The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-14
WHATl REPUBLICANS. PLAN TO DO TO TIE
 CIVIL SERVICE BILL
Best Friends of Present Law Wouldn't Recognize It If
 Measure Prevails
Especial to The Farmer )


 Hartford, Jan 14.-The text of, the amendment to the Civil Service act which changes that statute so it's best friends will not recognize it. is printed below. The amendment was intro duced by Senator ISben of New Ha- ven If it passes it is. the intention of the Republicans to remove from office, among others, Superint tendent Snow of the state capitol, his assistant, MT. Iaigney, and John J. Fitzpatrick and Max Cohen of Bridgeport. clerks in the office of the secretary of state. The text of the amendment follows
 The text of proposed amendment: An Act Amending an Act Creating 9
 State Civil Service Commission Be it enacted by the senate and house
 of representative in general as-
 semb1y convened:
 Section 1. Section two of chapter 232 of the public acts of 1913 is here by amended to read as follows: The civil service of the state shall be di- vfded into the unc1assified service. the exempt service, and the classified ser vice. The unc1assified service shall not be subject to any of the provisions of this act, and shall include the fol- lowing classes: All officers elected by popular vote; all officers appointed by the governor and their appointees and employees, with or without the ad- 
 branches of the general assembly; all officers and employees appointed by either or both branches of the general assembly,; all election ofhcers; all heads of departments of the state gov ernment, and members of commis- sions and boards thereof. and their appointees or employees; all officers or employees of any ipstitution under the supervision of a commission or board appointed by the governor with or without the advice or consent of the general assembly or either or both branches thereof; all officers and per- sons in the militia; the legal assistants of the law department of the state, appointees of the courts, and judges thereof; appointees or employees of the secretary of the state, state treas urer, and comptroller; officers and employees in the penal institutions in the state; all attendants upon the gen eral assembly, it's officers or commit tees, or persons whose terms of em- pIoyment cease with the rising of any session of the general assembly; all unskilled 1aborers or domestics
 Sec. 2 Section three of said act is hereby amended to read as follows: The commission may include in the exempt service all officers or positions for the filling of which competitive or on-competitivez tests shall be found by the civil service commission to be 1mpracticable No office or position shall be in the exempt service unless 1t is specifically named in the rules, and the reasons for making such ex- ernption shall be stated separately in the next annual report of said com mission. Not more than one ap- pointment shall be made to or under the title of any such office or position unless a different number is specifca1- W mentioned in the rules. After six months from the date this act takes effect no office or position shall be exempted except after public hearing ,bv the commission. Suitable public notice of such hearings shall be given by said commission. Appointments in the exempt service may be made without test
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from it's passage.