Brooklyn Civil Service Regulations. MAYOR'S OFFICE, BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 13, 1895. I, Charles A. Schieren, mayor of the city of Brooklyn, do hereby, in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 354 of the Laws of the State of New York of 1883 and of the acts amendatory and supplementary thereof, hereby prescribe and make the following amendments of the Civil Service Regulations of the City of Brooklyn, the same to take effect upon their approval by the Civil Service Commission of the State. CHARLES A. SCHIEREN. Appendix E.- Classification of Positions in Schedule B for the Purpose of Examination. Strike out Class 18 Levelers and rodmen: Grade A Five rodmen, engineers' bureau, D. C. W., $1,000 or less. Grade B - Two levelers, same bureau, over $1,000, but less than $1,600. And insert in lieu thereof the following: Class 18-Rodmen, chain men, transitmen, levelers and assistant civil engineers. Grade A Rodmen and chain men, engineers' bureau, D. C. W., $1,000 or less: Grade B Transitmen and levelers, D. C. W., $1,200 or less. Strike out the following class: Class 39 Chainmen. Grade A Three chain men, bureau of engineers, D. C. W., $950 or less. In Class 32, steam and machine engineers, oilers and firemen, strike out the words " and firemen," and make the heading read: "Class 32 Oilers, steam and machine engineers." Strike out the entire class and insert in lieu thereof the following: Grade A Engineers and oilers, engineers' bureau, D. C. W., over $750, but less than $1,000. Grade B - One engineer in charge of engine, repair shop, fire department. One engineer at well, park department. Eight assistant engineers at pumping stations, engineers' bureau, D. C. W. One yard engineer, department of extension, same department, $1,100 or less. Grade C Five engineers, pumping stations, engineers' bureau, D. C. W. One assistant engineer at Mount Prospect engine house, same bureau. Eleven assistant engineers, running Ridgewood engine, same bureau. Three inspectors steam boilers, police department, $1,100 or morebut not exceeding $1,400. Grade D-One engineer, Mount Prospect engine house, engineers, bureau, D. C. W. One assistant engineer, engine at Ridgewood, same bureau, $1,100 or more, but not over $1,800. Grade E One chief engineer in charge of Ridgewood engines, $2,500. Insert a new class: Class 39 - Boiler firemen. Grade A-Boiler firemen, engineers' bureau, D. C.-W., $1,000 or less. MAYOR'S OFFICE, BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 27, 1895. I, Charles A. Schieren, mayor of the city of Brooklyn, do hereby, in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 354 of the Laws of the State of New York of 1883, and of the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, prescribe and make the following amendment of and addition to the Civil Service Regulations of the city of Brooklyn, the same to take effect upon the approval thereof by the Civil Service Commission of the State of New York. CHARLES A. SCHIEREN. Regulation IV. This regulation is hereby amended so that the whole regulation shall read as follows: For the purpose of conducting the inquiries and making the examinations mentioned in section 8 of the said law as amended, the mayor shall employ seven suitable persons, citizens of Brooklyn, who shall constitute the Civil Service Commission of Brooklyn (hereinafter for brevity also called "the commission "), and each member of which shall be known as a Civil Service Commissioner of Brooklyn. Not more than four of the commissioners shall belong to the same political party, and no one of them shall be otherwise in the employ of the city. Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and file with the city clerk an oath, in the general form prescribed for other city officers. The mayor may, at any time, by filing with the city clerk a written notification of the change, employ another citizen in place of any one so employed, who shall thereupon cease to be such commissioner. The commissioners shall serve without pay. The commissioners shall from their number choose a chairman to act during their pleasure; and they may, from time to time designate committees from their own number to conduct any of the various examinations and classes of examinations. In the examination of candidates for positions in the fire and police departments the chief engineer or the assistant engineer shall, upon the request of the com mission, constitute part of the examining board for the fire department, and the superintendent or inspector of police a part for that of the police department. The schedule of rating of the candidates and the certificate or certificates upon each examination, and of recommenda tion, shall be signed by the chairman of the commission. During the absence or inability to act of the chairman, a temporary chairman, chosen by the commission from their own number, may, in all respects, act as chairman. The commission may appoint and employ a secretary, an assistant secretary, a stenographer and typewriter, and such clerks and assistants as said commission may consider necessary, and may fix the salaries or compensation of the persons so appointed and employed; and said commission may also appoint and employ assistant examiners or experts, and may fix the compensation