The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-09
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 during his term of office may file with the civil service commission a notice setting forth the policy to be pursued by him. with respect to getting rid of the help under civil service and put ting in placemen.
 This measure has been built up around the earlier one, described in The Farmer, in which it was provided that anybody might be discharged, but might have the right to file his d1slike of the operation. This provision ap- pears, but the objections are to go to the Civil Service Commission instead of the the secretary.
 The majority report is as follows:
 Section 1 of the bill provides for five members of the commission, the governor to appoint two in addition to the present three members, one to hold office until September 1, 1916, and the other until September 1, 1918, each to serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. Section 2 repea1s the present pro- visions for appointment of a commits sion of three members.
 Section provides for manner of future appointments of commerce.
 Section 4 amends the present law as to scope of merit system. It reads:
 'eThe civil service Of the state shall be divided into the unclasaified ser vice. the exempt service and the classified service. The unclaSsified service shall not be subject to any of the provisions of this act and shall include the following classes: any of- ficial elected by popular vote; and during the term of office of said of- ficiaI such employees in the depart l ment under him and for such period of said term as such official may des- 1 ignate in the manner specified in | S0OfinE. la oil pointed by the governor with or without the advice and consent of either both branches of the general ! assembly; all officers and employees appointed by either or both branches of the general assembly,; all election officers; all heads of departments of the state government and members of committees and boards thereof, all officers and persons in the militia; i the legal assistants of the law depart ment of the state; appointees of the | courts and judges thereof; teachers or teaching forces; all officials of state and county institutions who are l required to be physicians; employees of commissions and committees of the general assembly,; all unskiIled or common laborers or domestic em- l ployed and paid as common or un- skilled laborers or domestics.',
 Section 5 permits the executive head of a department to have ex- empted from the provisions of the civil service law; his first deputy or l first assistant who is authorized by law to serve in his place, one secre- kary GOT clerk and one private secre- tary, clerk or stenographer whose em- ployment has been authorized by law, provided written notice is given to l the commission of desire for such ex- emptiop of assistant, secretary, clerk l or stenographer. In this section Shere is also this proyision:
 There may be included in the ex- empt service any department or sub division thereof, or group of employees therein for whose appointment a civ Il service test may be found ineffec- kttve and all other officers and posi- tions for which competitive or non competitive tests shall be found by 1 the civil service commission to be tmpracticabIe. No office or position ehan be in the exempt service ex- cept as herein otherwise provided. unless it is specifically named in the classification under the rules and the reasons for making such exemptions shah be stated separately in the next annual report of said comrnission K K.
 'tAfter six months from the date | when this act takes effect no office or position save as herein otherwise