preceding Regulations. The said Board shall consist of two Civil Engineers, to be designated by the Aqueduct Commissioners and approved by the Mayor, the Civil Engineer of the Examining Board and Chief Examiner. The Chief Examiner shall be Chair man. A quorum for the conducting of any examination shall be two, of whom in all cases one shall be an engineer in the employ of the Aqueduct Commission and one a member of the regular Civil Service Examining Board, and the powers of this Board shall be the same as those given to the regular Examining Board by these Regulations. It shall be the duty of such special Board of Examiners to conduct all examinations called for under this Regulation, except as herein otherwise provided, and to ascertain the fitness of candidates for the service of the Aqueduct Commission with regard to character, knowledge and ability for the branch of such service into which they seek to enter, and to determine the relative excellence or standing of the persons examined, and to certify the same as prescribed by these Regulations. Application of competitors for positions in the Aqueduct Commission shall be made in the form to be prescribed by the Commission. The general examination for admission to the places in Schedule D (being Part II of the classification appended to the preceding Regulations) shall be in writing, and on the following subjects: 1. Handwriting (as shown in examination papers). 2. Arithmetic, viz.: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 3. Questions relating to the technical knowledge required for the position sought by the applicant. 4. Experience tending to qualify him for that position. In addition to this the health and physical vigor of the applicant shall be tested as hereinafter required. The relative weight to be given to these several subjects in making up the average standing shall be as follows: Those admitted to competition for the superior positions in Schedule D, Part I, shall be examined in writing on the following subjects: 1. The technical knowledge required for the position to be filled, and respecting which the examination is held. 2. Experience tending to qualify the applicant for that position. As part of the examination as to experience the special Examining Board shall make inquiries in writing of the persons with whom the applicant has studied, or by whom he has been employed, on the following subjects: Efficiency and accuracy in his own work. Character for maintaining discipline among, and getting good work from, his subordinates, and, when appropriate, anything else in his character or antecedents tending to show fitness for the position which he seeks. The relative weight to be given to these subjects shall be as follows: When competition may not be found practicable to meet an exigency for special work in the positions of Assistant Engineers, Instrumentmen, Draughtsmen, Superintendents and Inspectors, and the fact of the exigency shall be made to appear by the certificate of the Aqueduct Commission, it shall be in the power of the Supervisory Board to institute noncompetitive examinations to temporarily fill such positions; but no appointment so made shall hold longer than for a period of three months. Upon the presentation to the Secretary of the following certificate by the President and Chief Engineer of the Aqueduct Commission, and upon the going into effect of this Regulation, all persons employed by the said Commission prior to the 7th day of September, 1886, and who shall be named in such certificate, shall be considered as regularly in the employ of the said Commission, but the said Commission may, in its discretion, require any of said persons to pass an open competitive examination in order to be continued in the service. Certificate. The undersigned, President and Chief Engineer of the Aqueduct Commissioners, do certify that the persons whose names are given in the annexed list were employed by said Commissioners after a careful examination into their qualifications for the positions respectively held by them; that we are satisfied, after the experience actually had of their character and conduct, that they are severally qualified for the positions specified in the said list and that, in our judgment, any further examination as to their qualifications is unnecessary. Except as in this regulation otherwise provided the preceding Regulations shall relate and apply to all appointments made by or under the authority of the Aqueduct Commission. REGULATION 73. No amendment to these regulations shall take effect until it has been printed for distribution, and twice published in the City Record. Rules Adopted by the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Pursuant to Chapter 428 of the Laws of 1897. REGULATION 74. The ratings on all the present eligible lists of the New York City Civil Service Commission in Schedules A to F, both inclusive, shall be divided by two. The result will be the new rating required by section 1 of the act. REGULATION 75. The questions and answers in all examinations by the appointing power, under the provisions of section 2 of said act, shall either be in writing, or taken down stenographically and then reduced to writing. REGULATION 76. The questions put and the answers thereto, given upon all such examinations, with the rating of the appointing power thereon, shall be certified to the Secretary of the New York City Civil Service Commission, and eligible lists shall thereupon be made up by him, by adding the ratings as aforesaid under section 1 of said act to the ratings aforesaid under section 2 thereof, and certification shall be made from the eligible lists so prepared in answer to any requisition made to him. REGULATION 77. No question in any examination or proceeding by or under these rules shall call for the expression or disclosure of any political or religious opinion or affiliation, and if such opinion or affiliation be known no discrimination shall be made by reason thereof by the Examiners or the appointing power. REGULATION 78. Any candidate claiming that in the examination for fitness the requirements of section 4 of said act have been violated, shall have the right of appeal to the New York City Civil Service Commission, which shall hear and determine the same after notice to the appointing power, giving to him or them and the person aggrieved an opportunity to be heard. REGULATION 79. Except as herein provided, the regulations previously adopted and prescribed by the Mayor of the City of New York, and approved by the State Civil Service Commission, shall remain in force, and all examinations under the authority of the New York City Civil Service Commission shall be conducted in conformity therewith, and when any rating is made upon such examination, pursuant to the said regulations, it shall be divided by two, in the manner prescribed by rule 74, so as to conform to the provisions of section 1 of said act. REGULATION 80. When there is no eligible list of merit for the position for which a requisition is made, and upon receipt of a certificate to that effeet from the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, any Department may make a temporary appointment to said position. The right of said appointee to retain such position shall cease within thirty days of the receipt by the Department so appointing, of a certification from the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission of an eligible list for merit for the position to which temporary ap pointment has been made. APPENDIX III. Definition of Schedules. Schedule A shall comprise all positions which are classified as exempt from examination or which are subject to a noncompetitive examination. Schedule B shall comprise all positions of a clerical nature, which shall be graded as follows: Office Boy: Annual compensation of $300 or less. Junior Clerks: Annual compensation of $600 or less. Senior Clerks and like employes: First grade, annual compensation not more than $1,000. |