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CIVIL SERVICE MANUAL

ISSUED SEPTEMBER, 1915
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STANDARDS AND TYPES OF EXAMINATIONS
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GENERAL INDEX
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A few points to remember......... 15 Medical service examinations. . . . . . . . 57
Announcements of examinations. . . . 8 Medical standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9, |
15 Operating engineering service exam
Appointees, Temporary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Oral tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10
Appointments, Temporary . . . . . . . . . 13, 14 Organization of Civil Service Bureau 7
Averages of examination papers. 9, 10, 15
Percentages in examinations. . .9, 10, 15
Certifications .................. ....... 13 Physical standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Chart of city service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Police service examinations... 16, 18, 42
Civil Service Ordinance, Extracts Practical tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
from . . . . . . . . . . . . . .". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Principals of schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Probation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - 14
Classified Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 2, 7 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Clerical service examinations. . . . . . . . 21
Clerical service, Medical examinations Questions in examinations. . . .8, 9, 20, 21
in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Questions prepared by experts. . . . . . 9
County offices, Positions in........... 7
Reduction .. . .. ... .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. . .. . 14
Discharge .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. 14, 15 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 11
Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Removals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Eligible lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 13
Engineering Service examinations. . . . 60 Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 15
Examinations, Nature of . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Seniority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Examinations, Unassembled Skilled labor examinations. . . . . . . 18,
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Examinations, When held. . . . . . . . . . . 8 Skilled labor, Medical Examinations
Examination questions, Nature of... 8, 14 for 19
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Examinations, Information regarding Special Examiners 10, 11

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Exempt positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 7 examinations - - 16, 17, 18, 19
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Standing examinations. .9, 10, 11, 15
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Fire service examinations. . . . . . 16, 18, 53

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Inspection service examinations . . . . . 68

Unassembled examinations
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Labor Service examinations. . . . . . . . . . 19

Library service examinations. . . . . . . . . 78 Vacancies 13
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Markings in examinations. . . . . . . 9, 10, 15 Waivers 13

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INDEX TO SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE
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Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Inspector, Lighting 73
Asphalt Paving Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Building Inspector 68 Janitor 95
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Captain of Detectives. 45 Janitress 95
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Carpenter Foreman 92
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Chainman 60 19
Library Assistant,
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Chief Examiner—Civil Service. 30 79
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City Forester 80 54
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Clerk to License Inspector.
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Dairy Inspector 70 Nurse, School 57
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T)etectives, Captain of 45 Patrolman 49

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Drillmaster 46 81
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INTRODUCTORY
The Civil Service Bureau was organized in the Summer of 1914. The
first examination was held on August 18, 1914. From that date until
September 1, 1915, 172 examinations were given.
The new Charter divides the city Service into two general classes—
the Classified and Unclassified services. By the “Classified Service” is
meant that part of the city service in which the positions are classified.
The classification is based on the nature of the duties to be performed
and the salary to be paid in the various groups of positions.
The “Unclassified Service” includes those positions which by the
Charter are exempted from civil service provisions. Appointments to
these positions are made without regard to civil service rules and ex
aminations.
CLASSIFICATION
The following positions are by the Charter placed in the exempt, or

unclassified, service:
(a) All officers elected by the people;
(b) All heads of executive departments;
(c) A secretary for the Mayor and one deputy for the head of
each executive department;
(d) The superintendent and all teachers, instructors and prin
Çipals of the public schools.
None of the positions in the county offices is under civil service
provisions. Furthermore, the city’s legal department has ruled that
teamsters are also exempt from civil service rules unless they drive
teams owned by the city. This is in accordance with a ruling of the
Supreme Court of Minnesota that teamsters working for the city are
independent contractors and not city employes.
On page 3 of this book will be found a chart showing which -
posi
tions fall within the exempt class.
All places of employment in the city service other than those men
tioned above have been grouped in divisions, according to the general
character of the duties to be performed, as follows:
CLASS A. CLERICAL SERVICE. Positions of persons rendering
clerical service or services in connection with general office work, or
management which do not require knowledge of any of the specialties
included in other classes.
CLASS B. POLICE SERVICE. Positions in the uniformed or de

tective forces of the police department, the park police force, or the
forces of bureau or department watchmen and guards.
CLASS C. FIRE SERVICE. Positions in the Bureau of Fire Pro
tection.
CLASS D. MEDICAL SERVICE. Positions the duties of which re

quire training and ability in the medical profession or some branch
thereof.
CLASS E. ENGINEERING SERVICE. Positions the duties of which

