The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-08
PATRONAGE FOR MAGISTRATES
No rOMPETITTON FOR ions as
PROBATION OFFICER.
CNn Service Commission CaIled for Can
dIdates and Got List at Q 100 when
= % Vas Decided THAT Law Vests sole
Power oT Appoint ment in the bench.

= % Vas Decided That law Vests sole
Power OF Appoint ment in the Bench.
Despite opinions hsret ofore expressed
that th. prObai ION officers - be- appointed
uuder the. new inferior courts Law must
IL selected from the civil service lists II
has l..-n decided that tho Magistrates
and ih,. I'i-trcpS of special Sessions NAV
appoint without competitive cNamIna-
ton
IN. Municipal Ci,il Service Commits
slOn has ssut word To- candidates that
the examination sChrdul'd for next Thurs.
day - ~ There were more than 'OO
candidates fur th,.S,. Jobs. which ~ was
said would paw ~ ~ year
Before Gov, Hughes signed the bdl
protest was -.nt 10 ham by th. civil Ser
vac. Reform Association declaring that
IN. proposed law violated the -piIt 81
crNIl s-rvic" reform Nv permitting Mag
istrat.s tu uppuntr Whenever they wished
N,thout ,"mI@tItt," examination. he
Gu,rIupr ~ hIs comments Oh ~" law
when ~" CAV" % hl- signatrir" la'" m June
sad thai ~ hrs opinion the probation
officers ,oIld bs appointed under tho
DiNIl >.rvic- law and h' SAID n" under
stood that such waS the ,nt-utIpu nf
thu~" Interested IN IA" pa>S'ig" Of the
Law ud.'r instructions from ia" stat"
.C.Nd S..r,I c- tpmsurs-Iun ~" Municipal
C,I service Commission d"C,ded that
candidate. ~lpild b. subjected Ia a CON
p..ti'lvr examination and published that
fac' several Weeks ago
The local boa,d adv rrt ls.d August ~
~ III" dhv IL tie examination and began
prsIarat IONS Tor o. The new law an
tlurlsp- twrI," probation officers for
Sp,.r,a! SESSIONS and ten men and ten
women Irpha'Ipn ofiC"Ts for III" pOhC"
courts 81 Manhattan ard The Bronx
The Rroukivn MagistTa-eS ar, authorized
To- apDoint uI!uu"r equal to the number
nov 10 s.T,.u"
A. soon ~ ia" announcements was
mai" tnai the IrIputJu"u Me-" To he
made hY UompptlttN" examination the
civil SerN.n,. Bpa-i h.Cau fu receive 3p-
pli ra'I pn~ ( ~ first papers The first week
NOR" than 49, apPuCantS showed up A.
tame. PASSED 'he Application papers came
u GOODS ~ tho bulrt II was Eatd ~
the rooms 81 ~" upIrd that no scheduled
~ Iru.usil.ii % - p!4r'' ~ tn" Local syN-
"rnm"ni r"r,. over stirred up such
a lar 20 uuulu-.r ~ NoISf'Ii-
he various schools that drill CardI
dates for ,INU -''rylre examination cam"
INTO = tsouu'fgl har' rSt and mad 80 wor.-
overtime To- acCumr~pGlt" all that wanted
a~Si-tano' % pr"i ar'ng Tor III" technical
part uf ne ''NAmIna'Inn On" small
school had 'Air,y candidates and could
h..,, had more. h'!f wa- unable 80 handl"
hem Zach 'slII dIdat~ -, 4 = f." 81 so
som" = ~" long Established preparatory
schools chang" It~E" T." II Ha- sad
S,.~ t..r,iaV thai tle-.7 -Chppl- got about
SIu.vr from tn. men and women who
NpI..d fp -. UrpisA.fHu Hf'.C"r- some -
'h"'u Are -Ad 90 -. on - employment.
and ~" /, ~ ~ 'h"lr money without a
run d. DO" Jnr O.. a great disappointment
'n them
The Mag rates rav" he"n desirous oG
mas nag ~" APPOINTMENTS NIthOut CIVIL
service examination ami come Of them
IpIu'.si oIt insi the new law which gp"s
into eject IN September - very explicit
ou IN" power Il the Magistrates ~ APP
nutnt and r"tnoy" chef Magistrate
VI. Adoo hid = conference" with Julu-
Mayer. ,-pvn-'. for IN" Fac" committee
= h'CA drew ia" bIli
The matter WzS lrid hafo-n CCrJnra'lou
toa.~ol Watson for an opinion and n"
gay.. ~" uuuIHr that "a. Nasist-a'' /
and he JUSTICES pf special $685. Ipn~ w'r'' b
Hl'upiI'~i - appoint vahuIt uCiul"i'- /
'fs" "NtnIuAfI'T~ -'ssl ton ~ Oi the L"N .
\ r...Iu-.'v e IN" Justices of Special /
S"s-..u~ shall gr'.rIu' twelN" probation !
oHI..r- and IN" uoard ~ ~" 'rst d. /
yrrnu snail appoint Ten nal" and ten |
81 onI"f probation officer and probation
IN ar shall T." exempt from evil service
examination
T. WA- understood some tim" ago hv
thn-. familiar with tho situation that the
Man haitian Magistrates had already picked
ont IN. men and women they proposed
10 appoint The men 20 h" appointed
are - replace 'he Policemen who have
been acting a. probation officers and
" no ar. discarded Nv tn, Page law
one OF the things for which policemen
were Crlucised a. probat on officers was
thai most 81 them were nothing more
than Wallets - the Magistrates 20 carry
his Honor's suitcase. post his letters.
larry messages and III" liz" az course
\ policeman didn't ike 80 do these things. /
rfI' b" though ~ WI-" ~ obey the NagiS-
ra'e.- orders or no might h" sent back
20 ms precinct Under the r"S system
~" yrnhatioh oFi"cr will be absolutely
~ hlS Honor pleasure.
III" women who ar" now working a.
probation officers ar. under the pro'sc-
on q IN" civil -"-vio,' laS and the opinion
was expressed bv lawyers yesterday
that there wa considerable doubt a.
10 m" legal night Of IA" Magistrates 20
dismiss them under - -p"CiRl siatu'"
that conflicts with III, general Law The
lawyers >tid 'p"r" vcr" good grounds
IN shiloh 10 pat NJ y St.f night N 'he
courts against distressing classified civil
sen loo employees against whom no
.harg'-. have been mad" The new law
seems 80 give th" Magistrates authority
20 Arpoin' ten women m place Of III"
r. ghf nov m SER Ica
The omen remain stationary IN cor
tan courts. IN" men probation officers
accompany IA" MagIs'rat" a. he fotatss
from court 20 'uurt
90 tI\NT IDRNIgI VI WORTtI.