Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04
n answer, when made in writing, shall

answer, when made in writing, shall
be filed with the secretary of the COM
| mission.
Section g. Section Of chapter 313
Of the laws of 1895 is amended to read:
Section 6. Officers who are elected by
the people, or who by the statutes are
Gil, INSPECTORS and clerks of election,
members of any board of education, the
superintendent and teachers of
schools. heads of any, principal depart
law, fire, and police departments, OF,
| fcers and clerks entrusted
with the handling of money for which
their superior officer is required to
give bond, one private secretary OF the
mayor and any other officers, clerks, or
employees in the service of the city
the said city service commissioners
cannot, for the time being be subject
ed with advantage to the public serv,
ice, to the general rules prepared
under this act, shall not be affected as
to their election, selection, or appoint
ment, by such rules made by said com
filled involves fiduciary responsibility
| other than the handling of money, the
appointing officer may require the APP
pointee to furnish him bond or other
security for the faithful performance
of his duty, the amount to be hXed by
| the appointing officer with the APP
prevail Of the mayor, and shall notlty
the city service commission of the
| amount and conditions thereof and
other details thereof, provided, how
ever, that any, surety company, the
| judge of any court of record in this
state, shall be sufficient security on
any such bond, and that the premium
on such bond, within the limits fixed
| by law, shall be paid out of the city
! treasury.
! Section 4. Section of chapter 313
of the laws of 1895 as amended by sec.
ton 2 of chapter 21S of the laws Of
| 1897, is amended to read Section g..
| The said board shall appoint a chief
| examiner, whose duty it shall be, I'M
der it's direction, to superintendent any
| examinations held in such city under
| this act, and who shall perform such
other duties as the board shall pre-
scribe. Such chief examiner shall be
ex- officio secretary of the board, and
| under the direction of such board, he,
as such secretary, shall keep ana re
cord the minutes Of its proceedings,
preserve all reports made to 1T, keep
| record of all eXamina tons held under
| its direction, and perform such other
duties as the board may from time to
such chief examiner may be fixed by
! the board of city service commission
ers, to be approved by the common
council, provided that such salary
shall not be less than fifteen hundred
| dollars per annum, which shall be
paid monthly by the city treasurer on
the certificate of the president OF SAID
board, countersigned by the city comp,
| troller. He shall be subject to removal
at any time by said board. The said
| board may also incur such expenses FOR
| clerk hire, printing, stationery, ana
other incidental matters as 1t shall
| deem necessary; provided, however,
| that the total amount of all eXpendi-
lures by it incurred during any year,
| including the compensation of the
| chief examiner, clerks, and other en-
! ployeS, shall not exceed the amount or
! the special fund herein provided and
known as the lefty civil service fund"
! Section 5. Section IL of chapter 313
of the laws of 1895, as amended by Sec
! ton 5 of chapter 218, of the laws or
! 1897, is amended to read: Section II.
| Immediate notice in writing shall be
given by the appointing power to said
| board Of city service commissioners OF
all appointments, permanent or tenn
porary, made pursuant to this act and
| the rules made and established under
| the same, in those branches or depart
ments of the civil service OF such CITY
which are subject to this act and the
| rules of said board, and OF all trans
| fers, promotions, designations, other
changes or vacancies from any cause
| in such branches or departments or the
! city service, and of the date Thereon,
and record Of the same shall be Kept
| by said board. When any office or
place of employment, suDJect TO sucn
| compensation attached thereto is al
| tered, the officer or board making such
change shall Immediately report the
same in writing to said BOARD OF COM
missioners. Notice shall be given IN
writing by the appointing officer to
| the city service commission OF the eN-
| iStence OF any vacancy or vacancies IN
any office or employment in the com.
petitive class under the provisions or
| this act, and within ten days after the
receipt of such notice the COMMISSION
shall certify from the list of eligibles
! appropriate for the group IN Whlcn the
| position to be filled is classified the
three names and addresses OF the can
| didates standing highest thereon Whlch
have not been certified three times to
| the department or office in when the
vacancy exists. When ever eligibles
those candidates who have been graded
| the highest in the examination held IN
pursuance with this act and the rules
! made in accordance Herewith. In
every case, after q name has been Ger
! titled three times, it may be dropped
from the list by the commission, but
| certificaJions for temporary appoint
| mentS snail not be counted as one OF
| such Qualifications. The head of any
| department or office may, with the APP
| prevail of the commissioners, max
| temporary appointments to remain in
force not exceeding thirty days, or I'M
! til regular appointment under the pro-
visions Of this act can be made. It
| shall be the duty of the appointing Of
| reference to merit and fitness, one OF
the said candidates whose names shall
have been certified in the above man
ner set forth to till such vacancy I'M
less objection shall be made to one or
more of the persons certified, for any
of the reasons stated on the rules;
provided, however, that the provisions
of this section may be altered by the
commission when the office or employ
ment comes within those where, by the
rules, competitive examinations are not
required. The commission shall make
rules for the procedure in such cases;
Section 6. There is hereby created
a new division of the classified service
to be known as the special expert class.
Except where such position shall be
classified, exempt, or none competitive,
the board of city service commissioners
shall place in this class all positions
of a technical, scientific, or profession-
al character, together with all posi-
tions where the qualifications are pc
culiar to the service in any department
of tn city government, and may in ad-
dition thereto temporarily classify as
Of the special expert class positions
where the service is new and expert
mental in character.
2. The provisions of the city civil
service act now governing selections,
appointments, promotions, reinstate-
ments, removals, and transfers shall
apply to the special expert class, eX-
cept as may be otherwise provided in
3. For the filling of positions In the
special expert class the appointing Of
ficer shall be free to suggest names
of persons for consideration in examin-
ati0n together with all -other appli