The  following  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  municipal  civil
service  commission  October  3,  1906,  and  approved  by  the  mayor
October  5,  1906:

Resolved,  That  rule  XV  of  the  rules  of  the  municipal  civil
service  cpmmission,  as  prescribed  and  established  December  4,
1903,  be  and  the  same  hereby  is  amended  as  follows :

By  changing  paragraph  6  to  read  as  follows :  "  The  subjects  of
rating  and  the  relative  weights  thereof  in  any  competitive  pro-
motion examination  shall  be  as  follows :  For  comparative  conduct,
seniority  and  efficiency  in  previous- service,  as  may  be  determined
from  the  transcript  of  the  efficiency  record  (or  as  may  be  other-
wise determined  under  paragraph  8  of  this  rule),  between  the
date  of  the  original  appointment  of  the  candidate  and  the  final
date  for  the  receiving  of  applications  for  any  stated  examination
—  50;  and  for  written  papers  on  pertinent  subjects  —  50.  (In
cases  where  the  candidate  has  obtained  a  promotion  as  the  result
of  a  competitive  examination,  the  record  shall  be  a  continuation
of  the  last  record  furnished;  but  if  the  promotion  be  obtained
without  competitive  examination,  the  record  shall  commence  from
the  date  of  his  promotion  to  the  position  or  grade.)

"  In  rating  the  records  where  more  than  one  grade  is  opened,
snch  rating  shall  be  based  upon  the  service  of  a  candidate  in  all
of  such  positions  or  grades."
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402  Twenty-fourth  Annual  Repokt  of  the

By  changing  paragraph  7  to  read  as  follows :  ''  To  provide  a
basis  of  rating  for  previous  service,  there  shall  be  kept  in  each
department  or  office  continuous  and  pennanent  records  of  tlie
efficiency,  character  and  conduct  of  all  persona  employed  in
graded  positions  therein.  Such  records  shall  be  known  as
'  efficiency  records,'  and  the  entries  made  therein  shall  have  ^efe^
ence  to  the  efficiency  of  eax5h  officer  or  employee  including  his
habits.as  to  punctuality  and  attendance  and  jsuoh  other  matters  as
may  affect  his  efficiency  and  trustworthiness.