to be paid to them for their services, and may otherwise incur expenses not to exceed in the aggregate the amount which may have been appropriated for the expenses of said commission. It shall be the duty of the commission to conduct all examinations held under these regulations, and to ascertain the fitness of candidates for the service of the city in respect to character, knowledge and ability for the branch of the service into which they seek to enter, and to estimate and determine the relative excellence or standing of the persons examined, and to certify the same as herein prescribed. The secretary of the commission shall under the direction of the commission, keep minutes of their proceedings, and all necessary records of applicants, their examinations and standings, 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 changes of any sort therein. When not in attendance upon the commission, the secretary will act under the direction of the mayor. All official action taken by the mayor under these regulations shall be recorded in writing under his own signature and shall be filed among the papers of the commission. Add a new and additional regulation as follows: Regulation XLV. Appointments coming within schedule D shall be made as follows: From and after the date of the adoption of this regulation, all persons applying for such appointments shall be registered or enrolled on eligible lists, to be made and kept by the commission for that purpose. No person shall be so registered or enrolled unless he shall be found by the commission to be physically qualified, and unless he shall make written application, in such form as the commission shall determine, for such registration or enrollment, endorsed by two reputable citizens of Brooklyn. No person shall be so registered, or enrolled who is not a resident of Brooklyn at the time of his application, unless the commission shall determine that the good of the public service otherwise requires, and upon such determination at any time and from time to time, persons who are not residents of Brooklyn may be registered and enrolled upon any list or lists designated by the commission, and upon such conditions and terms as the commission may prescribe. From and after the adoption of this regulation no appointment to positions under schedule D shall be made except from the said lists. Upon receiving a requisition from any head of department, the commission shall certify from said lists double the number of names called for, and the said officer shall select the number required from the number so certified, and report to the commission the names selected. Any names not so selected, shall remain upon said lists, and any names so selected shall, upon the termination of the employment, be restored to said lists, in the order in which they originally stood thereon, unless the head of the department shall certify in writing that such person is disqualified for cause stated. In making such certification the commission shall certify in the order of registration or enrollment, first, veterans with families; second, other veterans ; third, men with families; fourth, other men. The same name shall not be certified to the same official more than twice in any one calendar year unless at the request of such official. In making said lists the commission shall subdivide them so that applicants for general or any particular kind of labor shall be registered or enrolled under separate subdivisions or lists, but no person shall be enrolled on more than two separate lists or subdivisions unless the commission shall otherwise direct Any head of department making a requisition shall state the particular kind of labor to be done, and the names shall be certifled, in the order named above, from the subdivision covering such particular kind of labor. If there be no subdivision covering such particular kind of labor, or if the names in such subdivision be exhausted, the names shall, except as may be otherwise provided by the commission, be so certified from the subdivison covering general labor, unless the head of department making the requisition shall designate some other subdivision and there shall be names enough thereon to comply with the requisition, and in such case the certification shall be made from such subdivision. All women applying for positions under Schedule D shall be registered and enrolled on a separate list, and upon the requisition of a head of a department their names shall be certified, as in the case of men, in the order of enrollment, first, widows with families; second, single women, including widows without families; third, married women. The lists above provided for shall remain in force for one year, but all persons thereon shall, upon making written application therefor, be placed on the lists for the succeeding year in the order of their enrollment or registration on the previous lists. The said commission may, in its discretion, upon the request of any appointing officer certify only such persons as are under or over an age to be specified by such officer in his requisition. The said commission may, if it deems it desirable, at any time, provide for dividing the city into districts, and for making separate lists of laborers residing in each of such districts, and may also pro |