than five feet nine inches in stature when unshod, and before being admitted to service must pass a physical examination by the prison physician. Teachers in reformatories (Class 6, Subdivision V, Grade 1). Teachers in asylums, etc. (Class 7, Subdivision VII, Grade 1). [The schemes of examination for these positions will probably be varied to meet the special requirements of the respective institutions, and so far as practicable and necessary will be based upon the examinations for "State certificates," under the direction of the Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction]. In addition to the obligatory subjects above given to clerkships, certain clerks employed by the commissioners of emigration are obliged to be conversant with the German language, and weight is given to proficiency in other modern European languages. 1. Additional assistant engineer on canals. 1, Arithmetic; 2, geometry; 3, applied or practical geometry; 4 plane trigonometry; 5, mensuration; 6, use of instruments; 7 mechanics; 8, practical construction. 2. Additional leveler on canals. 1, Arithmetic to evolution; 2, plane trigonometry; 3, mensuration; 4, use and adjustment of instruments; 5, tabulation of field notes; 6, making profile draughts. SCHEDULE C. In positions in this schedule where the duties are professional, technical or expert, the nominees or candidates will be required to show what preliminary training to technical education they have undergone to qualify them for such situations before they can be admitted to examination. COURT OFFICERS AND CLERKS. 1. Stenographers - Candidates for positions as stenographers shall be subject to a general examination similar in character to that required in the case of clerks receiving an equal amount of salary and the following: 1. Accuracy in taking notes of spoken or dictated matter at the rate of at least 150 words per minute. 5 2. Correctness in transcribing such notes, regard being had to spelling (3) and penmanship (3)... 6 3. Accuracy in the immediate rendering of spoken or dictated matter, which they shall be required to take down and read back aloud immediately. 4. Arithmetic (fundamental rules, proportion, interest, and discount) 5. Elementary history and geography of New York State and the United States 6. Constitution of New York State and the United States.... 1 1 20 OPTIONAL, FOREIGN LANGUAGES. 2. Interpreters — Applicants for positions as interpreters shall be subject to a general examination similar in character to that required in the case of clerks receiving an equal amount of salary. They shall be subject to a special examination with a view to ascertain their fitness for the position applied for. (a) In speaking and writing fluently and grammatically two (2) languages other than English. (b) In the rudiments of the history and geography of the countries in whose languages they offer to be examined. Their examination. shall cover the following: Obligatory Subjects. 1. Rendering into English (speaking) dictated or spoken matter in two (2) foreign languages (each 5).. . ... 2. Write translation from same (2) foreign languages of printed matter or manuscript (not exceeding 6 folios)... 3. Elementary history and geography of the foreign countries. in whose languages the candidate offers to be examined..... Relative weights. Optional Subjects-Any additional foreign language. 3. Court attendants· Will be examined same as messengers, etc., as above. 4. Employes whose functions are purely clerical-Same as 1st and 2d class clerks above. 5. Clerks whose functions are more or less judicial or discretionary-candidates for the positions in this class shall be examined with a view to ascertain their knowledge of the jurisdiction of the court for a position in which they apply, and their knowledge of the practice of the law pertaining to the special duties which they may be called upon to perform. Obligatory Subjects. 1. The practice of the law relative to the particular duties which they may be required to perform.... 2. Questions relating to the jurisdiction of the court for a position in which they apply... 3. Writing from dictation (about one page of foolscap). 4. Copying from manuscript (about one page)... 5. Handwriting.. .... Relative weights. 5 3223 6. Spelling... 254 7. Arithmetic (fundamental rules, fractions, reduction, discount, interest and proportion).. [ASSEMBLY, No 49.] 3 3 1 1 2 25 8. Geography and history (New York State and United States) 9. Constitution.. 