Report of the New Jersey State Civil Service Investigating Committee [I.E. Investigation Commission]; To the Legislature, Session of 1917 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ... be made without examination. 14. The competitive class shall include all positions for which it is practicable to determine the merit and fitness of applicants by competitive, examinations, and shall include all positions and employments now existing or hereafter created, of whatever functions, designations or compensations, in each and every branch of the classified service, except such positions as are in the exempt class, the non-competitive class or the labor class. Appointments shall be made to or employment shall be given in all positions in the competitive class that are not filled by promotion, reinstatement, transfer or reduction under the provisions of this act and the rules made in pursuance thereof, by appointment from among those certified to the appointing officer in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-one of this act. The term of eligibility of an applicant shall be fixed for each list by the civil service commission at not 'less than one nor more than three Appointments years.' Appointments shall be made from the eligible list most fsm ellBlble nearly appropriate, and a new and separate list shall be created for a stated position only when there is no appropriate list existing from which the appointment may be made. In cases of positions in the civil service of the State, 'where in the judgment of the civil service commission a special acquaintance with a municipality or section of the State may be necessary, the civil service commission may from those eligible for appointment after competitive examination make up separate eligible lists from which certification may be made for appointment, according to the municipalities or sections of the State with which such special acquaintance is necessary. (As amended, Chap. 24, P. L. 191...