ance of the duties imposed upon them by the laws of the State of New York.

It shall be the duty of such Board of Examiners, by such of its members as the Chief Examiner shall designate, to conduct all examinations called for under these rules, except as herein otherwise provided, and to ascertain the fitness of candidates for the service of the City with regard to character, knowledge and ability for the branch of the 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 herein prescribed.

The examination of all candidates for the position of examiner under this commission shall be conducted by the Municipal Commissioners or by experts appointed by them.

The Municipal Commissioners shall employ a secretary, who shall keep minutes of all proceedings and all necessary records of the examination, standing and certification of applicants, and a complete record of all persons employed in the several departments to which these rules apply, and of all appointments, promotions, dismissals, resignations and other changes of any kind therein. The secretary shall have the general executive charge of the Civil Service office, shall assign the clerks and employes to their respective positions and superintend them in the discharge of their respective duties and shall be secretary of the Examining Board. The secretary shall, after conference with the Chief Examiner, order and fix the dates of examinations, shall see that they are properly and efficiently advertised, and shall indicate to the Chief Examiner which examination shall be first rated and otherwise expedited, to the end that eligible lists which are most needed shall be first prepared.

Rule 6.

APPOINTMENTS IN THE EXEMPT CLASS.

Appointments to offices or positions in the exempt class may made without examination, but the appointing officer shall file with the Secretary of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, within five days after making any such appointment, a formal notification thereof, setting forth the full name and address of the appointee, the date of his birth, the position to which he is appointed, the date of appointment, salary, length of residence in The City of New York,

his qualifications for the office or position to be filled, the nature of his employment during the five years immediately previous and such other detailed information as the Commission may deem proper for registration.

No office or position shall be deemed to be in the exempt class unless it is specifically named in Schedule A of the classification, as fixed by Rule 68. Not more than one appointment shall be made to or under the title of any such office or position, unless a different number is specifically mentioned in the classification.

Rule 7.

APPOINTMENTS IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS.

Vacancies in the competitive class not filled by promotion shal! be filled by appointments from among those graded highest in open competitive examinations, excepting as follows:

I. Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in the competitive class, and there is no appropriate list of persons eligible after competitive examination, the appointing officer may nominate a person to the Commission for non-competitive examination, and if such nominee shall be certified as qualified after such non-competitive examination, he may be appointed provisionally to fill such vacancy until a selection and appointment can be made after competitive examination; but such provisional appointment shall not continue for more than ten days after notice to the appointing officer that an eligible list for such position has been prepared, or for a longer period in any case than two months, nor shall successive provisional appointments be made to the same position under this provision.

2. Where there is a vacancy of an emergency character in a position in the competitive class, and it is not practicable either to secure a person by certification from an eligible list, or to conduct a non-competitive examination, in the absence of such a list, in time to meet such emergency, an appointment may be made without certification or examination, subject to the approval of the Commission and for a period not exceeding one week, but successive appointments shall not be made under this provision.

3. Where there is a vacancy in any position in the competitive

class demanding peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional or educational character, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in such special case is not practicable, and that the position can best be filled by the selection of some designated person of high and recognized attainments in such qualities, the Commission may* [with the approval of the State Civil Service Commission] suspend the provisions of the rule requiring competition in such case; but no such suspension shall be general in its application to such position, and all such cases of suspension shall be set forth by the Commission, with the reasons therefor, in its annual report.

(4.)

Appointments may also be made without competitive examination as follows:

5. To the position of trained nurse, when the applicants are graduates of any of the following-named nurses' training schools: Training School of Bellevue Hospital, Metropolitan Training School, Training School of the City Hospital, Training School of the Kings County Hospital-the names of such applicants may, upon their own application and upon presenting proper diploma, be placed upon the appropriate eligible list with a grading of 100, without further examination, unless required by the Municipal Commission, and shall be certified in response to requisitions in the order of the date of filing application.

6. To the position of Junior Assistant in the Public Library, Borough of Brooklyn, and in the Queens Borough Library, when the applicant shall have passed at least six months in the regular service of either of said libraries as apprentices and without *(NOTE - See $14, Art. 2, Chap. 370, Laws 1899.)

compensation, and shall have received from such library a certificate or diploma, setting forth that they have served in the manner indicated, and that they are duly qualified for permanent services in such library as Junior Assistants, and the names of such persons may, upon the application of such persons, and upon presentation of said certificate or diploma, be placed upon the appropriate eligible list with a grading of 100, and without further examination, unless required by the Municipal Civil Service Commission, and shall be certified in response to the requisition of the said libraries in the order of the date of the filing of their applications.

Whenever the Public Library, Brooklyn, or the Queens Borough Library, has been or hereafter shall be extended into any part of the territory of The City of New York, in which now or hereafter there shall be a library incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, or existing and used as a free public library, all such employees of such library who shall be in the service thereof at the time of the action taken by the Public Library, Brooklyn, or by the Queens Borough Library, for the purpose of assuming jurisdiction over such library, shall be considered to have been classified in accordance with the positions assigned to them in the service of the Public Library, Brooklyn, or of the Queens Borough Library, as of the date of the original classification of the employees of that library, and shall be certified in accordance with such positions, without examination, unless required by the Municipal Civil Service Commission, immediately upon the requisition of the Public Library, Brooklyn, or of the Queens Borough Library, provided that the library making requisition shall certify that they are qualified for the duties of their respective positions; and that they have for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the date of the assumption of such jurisdiction, been continuously in the employ of the library affiliated to the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, or to the Queens Borough Library, and continually in its pay as an employé, during the said period, at a salary not materially less than that accorded to them as members of the staff of the Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, or the Queens Borough Library.

7. To the position of Librarian in charge of Public School Keading Room, and to the position of attendant in Public School Reading Room.

Competitive examination for the position of Librarian in charge of Public School Reading Room shall be limited to Librarian and

Attendants in the New York Public Library who have been in such service for one year prior to the date of the examination, and who shall be certified to have been in such service for the said term by the Director of the New York Public Library.

Competitive examination for the position of Attendant in the Public School Reading Room shall be limited to Attendants, Assistant Attendants and Apprentices who have been in the service of the New York Public Library for the period of six months next preceding such examination and who shall be certified by the Director in charge of the New York Public Library to have been in such service for such time.

Competitive examinations for the positions above named shall be conducted according to the rule for promotion examination.

8. Where a person is to be appointed for service outside The City of New York who is a resident of the locality in which such service is to be performed, and when appointments for such service from eligible lists of persons examined under these rules is found to be not practicable; but no appointment shall be so made without authorization by the Municipal Commission and the reasons therefor shall be set forth, in each case, in the Commission's annual report.

Rule 8.
APPLICATIONS.

Applicants must file applications for positions included in Schedules B, C, D and E, which must be in the handwriting of the applicant and addressed to the "Secretary of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, New York City," showing:

First-His full name, residence and post-office address, age, tie place and date of birth, health and physical capacity for the public service, right of preference by reason of military or naval service, residence and business or employment for at least the previous five years, and such other information as may reasonably be required by regulation.

Second-A statement whether such application is limited to any particular office or offices in the service.

Third-The certificate of four reputable persons of The City of New-York, that they have been personally acquainted with the applicant for at least one year, and believe him to be of good moral character, of temperate and industrious habits and in all respects fit for the service he wishes to enter, and that each of them is wili