Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-13
STATE CIVIL SERVICE
 REPORT FOR YEAR
cfiee of storeroom Keeper at Nor wirh sanatorium Was Temporarily Exempted.

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 In it's annual report to the governor Ior the year ending Sept 80, 1915. the Etate civil service commission says: tsThe past year has not been particu- 1mrly interesting from the standpoint pK new work done by this commission or new plans made for extending it's service to the state. The departments which are under the merit system have called for about the routine amount of replacement of employees but have presented no novel prob
 The report touches on a subject which has been long under consider nfion when-it says:
 We believe real economy would be secured by 6tandardizing salaries for Identical positions and service In the states pay. Performance of the same duties Cor duties so similar that a 4amiliarize an employee with the diff 1arences in deeail) secures only about half or tWo-thirds of the pay in some departments that it does in others are very similar. This leads to too frequent changes with consequent loss of enciency in the underpaid place and presumable waste in the overpa1o places" There Is the possibility that fhe subject of the standardizing leg fslatively at the present session.
 hsThe increased wages recently of- 2ered in private employment have made 1t much more difficult to secure an adequate supply of public employ ees. This has meant an increased decreased body of applicants to choose from. In order not to lower our standards of excel1ency we have been Dblfged in a number of cases to de- rs3rre rositions temporarily non-com- Detittve, rather than have them va rant until candidates of proven merit could be found.
 The following positions were de- rlaxed temporarily n-competttive during the year: Stenographer. shell fish commission; storeroom keeper, Norwich sanatorium; chauffeur me- t-hanfc. school for feeble minded; laundry manager, colony for epilep- tics: chief engineer, shelldsh commits sion; stationary fireman, soldiers home; stationary fireman, school TOT feeble minded; driver, Hartford sana- forfum; stenographer clerk CD, tax commission; bookkeeper Shelton sanatorium; male stenogra- mission; office boy, highway commits
 The following exemptions were granted during the year:
 By the commission, on petition of hppofnting oh1cers-Deputy inspectors, euperintendents employment bureaus, special agent, bacteriologist on oyster culture and disease.
 By appointing ofhcerS-C1erk, board nf education, chief clerk, commissioner 1r and factory inspection.
 naes for temporary appointments
 fssued as follows during the
 Superintendent free employment ,pureau, George L. ChesbroS stenogra- rher, highway department, James W. Maher; stenographer, rivers, harbors hnd bridges commission, Isadore Beck | sr; bookkeeper, stenographers Shelton kanatorium, Ralph B. Rogers; attend ants, state prison, Thomas B. Phillips, 1 Elmer Rockwell
 The civil service commission has the l power to employ such servants and | agents as may be required under the | statute, and to fix their compensation, | including a chief examiner, whose i maximum salary Is specified The chief | examiner Is also secretary to the com | mission.
 The commission may also incur l necessary expenses not exceeding $5,- | poo per annum. The appropriation is | SC, 800 per year. Approved bills of the commission | For the current fiscal year neding | Eept 30 amounted to $5,3T3.s4; unused | balance, $1,426.16.
 There are B pages Of the report tnlzen up with a list of the changes in ghe civil service of the state from Jan 1, 1914, to Sept. 30, 1916.