10. Making a condensed summary of a document (not exceeding six folios)..... Optional Subjects. Expert penmanship, English composition or letter writing, bookkeeping, short-hand writing, type-writing, foreign languages, special qualifications for the department specified by the applicant. INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINERS. In order that the proceedings at all places may be uniform, the following instructions are given for the guidance of those selected by the Commission as examiners to conduct the competitive examinations for the State service: 1. All the necessary arrangements for the examination-room and its proper furniture should be completed several days prior to the date of examination. Reference is made to the last clause of section three of the Civil Service Act, wherein permission is granted to use certain public buildings. The desks should be arranged so that competitors cannot communicate with each other or copy each other's papers without observation. There should be at least twenty-five square feet of table for use of the examiners, and this should be so placed that supervision may be had of every desk. On the evening prior to the examination each desk should be provided with a stand supplied with ink, two pen-holders with pens and a blotting pad. It will be of great advantage to secure the services of a competent and trustworthy person to receive the candidates at the door of the examination-room and who might also assist the examiners during the entire day, particularly in distributing the papers to candidates. The attention of all concerned is respectfully invited to the fifth section of the Civil Service Act, which makes penal certain offenses. 2. The blank questions in sealed envelopes will be sent by mail or express from the office of the Commission so as to reach each place of examination at least twenty-four hours before the date of examination, and should be deposited with seals intact, in some secure place. An accompanying package will contain the stationery and envelopes, each inclosing a desk card. 3. On the day of examination the chosen assistant should attend early at the door of the examination-room with the package of envelopes containing desk cards. It will be convenient to have a stand or small table on which to place these cards. Each notified applicant must present to the attendant as a warrant for his appearance the official notification signed by the Secretary of the Commission, and no one should be admitted who does not present such notification. The attendant will give the applicant one of the envelopes, from which the applicant will take the card inclosed, and indorsing upon his notification the number on the card will put the notification in the envelope, seal it, and return it to the attendant. The applicant retaining the card, will then be admitted to the examination-room as an accepted candidate. No applicant, presenting himself after 10 o'clock, A. M,, should be admitted, since no matter what may be the cause of delay, his admission after that hour would derange the proceedings. 4. At 10:45 A. M., the examiners should announce the beginning of proceedings, and should request the candidates to separate themselves into three groups: One to contain all candidates for positions of office messenger and prison guards; the second to contain all candidates for first and second grade clerkships; and the third to contain all candidates for the third grade clerkships. For convenience, each group should then be seated by itself, as the examination for each is distinct. 5. All being properly seated and order restored, one of the examiners should ask if all the candidates have carefully read the regulations for examination sent to them with their notification or application, and also if all are provided with ink and pens. In the meantime the other examiners should break the seals and open the package of examination papers which will be found in four parcels, one containing questions, etc., for third grade clerkships, printed on white paper; one for first and second grade clerkships, on blue paper; and one for messengers and prison guards, etc., on yellow papers; and the fourth marked "optional," containing questions on optional subjects, and which parcel should not then be opened. The papers from the several parcels should be kept distinct on the table, and each color will be found to contain several sets of questions, numbered from one upward, in each series. 6. The first paper from each series, viz.: "writing from dictation," will be distributed to each candidate in the respective groups. In the white parcel, on a large card, will be found printed the matter to be dictated (which is to be read to and written down all by the candidates). After notice, one of the examiners will begin to read the matter to be dictated slowly and one phrase at a time, so that it may be fairly copied, and to avoid, if possible, a repetition which is apt to confuse the writers. Great care should be taken to read deliberately, with distinct utterance, until the whole has been read. Then, for review and proper punctuation, the whole should be again read with ordinary rapidity. 7. The exercise in dictation is the only one in which all the groups join in unison, and after its completion all the papers should be taken up. The second paper in each series should then be given out to the candidates in the respective groups, and thenceforward the successive papers in numerical order, but only one at a time. In the package of yellow papers, on a large card, will be found printed a "verbal order," which, after securing their attention, is to be read slowly and distinctly and once only, to the candidates for positions of messenger and prison guard. This is the second paper in the series for that group. The reading of this "order" should take place immediately after the exercise in dictation, so that the other groups may not be disturbed in their work. Each candidate. when |