require training and ability in civil, mechanical, electrical, or chemical
engineering, architecture or related technical work.
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CLASS F. OPERATING ENGINEERING SERVICE. Positions the
duties of which require training and ability in the Operation or main
tenance of equipment for the production of heat, light or power or Work
relating thereto.
CLASS G. INSPECTION SERVICE. Positions the duties of which

relate to inspection (whether of work, materials or conditions) which
do not require knowledge of specialties included in other classes. Posi
tions in this service shall be graded according to (1) the kind and im
portance of inspection work, and (2) the degree of responsibility in
volved.
CLASS H. LIBRARY SERVICE. Positions connected with the ad

ministration of the public libraries and requiring training and ability
in library methods.
CLASS I. SUPERVISING SERVICE. Positions the duties of which

are chiefly supervisory, involving accountability for the maintenance of
public property, for the work of public employes, and for the custody
of public charges, but which do not require knowledge of any of the
special ties necessary in other classes.
CLASS J. SRILLED LABOR SERVICE. Positions requiring

knowledge of a craft, trade or useful art, or requiring special manual
or mechanical skill, or involving the supervision of skilled or unskilled
laborers, and not included in other classes.
CLASS K. LABOR SERVICE. Positions of persons rendering labor

service, either specialized or common, and for which a choice by com
petition is impracticable.
How To MAKE APPLICATION
If you wish to obtain a position in the city service, write to the

Civil Service Bureau, or call personally, if you can, to consult the pub
lished announcement on the Civil Service bulletin board. If you do not
find any examination for which you desire to file an application, ask for
an announcement card, fill it out and leave it at the Bureau. This card
will then be mailed to you as soon as your examination is scheduled.
When you receive the card, you must call for an application blank and
file for the examination. Examinations are usually announced by ad
vertisement in the official newspaper, and on the bulletin in the Civil
Service Bureau, from two to six weeks in advance of the examination.
The law provides - that there must be at least ten days’ notice of every
examination.
NATURE OF EXAMINATIONS
How the examinations must be conducted, what subjects may be in

cluded, and what weights are to be assigned to each such subject, are all
outlined in detail in the Civil Service Ordinance; consequently, in this
respect there is no discretionary power on the part of the officers of
the Civil Service Bureau or of the special examiners. The kind of ques
tions asked in an examination, or the kind of practical test or oral test
that may be given is well indicated in the Charter itself, Sec. 103, which
provides that,
“All examinations shall be impartial and shall have ref

erence to the duties and requirements of the office or posi
tion to be filled. When oral tests are employed, a complete
record of questions and answers shall be made.”
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The Bureau is making every effort possible to give practical tests
in examinations for the skilled labor positions. At present, however,
the Bureau is seriously handicapped by not having proper facilities for
the conduct of its examinations, especially of the practical tests.
UNASSEMBLED EXAMINATIONS
For a brief description of unassembled examinations, see the exami

nation in this book for Water Works Designing and Construction
Engineer (Engineering Service).
TAKI NG AN EXAMINATION.—FILING APPLICATION.—

PERCENTAGES
With certain exceptions, the policy of this Bureau is to hold ex

aminations only when there occurs an actual vacancy or the probability
of a vacancy. Applications will be received as soon as an examination
is scheduled. The last day on which applications may be filed is always
specified in the examination announcement; such final date for filing is
usually fixed as the “close of business on the business day preceding
the date of the examination.” If a medical examination is required, the
applicant, after filing his application, is given a copy of the medical
record, identification card, and instruction sheet for the medical ex
aminer; or, instead of this, these forms are supplied to a medical ex
aminer direct. After the application and the medical record have been
approved, the applicant is ready for the examination proper. Whether
the examination be mental, oral, or practical, the applicant is first given
in the examination room a detailed sheet of instructions to read; then
he fills out a “Declaration Sheet” on which he puts his name, address,
and other personal information. This declaration sheet is then folded
and enclosed and sealed by him in a plain envelope. The applicant’s
name must not appear on any paper other than on this declaration sheet
in the sealed envelope. After the examination is finished, he hands in
all his papers, with the sealed envelope, and the examiner in charge
counts in the applicant’s presence the number of sheets handed in,
marks the total number on the envelope, and then fastens all together
securely. After the papers reach the Civil Service Bureau, they are
numbered with a machine by a person other than the one who had
charge of the examination. All the papers of each candidate, as well
as his sealed envelope, are given a certain number. The papers after
being numbered are separated and sorted according to subjects. The
sealed envelopes are put away under lock and key and are not released
and opened until all the papers are rated and the final averages entered
permanently in the Examination Record, which is a book showing the
candidate’s average percentage for each subject of the examination and
also his final average for the entire examination.
The examiners grade the papers according to the number given
each candidate's papers. Neither the competitor himself nor anybody
else knows what number is stamped on the papers of any particular
competitor; neither does the person numbering the papers know whose
papers he is numbering. It is therefore clear that the examiners cannot
possibly know whose papers they are marking.
After the papers of any examination are sorted as mentioned above,
they are given out to different examiners for marking, and these ex
aminers selected for this purpose are experts in their particular field of
work. All questions are prepared by the best authorities that the
Bureau is able to secure. --
It must be remembered that examiners can only judge of the ap
plicant's knowledge of a particular subject by the answers
that he sub
mits, or, in the case of oral or practical
examinations, by the way he
conducts himself and does his work. Consequently, the applicant must
not assume that certain facts are so well known that the examiners
will take it for granted that he also knows them.
HOW FINAL AVERAGES ARE OBTAINED
Let us assume that in an examination for the position of patrolman

