In retrospection upon the operations of your organization, I venture the remark that whatever opposition to Civil Service Reform may still exist in Milwaukee, no evidence of it is to be traced now among the heads of departments with whom the undersigned has official communication; you may be congratulated upon the fact, that all departments now show by prompt and cordial co-operation their appreciation of their delivery from the vampire that formerly haunted them by night and day, waylaid them at every step, prevented their application to their legitimate duties and threatened them with nothing less than capital punishment, in a political sense of the word, if they dared to discharge a lazy and incapable subordinate official, a drunken or riotous street laborer who would not submit to reasonable discipline, or a superintendent of labor with a political "backing" who would insist upon ignoring, evading or violating the orders of his superiors. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES H. DOERFLINGER, Chief Examiner and Secretary. Milwaukee, March, 1897. 3. Salary 4. Number of persons employed in this position........... 5. What educational or special qualifications are required of an appli cant for this position?.............. 6. What are the duties of this position?. 7. What degree of responsibility or authority is there in this position with reference to subordinates?............. 8. Can the position best be filled by promotion from some inferior position?.............. 9. Is a test of or examination in physical strength desirable?. FORM 2. APPLICATION FOR THE OFFICIAL SERVICE. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF CITY SERVICE COMMISSIONERS. This application must be filled out by the applicant in his own hand- 53 i therein, not holding any city, county or state office, each stating that he has been personally acquainted with the applicant for at least three years last past and believes him to be of good moral character, of correct and orderly deportment, of temperate and industrious habits, and in all respects fit for the service he wishes to enter, and that such citizen is willing that his certificate should be made public. Additional certificates may be required in any case in the discretion of the Board. Any false statement knowingly made by any applicant in his application for admission to any examination, or made at his request, or with his knowledge, in any certificate which may accompany his application, shall be regarded as good cause for excluding him from such examination, or for removing his name from any register or eligible list, or for his removal or discharge from office during probation or thereafter. Defective applications will be returned to applicants and an opportunity given them to correct the same. Whenever any application shows that the applicant is not qualified under the rules and regulations of the Board, such application will be rejected and the applicant notified of the reason therefor. The applicant will receive written notice from the Chief Examiner of the time and place of examination. The applicant must produce this notice at the place of examination, where it will be taken up by the Chief Examiner or person in charge of the examination. APPLICATION. I hereby make application to be examined for the position of.......... As part of my application I declare the answers to the following questions to be true and in my own handwriting: What is your full name?........ Where do you live? (Give street and number.)................... Are you a citizen of the United States?............ (If naturalized a certificate of naturalization must be submitted with the application paper.) Where were you born?............ What was the date of your birth? (Give day, month and year). How long have you resided in Milwaukee?... In what ward do you reside and how long have you lived in that ward? Is your health such as to enable you to perform efficiently the duties of the office which you desire to enter?.......... What, if any, employment have you heretofore had in the public service? for b dofte miner Tuce th he Ch In what business or employment have you been engaged during the past five years?.............. Give the names, occupations and residences of all persons by whom you have been employed during the last five years. What education have you had?............ Are you in the habit of using intoxicating liquors to excess?.............. Have you ever been convicted of any offense against the laws of Wisconsin, or of any other State, or of the United States?. being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the person whose name is signed to the foregoing application; that the answers to the foregoing questions are all in his own handwriting, and that the same are true, as he verily believes. [Applicant sign full name here.]....... Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence by the above named......... [Official title.].. I, the undersigned, am VOUCHERS. MILWAUKEE, WIS..... .189 am a citizen of Milwaukee and a freeholder therein... I reside at (Give street and number).......... I do not hold any City, County or State office. I have been personally acquainted with......................... the applicant named in the foregoing application, for the last... all [Sign full name here.]........ MILWAUKEE, Wis.,............. .189 I, the undersigned, am a citizen of Milwaukee and a freeholder therein. I do not hold any City, County or State office. I have been personally acquainted with.......... the applicant named in the foregoing application, for the last.... years; and I believe said applicant to be of good moral character, of correct and orderly deportment, of temperate and industrious habits, and in all respects fit for the service he wishes to enter; and I am willing that this certificate should be made public. I, the undersigned, am a citizen of Milwaukee and a freeholder therein. I do not hold any City, County or State office. I have been personally acquainted with. the applicant named in the foregoing application, for the last...... [Sign full name here.] FORM 2 A. APPLICATION FOR THE LABOR SERVICE. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF CITY SERVICE COMMISSIONERS. The applicant must see that all the blanks in his application are properly filled out. The application must be signed and sworn to by the applicant but need not be in his own handwriting. If the applicant is not able to sign his name he may sign by making his mark, which must be witnessed by the officer taking the affidavit. When properly filled out the application must be filed with the Chief Examiner at the office of the Board. Applicants must be citizens of the United States, of the age of twentyone years or over, and must have resided in the City of Milwaukee at least three years. This application must be accompanied by the certificates of not less than three reputable citizens of Milwaukee, who must be freeholders |