Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-24

90 positions In the District 81 Column
bia tco-cxtensiVo With the city OF
Washington are given By the United
states ciyi service commission AZ the
request of the district commissioners.
The laws of Ohio az present pro-
Vide for civil service commission In
each municipality. hut In accordance
with recent amendment TO the con-
stitutlon Of ohio. q state commission
IL Ia he organized with jurisdiction
over appointments IN cities.
Since the systems IN use In New
York. Chicago. and Boston are typical
OF the aims and objects OF the merit
system as applied 20 appointing and
promoting employees IA the city ser
vice. brief review OF the salient
features Of the civil service laws.
rules, and regulations in these leading
cities " slgnhcant.
classification n New York
The report Of the New YORK city
ClVil service commission for the year
1910 gives the following classification
of employees Ia eject Ia that city.
Competitive class includes all posi-
tons for which " n practical TO de-
termine the merit and fitness of APP
picunts by competitive examinations.
NonCompettive class includes such
positions as are not IN the exempt
class or the labor class and which "
is impractical To- include Ia the com
petitive class
Labor class ircludcs unskiiled Ia
horcrs and such skilled laborers as
are not included In the competitive
~ the noucompetitive class
Exempt class includes those that
may be appointed without eNamina-
lion. a statement ~ all such APP
pointments must. however. be made To
the civil Service commission by the
appointing officer. This class IN
cludcs ca deputies OF principal eN-
ecutive officers authorized by law To-
act for principals; OBJ one secretary
for each board. office, or commission
authorized bv law 90 appoint q secre-
tarV. except the civil Service board IT.
self. (cl one clerk and one deputy
clerk, N authorized by law, Of each
court. and one clerk of each elective
judicial officer.
Chicago ana number OF other IL
linois cities operate under a state law
adopted by "a vote of the electors In
the several cities The law exempts
from It's provisions elective officers,
officers whose appointment ~ subject
20 confirmation 10y the city council,
Judges of election, members of the
board of education. teachers OF
schools. heads of the principal de-
pdrtmcnts of the city, mpmheTs Of the
rotary OF the mayor.
In Chicago the civil service reguln-
tions recognize the following classes,
each OF which has subdivisions or
grades Medical service. engineering
service. clerical service, police serv-
Zee, operating engineering service,
Ere service, library service, inspection
service, supervising service skilled
| labor service. ana labor service.
Tho civil service regulations Of
BOSTON are those of the examining
board appointed by the govcl nor The
Massachusetts law CLASHES service
az Official service" and "lnhor ser
vice" The former class includes Gre.
police. clerical technical, and other
similar positions and the labor SER
vice includes the positions Of CD Ia
horers. (2l skilled iabOrera, and go
mechanics and craftmen.
Protection Not Uniform.
The reports obtuined from the sew
| erul cities concerning the protection
| afforded city employees Ia their ten
/ IRE OF office show wide variance IN
/ the extent ~ the protection. Roches-
ter, y, v, reported that any em-
ploye Of the noncompetitive or ex-
/ empt class may be percmptorily re-
| moved by the appointing power while
| for eight cities pittsburgh, Pa; Gin
| cinnnti. Ohio: Dayton. ohio; spokane.
Wash: Des Moines. Iowa, Kansas
! city. Kans: Springfield, H., and New
! Orleans. La the reports show full
protection Of all classes OF city en-
| ployes. THIS protection means that
| removal can he made only after the
| hling OF written charges and formal
| hearing.
An classes of employees are given
| partial protection IN Kansas city
| Ma, and oklahoma city. Okla, and
| the following cities furnish protection
/ to specified classes ~ employees af
| indicated omaha. Nebr. Dallas, Tex.
| Fort Worth. Tex. sacramento, Calf,
and Topeka. Kans 20 hremen and
policemen. Washington, y. c.. only
to the assessor and members Of the
permanent board OF assistant asses
sors; Troy. y. v, 10 veterans Of the
Civil war; ana Los Angeles, cal; "a
an employees except those OF the IRE
police and library departments. The
4 report for Tacoml Wash, shows that
the question of the right 10 dischafgs