The Civil-service Reform MovementPress of G. H. Ellis, 1882 - 76 páginas |
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... applied for a position in the New York Custom House . He was informed that he must first pass the prescribed civil - service examination before he would be eligible to the appointment he desired . He appealed to the secretary of the ...
... applied for a position in the New York Custom House . He was informed that he must first pass the prescribed civil - service examination before he would be eligible to the appointment he desired . He appealed to the secretary of the ...
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... applying the simple test of efficiency and character , as compared with appointments heretofore made , it may be declared a complete success . While it is possible for the nomi- nating officer , if unembarrassed by political ...
... applying the simple test of efficiency and character , as compared with appointments heretofore made , it may be declared a complete success . While it is possible for the nomi- nating officer , if unembarrassed by political ...
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... applied to all the custom - house appointments , and , probably , also to the treasury department itself . " 2 " When the president gets at work on a civil - service scheme , " said this correspondent , " he will not have any more ...
... applied to all the custom - house appointments , and , probably , also to the treasury department itself . " 2 " When the president gets at work on a civil - service scheme , " said this correspondent , " he will not have any more ...
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... applied by some man of prominence or influence . " " He set his foot down in the beginning , so far as this , that no person should be admitted to a place in the post - office " without a preliminary examination . " He found that the ...
... applied by some man of prominence or influence . " " He set his foot down in the beginning , so far as this , that no person should be admitted to a place in the post - office " without a preliminary examination . " He found that the ...
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... applied , " says Mr. Eaton ( speaking of its operation in Eng- land ) , “ generally keeps away those young men who know , or whose friends know , they have no practical qualities for business . " 2 1 " Of two individuals who might ...
... applied , " says Mr. Eaton ( speaking of its operation in Eng- land ) , “ generally keeps away those young men who know , or whose friends know , they have no practical qualities for business . " 2 1 " Of two individuals who might ...
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Página 68 - Fifth, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligation to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Página 70 - ... falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing...
Página 70 - ... representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined or to be examined being appointed, employed, or promoted...
Página 70 - That any said commissioner, examiner, copyist, or messenger, or any person in the public service who shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in co-operation with one or more other persons, defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his or her right of examination...
Página 11 - The president is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof...
Página 68 - Sixth, that no person in said service has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Página 69 - Columbia where examinations are directed by the President or by said board to be held, to allow the reasonable use of the public buildings for holding such examinations, and in all proper ways to facilitate the same.
Página 71 - Statutes, nor to take from the President any authority not inconsistent with this act conferred by the seventeen hundred and fifty-third section of said statutes; nor shall any officer not in the executive branch of the government, or any person merely employed as a laborer or workman...
Página 68 - That it shall be the duty of said commissioners : "FIRST. To aid the President, as he may request, in preparing suitable rules for carrying this act into effect, and when said rules shall have been promulgated it shall be the duty of all officers of the United States in the departments and offices to which any such rules may relate to aid, in all proper ways, in carrying said rules, and any modifications thereof, into effect.
Página 68 - ... from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation, of transfers, resignations, and removals, and of the date thereof, and a record of the same shall be kept by said commission.