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features of anefficient civil service..[New York]  \n[1926]  \n# COLUMBIA UNIVERSTY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION\n\nBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET  \nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED·EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n308ZDrennan,Wi1lianBox 280Enrential features of an efficient civil serviceconanission,by William Drennnn …Now York,19261·ll p.23 cm.  \n\"Address before the 17t.h annua1 Conference of  \nn.ayors and other municipal officials of the st.nteof New York,Schenectady,N.7..June 16,17,and  \n18,1926.Nuy ∈D  \n## RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\nReproductions may not be made without permission from Columbia University Libraries.  \n# TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA\n\nFILM SIZE:          mmREDUCTION RATIO:          //:1IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA IA IBIIB  \nDATE FILMED:                 Ga7INITIALS:                   m/P  TRACKING\\#;                                                                                  24266  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n121x  \n# 正xsenfíal Heafures nf 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government if it did obtain a com-plete triumph,but its hold on the people is so strong,yet so silentas to occasion no fear on the part of its most timid champion asto its future.  \n了une  \nSo jealous of it are the people that in the popular mindthere is no presumption of innocence for one who is even chargedwith offending against it.  \nA Civil Service Commission Must Have the Supportof Associate Departments.  \nWhile the merit system has not found the protection of theFederal Constitutionit is embodied in the organic law of our state.  \nIn substance our Constitution sets forth two simple pro·positions.They are that as far as practicable,  \nlst.All positions shall be filled according to merit andfitness ascertained through examinations.  \n2nd.Such examinations shall be competitive.  \nIn the practical application of this mandate it is the exam.ination which is the dominant note,and as the examination hasbeen formally committed to Civil Service Commissions the thought-less 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