 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...  A Manual of Civics for New York Schools - Page 644by Charles William Bardeen - 1902 - 676 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Republican National Committee (U.S.) - Campaign literature - 1888 - 408 pages
...the act of June 8, 1872. This law is known as " The Soldiers' and Sailors' Homestead Act." It gives honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States lands under the Homestead Act in any locality, and deducts from the five years' residence which... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1270 pages
...Naylon, Jr., for respondent. SMITH, J. By section 9 of article 5 of the Constitution it is provided that appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and of all civil divisions thereof shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1224 pages
...convention are of great assistance. As originally proposed, the section in question read as follows: "Appointments and promotions In the civil service of the state, and of the cities, shall be made so far as practicable according to merit and fitness to be ascertained by... | |
 | 1889 - 1104 pages
...not awed even in the presence of a constitutional provision. The constitution of 1894 reqx1ires that "appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all civil divisions thereof, . . . shall be according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, so far as... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Francis Blaine Delehanty (Reporter), Austin B. Griffin (Reporter), Robert George Scherer (Reporter), Edward Jordan Dimock (Reporter), Joseph Albert Lawson (Reporter), Charles Cook Lester (Reporter), William Van Rensselaer Erving (Reporter), Louis J. Rezzemini (Reporter) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 942 pages
...checks and drafts are made payable to bearer. Section 9 of article V of the Constitution provides that " Appointments and promotions in the civil service of...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive." The effect of this provision of the Constitution upon the Civil Service Law and the rules of the civil... | |
 | Civil Service Reform Association (New York, N.Y.) - Civil service reform - 1893 - 386 pages
...Convention of the Civil-Service amendment requiring that "appointments and promotions in the CivilService of the State and of all the civil divisions thereof,...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive." The Association had been engaged for several months in promoting a movement to bring to the attention... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1895 - 406 pages
...weights and measures, or shall prevent the creation of any office for such purposes hereafter. Sec. 9. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of...soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late civil war, who are citizens and residents of this State, shall be entitled to preference... | |
 | National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.) - 1895 - 756 pages
...the incorporation in the new State Constitution, then being framed, of a mandate in these words: " Appointments and promotions in the civil service of...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive," and which Constitution by a majority of 83,000 votes became operative on January ist, 1895. The history... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1895 - 424 pages
...prevent the creation of any office for such purposes hereafter. Sections. Appointments and promotion» in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil...ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, sofaras practicable-, shall be competitive ; provided, however, that honorably discharged soldiers... | |
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