Annual Report of the State Probation Commission, Volume 5J.B. Lyon Company, 1912 - Probation |
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Page 159 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 159 - But -where the position is one, as to the proper mode of filling which there is a fair and reasonable ground for difference of opinion among intelligent and conscientious officials, the action of the commission should stand, even though the courts may differ from the commission as to the wisdom of the classification.
Page 208 - Every person in the city of New York, as constituted by this act, who actually abandons his wife or children without adequate support, or leaves them in danger of becoming a burden upon the public, or who neglects to provide for them according to his means, or who threatens to run away and leave his wife and children a burden upon the public, may be arrested...
Page 208 - Persons who actually abandon their wives or children, without adequate support, or leave them in danger of becoming a burden upon the public, or who neglect to provide for them according to their means ; 2.
Page 401 - The president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer, together with three other members to be elected at the annual meeting, shall constitute an executive committee. At least one member of the executive committee shall be a magistrate of a city of the first class; at least one a magistrate of a city of the second or third class; and at least one magistrate of a village.
Page 341 - The symptoms of mental defeet shown in these imbeciles with criminal instincts are merely the usual signs of feeble-mindedness modified only in degree and not in kind. The mental defect is relatively slight, and the immoral and criminal tendencies are strongly developed, but the mental weakness is the cause of moral delinquency and is a permanent condition.
Page 207 - Section fifty-two of chapter six hundred and fiftynine of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, entitled "An t. i9i0. act in relation to the inferior courts of criminal jurisdiction in 5 52. as the city of New York, defining their powers and jurisdiction L. i9i2. and providing for their officers," as amended by chapter four hun- am™aed.
Page 158 - If the position is clearly one properly subject to competitive examination, the commissioners may be compelled to so classify it. On the other hand, if the position be by statute or from its nature exempt from examination and the action of the commission be palpably illegal, the commission may be compelled to strike the position from the competitive or examination class, though in such case redress by mandamus would often be unnecessary, as a valid appointment could be made notwithstanding the classification....
Page 208 - ... magistrate upon conviction, may suspend sentence and place the offender under probation and at any time thereafter, during the longest period for which he could have been committed in the first instance, such magistrate, or his successor, if his term has expired, may pronounce any judgment or sentence or impose any fine or other penalty, or make any commitment which might have been pronounced, imposed or made at the time the conviction was had.
Page 353 - Conferences of charities and corrections, this conference, and other public and philanthropic bodies have expressed themselves in favor of this proposition in resolutions and by appointment of committees, and yet practically no progress has been made. I regard the erection of a reformatory for male misdemeanants between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one as the most necessary and urgent prison reform at present under public discussion. Such an institution should be of the character of the Elmira...