tie office or the sec
retary of State, five in the Controllers once
two in the Office of the State Treasurer ana one
in that of the Attorney General Inc IoEerLVI it
approved the resolutions 20 these positions win
the exception OF the position of assistant deputy
in the Secretary of States office and the chie1
clerk of the stock transfer tax bureau IN the
Controllers office. The diSapproVal with regard
TO the latter upon the ground that TINS
clerk the custodian of the stock transfer
stamps.
There remain in the office of the Secretary OF
State seven exempt positions. in the Controllers
office fOrty-fVe. in the State TTeasurer's oflce
three and in the office of the Attorney General
twenty. The resolution did not deal with the
office of State Engineer
Outside of the offices of the elected state Of
ficers the resolution affects various positions in
the state departments and in the county service
and is intended to secure more consistent ana
uniform classification. 1t is the result OF the
careful study of the State Civil Service Com
mission for more than a year. The resolution
takes out of the Civil Service those persons who
are paid exclusively out OF the salaries or per-
sonal emoluments of the appointing officers,
such persons being treated in effect personal
employees. Hitherto they have been classed as
exempt positions and are now simply omitted
from the classification. Apart from these the
resolutions passed by the commission re-
duced the number of positions in the exempt
class by 1874. The Governor disapproved of six
of these changes so that the actual reductions
in the exempt class number 11S The resolution
also transferred 14S positions from the non.
competitive to the competitive class, and or
those transfers the Governor approved all but
two.
The places affected range from chief clerk to
elevator man. Those under the elective state
officers put in the competitive class include:
Governors offce-Deputy appointment clerk
special messenger, messenger to the Governors
secretary. and three stenOgraphers. The eXecu-
live stenographer is placed in the exempt class.
Secretary Of States off1ce-Asslstant TO CASH
controllers ofice-Chief clerk and one attor-
ney in the transfer tax bureau; two transfer
State Treasurer's Ofice-Assistant cashier:
chief clerk.
Attorney Generals OfIice-Clerk Of the bureau
OF taxation of corporate franchises.
Several places in New York and Kings coun-
ties are affected by the reclassification. 1t IS
provided that confidential attendant or
stenographer to each justice in New York Coun-
" snail be in the exempt class, Other places
placed in the competitive class of New
York County are transfer tax assistant to the
Surrogate librarian two information clerks
ffty-one process servers in the District Attor-
news office (eight other process servers being
left in the exempt class), assistant cashier, law
clerk notarial clerk, chief index clerk, chief
searcher equity clerk and tweEty-nine deputies
and snecial deputies appointed to attend upon
terms Of the court to wit: One for the Trial
Term Part l CHho shall be also clerk OF the
Court of General Sessions), each for the
nineteen trial terms and one for each of the
eight special terms, all attached to the County
clerks office: assistant bond clerk and a law
clerk in the Sherif's Office. chief searcher and
examiner lin charge Of the searching depart
mentD; satisfaction clerk, superintendent Of in
dexine and chief block index clerk, all In the
Registers office
These positions are made competitive in
Kings County: Surrogate-Transfer tax assist
ant accounting clerk. administration clerk, the
Guardian accounting clerk. chief recording
clerk one probate clerk County Clerk-Index
clerk in charge Of indeXing department; docu-
mont searcher in charge of searching depart
n,ent. chief clerk OF the law department. and
chief ,erk Of certificates, satisfaction and me-
chanics' liens Register-Chief current index
clerk. mortgage tax deputy. Sheriff-Assistant
eauity clerk bookkeper of jail and deputy war
dor, of iaiI and the District Attorneys twelve
county detectives, two county detectives being
sontiuned ou fousth pare.