Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Civil Service Commissioners of Massachusetts, 1885: Together With the Civil Service Law, and the Rules and Regulations Relating Thereto Sect. 5. No recommendation of any person who shall apply for office or place under the provisions of this act, which may be given by any senator, member of the house of representatives, alderman or councilman, except as to the character or residence of the applicant, shall be received or considered by any person concerned in making any appoint ment under this act. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Seventh Annual Report of the Civil Service Commissioners of Massachusetts: January 10, 1891 Under the provisions of section 2 of chapter 320 of the Acts of 1884, the Civil Service Commissioners have the honor to submit their seventh annual report, covering the period from Dec. 1, 1889, to Dec. 1, 1890. During that period there have been 173 examinations, 34 more than in the previous year. Of these, 68 were competitive, 4 special, and 101 non-competitive. Most of the latter were in cases of promotion, or where there was no eligible list. The reason for each non-competitive examination is stated by the secretary in his report published in the appendix. The whole number of persons examined is 1,572, or 89 more than last year. Of these, 1,044 passed the examination, 1,031 had only a common school education, and 13 had attended college. The number appointed to office, after examination, was 383, of whom 54 were women; and, in addition, 68 veterans of the War of the Rebellion were appointed without examination, under the exemption law of 1887. The average age of those who passed the examinations is 33.47, and of those who failed 35.24. The number of public employees in the Oral division of the classified service is about 4,700. The number of laborers classified in the employ of the city of Boston is 3,466. Of the public offices in the first division, 2,133 have been appointed under civil service rules since 1885, and, with the lapse of time, the proportion steadily increases. Of these appointments, only a very small fraction of one per cent, has been removed for cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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