Grading.

29. The absolute or average general standing of each competitor will then be made up in form as follows, in accordance with the respective weight according to each subject by the regulation, thus:

It will be observed that the standing on each subject is multiplied by the weight given that subject and the product placed in the third column, and the sum of these products divided by the sum of the weights gives the general average standing.

If, in the marking, it is found that the standing of a competitor on any subject falls below fifty, the further marking of the papers of such competitor may be dropped (Rule 15), and such fact recorded on the face of the paper in red ink.

30. The grading of the several competitors being completed, their names will be enrolled in the order of their excellence, as deter

mined by such examination, upon a register of eligible persons in form as prescribed by the Commission.

31. Every paper in any examination not formally certified by the examiners will be signed with his initials in ink by each examiner who has reviewed and marked it.

32. Priority of date in examination will give no advantage in position on the eligible list. The names of the three persons highest in general average standing on the list for any grade will be certified for selection without regard to dates of examination, and subject only to the preferences of competitors on record for certain departments or offices, or to the certificate of the appointing officer, that an optional subject is of prime imporance.

Non-Competitive.

33. Schedule C. The boards of examiners before whom shall appear any person named for a position in Schedule C, subject to a non-competitive examination, will report to the Commission the facts regarding such person furnished to, or ascertained by, them upon the first three points as required by Rule 23. Upon the fourth point as required in said rule, they will examine the person so appearing in the several subjects prescribed by regulations in accordance with Rule 24. Such examination will be in writing, and the standing on each subject will be marked in the manner herein directed for competitive examinations.

The grading of such person, together with the examination papers and the report on the other points of inquiry, shall be transmitted to the Commission, as soon after the examination as practicable.

34. Schedule D. The boards of examiners for positions in Schedule D shall take evidence of the qualifications of persons properly appearing before them, as the same are defined in Rule 29, and regulations pursuant thereto. So far as may be practicable such examinations shall be in writing. If the board is satisfied that any person so appearing is duly qualified to discharge the duties of the position for which named, a certificate of qualification will be granted by the board in such forin as the Commission may prescribe. Officers having the authority to employ persons in the positions included in Schedule D may directly name persons to any such board for examination. Quarterly reports on the first days of January, April, July and October in every year will be made by such boards to the Commission, giving names of all persons examined, the positions for which named, and whether or not certified as qualified. Intermediate reports of a similar nature will be made when specially required.

For Promotion.

35. Examiners will carefully inspect the work performed during the previous year by the persons named for promotion as regards its accuracy and neatness, and should personally question them concerning their office work and its purposes, in order to ascertain if they

have a general and intelligent knowledge of the business in the department where they are employed. No part of the examination need be by written answers to written questions, but the examiners may require the persons examined to give a written description of the work done by them and its relation to the duties of others.

General.

36. As soon as practicable after an examination, the papers of the candidates will be marked, and their standings ascertained and communicated to them by the secretary of the Commission by mail. Prior to that time no inquiries addressed either to the examiners or the Commission will be answered. No letters explanatory of errors presumed to have been made in an examination will receive any attention.

37. The Commission cannot undertake to answer inquiries relating to cases which are not officially before it for decision, nor can it decide, except in cases of actual candidates on its registers, questions respecting the application of the rules and regulations.

38. Particular answers cannot be given to inquiries which are answered expressly or by implication in published regulations and similar documents.

39. The schemes of qualifications and subjects of examination of the same for positions in Schedules C and D will be published from time to time for general information.

In regard to many such positions, the nature and extent of such examinations will not be determined until after a vacancy in the position occurs.

No information can, therefore, be given in regard to such positions other than is published as above mentioned.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.

[Approved by the Governor on September 3, 1883.]

The letters A, B, C, D and E, in brackets, indicate the schedule under the rules, in which the class, subdivision or grade is included.

CLASS 1.

All assistants and deputies of executive and administrative officers, and all clerks and other persons of whatever designation rendering services similar to those of clerks in any branch of the State service.

Subdivision I.

First Grade. [B.] Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of less than $1,000.

Second Grade. [B.]-Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of $1,000 or more, but less than $1,200.

Third Grade. [B.] Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of $1,200 or more, but less than $1,500. Fourth Grade. [E.]-Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of $1,500 or more, but less than $1,800. Fifth Grade. [E.] Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of $1,800 or more, but less than $2,000.

Sixth Grade. [E.]- Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of $2,000 or more, but less than $2,500. Seventh Grade. [E.] Clerks and like employees receiving an annual compensation of $2,500 or more.

Subdivision II. [A.]

Deputies and assistants of principal officers or heads of departments; the private secretary of the governor; the clerk and reporter of the court of appeals; the secretaries of State boards and commissions (but not assistant secretaries, they being rated as clerks); the chief examiner of the Civil Service; treasurers of asylums; game and fish protectors; superintendent of public buildings.

CLASS 2. [C.]

All persons of special qualifications (except those employed in the department of public works, the salt works, prisons, reformatories, asylums and other charitable and corrective institutions), including directors or curators of museums; geologists, botanists and entomologists and their respective assistants; librarians and their assistants;

civil engineers and surveyors; chemists; sanitary experts; principals, professors and teachers in normal schools; inspector of quarantine hospitals; medical superintendent of emigrants; health officers.

CLASS 3.

All persons engaged in duties other than those of clerks, in the courts and public offices and buildings at Albany and the State arsenals, except as laborers, and not included in the preceding classes. Subdivision I. [C.]

Court criers and attendants; court and other marshals; stenographers in courts; excise inspectors.

Subdivision II. [C.]

Superintendents and assistant superintendents in charge of public buildings under the general superintendent.

Subdivision III. [B. and D.]

Interpreters in courts, keepers and janitors of public buildings, arsenals, bureaus, etc.; office messengers; orderlies in public buildings; watchmen; firemen; porters and porteresses.

Subdivision IV. [D.]

Steam engineers and all other persons engaged in expert mechanical duties in public buildings or arsenals.

CLASS 4.

All persons employed in the department of public works other than the assistant superintendents, collectors of statistics and clerks (who are included in Class 1), and excepting laborers.

First Grade-Rodmen and levelers.

Second Grade - Assistant engineers below the rank of resident. Third Grade - Resident engineers.

Fourth Grade- Division engineers.

Subdivision IV. [D.]

All others employed in said department not otherwise classified. First Grade-All those receiving an annual compensation less than $500.

Second Grade - All those receiving an annual compensation of $500 or more.

CLASS 5.

All persons employed in the Onondaga salt works, except the deputy superintendent (Class 1).