1.  Upon  the  written  request  of  an  appointing  officer,  stating  the  essential
facts  in  regard  to  any  proposed  promotion,  transfer  or  reinstatement,  the
commission  will,  if  such  promotion,  transfer  or  reinstatement  be  in  accord-
ance with  law  and  the  provisions  of  these  rules,  issue  its  certificate  of  that
fact  to  such  officer.
2.  All  promotions,  transfers  and  reinstatements  herein  authorized  shall
be  made  only  after  the  issuance  of  such  certificate,  except  those  which  may
be  8j>ecifically  exempted  from  such  condition  by  regulation  of  the  commission.
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Rule  XVIII.    Definition  of  the  Non-competitiye  Class.
The  non -competitive  class  shall  include  such  positions  as  are  not  in  the
exempt  class  and  which  it  is  impracticable  to  include  in  the  competitive
class.
It  shall  comprise  the  following  positions  and  such  positions  as  may  here*
after  be  added;  provided,  that  ^rom  time  to  time,  the  commission  shall
transfer  positions  from  this  class  to  the  competitive  class  whenever  it  m«7
be  found  practicable  to  hold  competitive  examinations  to  fill  them:


POSITIONS  IN  THE  NON-COMPETITIVE  CLASS.
Iif  the  office  of  the  Comptroller:
The  watchman.
In  the  offices  of  the  State  Engineer  and  Surveyor  and  the  Superintendent  of
Banks:
One  watchman.     (As  amended  August  12,  1903.)

In  the  Insurance  Department:
The  watchman.
In  the  Banking  Department:

Two  confidential  examiners   (classified  February  9,  1904).
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In  the  Department  of  Public  Buildings:

Chief  orderly  (classified  November  28,  1904) ; .  messenger  and  weigher,
upholsterer,  tin  and  coppersmith,  gardener,  chief  carpenter,  carpen-
ters, painters,  shade  and  carpet  man,  plumber  and  gasfitter,  plumber'^
helper,  machinist,  assistant  machinist,  steamfitter,  locksmith,  steam-
fitter's  helper,  boilerscaler,  stonecutter  and  tilesetter,  elevatormen.
