June 22 Secretary of the Charities Com- Education, training and experience.. Conception of the charities law and duties of Inspection of institution and written report on Penmanship.. Penmanship.. 1 1 2 3 112123 Mar. 30 Surgeon, assistant ear. Technical knowledge of medicine and surgery (written).. 4 Practical test. 3 20-21 Teacher, literary in school for deaf Educational and professional. May Experience in teaching. Experience in teaching deaf Special questions on the deaf and mute education The following table will show the changes in the respective institutions and departments during the year: Applications received during 1910 Applications withdrawn; failure to take examinations 3,980 779 88 33 96 The commission obtained 517 applications, during the year, of employés who were in the service when the law went into effect. This was done in order that the records of the office might be complete, so far as all employés now in the service is concerned. DISCHARGES. The causes of the removals contained in the foregoing table were as follows: Miscellaneous Violation of rules Sleeping on duty Fighting Insubordination Cruelty, abuse Intoxication Total 133 15 28 7 43 37 36 299 The administrative expenses for the year Jan. 1, 1910, to Dec. 31, 1910, inclusive, were $11,445.67. The following table will show the appropriation and expenses: Salaries of office force Expenses of office Advertising EXPENDITURES. $3,880 02 1,807 40 708 43 Traveling expenses of Commissioners (who also act as examiners) 1,197 21 Balance of appropriation for 1910-11 for office and traveling expenses on hand December 31, 1910 2,767 74 Balance of appropriation for 1910-11 for salaries of office force on hand December 31, 1910 1,939 99 $16,153 40 .WORK OF THE COMMISSION. The following table will show the work of the commission since the civil service law went into effect, Nov. 1, 1905: The service in 1910 for the first time included the offices of the Board of Administration and the Charities Commission. On Jan. 1, 1910, the chief clerk and stenographer in each institution, who previously had been exempted, passed into the classified list. NEED ASSISTANT CHIEF EXAMINER. The Chief Examiner would respectfully call attention to the fact that he also performs the duties of secretary of the Commission. In addition to arranging for all examinations and supervising them, the distribution of papers afterwards, the assembling of grades and the investigation of records of applicants, he as secretary must oversee all correspondence, make all certifications where vacancies occur, and pass upon all questions. He is, besides being Chief Examiner and secretary, the executive officer of the Commission, none of whom lives in Springfield. The Chief Examiner must meet all callers at headquarters who desire rulings, have complaints or seek specific information. This takes much of his time from work that demands his attention. Should the Forty-seventh Gen eral Assembly extend the classified service it will be impossible for the Chief Examiner to handle all the work. He therefore respectfully recommends the creation of the position of Assistant Chief Examiner, to whom could be delegated the technical work of preparing for examinations. In the estimation of the Chief Examiner, the position of Assistant Chief Examiner is the second in importance in the office of the Commission and the salary should be sufficient to obtain a man who would be qualified to conduct the detail work of the examinations, thus leaving the Chief Examiner time to seek improvements in the examinations and the service generally. JOSEPH C. MASON, Chief Examiner. |