fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purposes stated in this act. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS. CHAP. 357. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State of New York." PASSED May 24, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. (Amends section three of chapter three hundred and fifty-four, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) § 2. (Amends section four of chapter three hundred and fiftyfour, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) 83. (Amends section eleven of chapter three hundred and fiftyfour, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) 4. (Amends section twelve of chapter three hundred and fiftyfour, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) § 5. (Amends section sixteen of chapter three hundred and fiftyfour, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) § 6. The sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any unexpended balance in the treasury, to meet any expense incurred by section five of this act; which expense the treasurer shall pay on the warrant of the comptroller. § 7. Section ten of said act is hereby repealed.* § 8. The election officers now in office, and the inspectors of election and poll clerks shall be exempt from examination in accordance with the act hereby amended, or the amendments thereof, and it shall be the duty of the commissioners and mayors of cities so to provide in regulations made under said act. 9. This act shall take effect immediately. *Refers to section ten of chapter three hundred and fifty-four, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three. CHAP. 410. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State of New York." PASSED May 29, 1884; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. (Amends section five of chapter three hundred and fifty-four, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) 82. (Amends section eight of chapter three hundred and fiftyfour, Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three.) 3. Where, before the passage of this act, the mayor of any city herein mentioned has prescribed regulations pursuant to the power given him by the act hereby amended, such regulations shall be deemed to be established and prescribed and to be operative as if established, prescribed and approved under the provisions of the said act as hereby amended; and the examiners who, before the passage of this act, have, by the mayor of any such city, been appointed or designated under the provisions of the said act, shall be deemed to be appointed and to have all the powers and duties which they would have if appointed under the provisions of the said act as hereby amended. § 4. In grateful recognition of the services, sacrifices and sufferings of persons who served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war, and have been honorably discharged therefrom, they shall be preferred for appointment to positions in the Civil Service of the State and of the cities affected by this act over other persons (of equal standing) as ascertained under this act, and the act hereby amended, and the person thus preferred shall not be disqualified from holding any position in said civil service on account of his age nor by reason of any physical disability provided such disability does not render him incompetent to perform the duties of the position applied for. CHAP. 29. AN ACT to amend chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, entitled "An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the Laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, entitled An act to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State of New York.'" PASSED March 1, 1886; three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section four of chapter four hundred and ten of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four entitled, "An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the Laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled 'An act to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State of New York,' is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 4. In grateful recognition of the services, sacrifices and sufferings of persons who served in the army or navy of the United States in the late war, and have been honorably discharged therefrom, they shall be certified as such by the commissioners, board or officers authorized to report names for appointment, to the appointing officer, or other appointing power, and shall be preferred for appointment to positions in the Civil Service of the State, and of the cities affected by this act and the several acts hereby amended, over all other persons though graded lower than others so examined and reported, provided their qualifications and fitness shall have been ascertained as provided under this act, and the several acts hereby amended,and the person thus preferred shall not be disqualified from holding any position in said civil service on account of his age, nor by reason of any physical disability, provided such age or disability does not render him incompetent to perform the duties of the position applied for. § 2. Said chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: § 5. Whenever it shall appear after a competitive examination for appointment to a position in the civil service of the State, or of the cities affected by this act, and the several acts hereby amended that more than one such honorably discharged soldier or sailor is qualified to fill the same, the commissioners, board or officer authorized to report names for appointment shall certify to the appointing officer, or the appointing power, all of such honorably discharged soldiers or sailors whose qualifications and fitness have been ascertained as aforesaid, specifying their respective grades in such examination; provided, however, that when more than three of such honorably discharged soldiers or sailors shall be so found duly qualified for appointment to such positions, there shall be certified for such appointment not more than two names in excess of the number of places to be filled, and in all such cases the appointment shall be made from among those not exceeding three in number, being so certified, who are graded highest, as the result of such examination. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAP. 464. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled "An act respecting the employment of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors in the public service of the State of New York." PASSED May 25, 1887, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter three hundred and twelve of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled "An act respecting the employment of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors in the public service of the State of New York," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: § 1. In every public department and upon all public works of the State of New York, and of the cities, towns and villages thereof, and also in non-competitive examinations under the civil service laws, rules or regulations of the same wherever they apply honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, shall be preferred for appointment and employment; age, loss of limb or other physical impairment which does not, in fact, incapacitate, shall not be deemed to disqualify them, provided they possess the business capacity necessary to discharge the duties of the position involved. § 2. All officials or other persons having power of appointment to or employment in the public service as set forth in the first section of this act, are charged with a faithful compliance with its terms, both in letter and spirit, and a failure therein shall be a misdemeanor. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. STATE OF NEW YORK: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, In the exercise of the authority conferred upon the Governor by chapter 354, Laws of 1883, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State of New York," and the acts amendatory thereof. I, Grover Cleveland, Governor of the State of New York, do hereby promulgate the following rules for the regulation of the Civil Service of the said State, and all officers and persons in the Civil Service of the State and persons seeking to enter said service will govern themselves accordingly. Done at the Capitol in the city of Albany, this the 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. GROVER CLEVELAND. RULE 1. In these rules, and the regulations thereunder, the term "Commission" indicates the Civil Service Commission of the State of New York, and the terms "class," "subdivision" and "grade" are those established by the classification of the Civil Service of the State, approved by the Governor, September 3, 1883, and the positions now comprised in, or hereafter entered in, such classification shall, in the aggregate be taken as the Civil Service of the State referred to herein, and the term "public service" shall be taken to comprehend all persons in the service of the State, without regard to such classification. RULE 2. No person in the public service is, for that reason, under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or purpose, or to render any political service, and no person shall be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing so to do. RULE 3. No person in the public service has the right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body. RULE 4. For the purpose of indicating the manner in which selections shall be made for filling the positions in the Civil Service, when vacant, such positions shall be enrolled by class, subdivision, grade or name in some one of the five schedules, designated respectively as A, B, C, D, and E, which schedules are hereunto annexed and form a part of these rules. The right is reserved to transfer, hereafter, any position from one schedule to another, as from time to time, the conditions of good administration or the general interests of the public service may require, in which case prompt publication of any such transfer will be made to all concerned. RULE 5. Schedule A shall include the deputies of principal officers, duly authorized by law to act for their principals; all officers, clerks and others whose official relations are necessarily strictly confidential to the head of the office in which they serve; officers or others under official bonds as security for the collection, custody or disbursement of public moneys, or who, by virtue of their position, have the custody of public moneys for the safe-keeping of which any officer must give bonds, and such other positions as may now or hereafter be included in this schedule, according to law, and such schedule shall comprise the following positions: |