a competitor receives the ratings shown in the first column of figures
given below. The second column of figures shows the weights allowed
by the civil service ordinance for the different subjects. For example,
in the educational subjects it will be noticed that the weights are all
one-half of a point out of a total of ten points, or if figured on the basis
of 100% the half point is equivalent to 5%. This means that if a com
petitor should be so poor in the educational subjects that he received
a zero in each of those four subjects—which is impossible—he could
still pass the examination with a mark of 80%.
Subject Rating Weight Total

Special Subjects:
Rules and FRegulations 87.60 3 262.80
City Information. . . . . . . 89.17 1 89.17
Physical:
Agility and Muscular
Strength . . . . . . . . . . 91.35 2 182.70
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.00 1 95.00
Educational:
Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.00 % 36.00
Pennanship ....... ... 80.00 % 40.00
Civil Government... . . . 78.62 % 39.31
Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . . .
...
81.70 44 40.85
Experience:
Experience 86.00 86.00
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Final average for the examination, 87.18%
the paper on Rules and Regulations

If
the assumed rating above

in
contained 10 answers with ratings of 85, 90, 95, 98, 75, 75, 85, 88, 9.0, 95,
the total of these ratings would be 876, which, when divided by the total
number of questions (10), gives the resulting percentage of 87.60. This
rating then multiplied by the weight, which for this subject
is
The
3.
is
subject of Rules and Regulations given weight times as much

is
as, for instance, Civil Government, because the former considered

is
times as important as the latter subject, so far as the position of

patrolman concerned. To illustrate more clearly how the weights
is
affect the final percentage, let us assume that the candidate having this
rating of 87.60 for the subject of Rules and Regulations received
a
rating of only 40% for Civil Government. Now, the weights for the
if
two subjects were equal, the candidate's average percentage for these
two subjects would be 63.80%, whereas, when figured according the
to
actual schedule weights used, as shown above, the average would be

of
83.86%, as follows:
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Weights. Product. Weights. Product.
1 87.60 6 x 87.60 –- 525.60
1 40.00 *4 x 40. == 20.
2 2) 127.60 6.1% 6%) 545.60
63.80% 83.86%
In the grading of papers, the civil service rules provide that each
answer shall be rated on the basis of 100%, and the total percentages
for the answers of the subjects then to be divided by the number of
questions, the result being the average mark for that subject. Ex
aminers must mark all answers to one question before taking up the
grading of the next question; this method gives a more accurate grading
by keeping the relative value of the answers to each question constantly
before the mind. -
The Civil Service Ordinance prescribes in great detail how each
subject must be marked by the examiners, what errors shall be taken
into consideration by them, and how much they shall deduct for each
kind of error made by the applicant. Each applicant has the privilege
of inspecting his own papers at the Civil Service Bureau to ascertain
the mark allowed for each of his answers.
In practically all of the examinations aside from those of patrolman
and fireman (Fire Dept.), the subject of experience counts for about one
third of the whole examination; consequently, the college graduate or
the person fresh from school, although he succeeds in making even a
perfect mark in the educational subjects, generally fails in the exami
nation because of his lack of experience.
As soon as the final averages have been obtained, the names of the
successful candidates are placed on an eligible list in the order of their
standing in the examination. References are then sent out to former
employers and to such other persons as may be able to give reliable in
formation as to the applicant’s ability and moral character.
EXPERIENCE
It is commonly supposed that by the subject “Experience” in any ex

amination is meant actual experience in the kind of work for which the
applicant applies. This is entirely wrong. The Civil Service Ordinance
provides that in the grading for experience there must be taken into
consideration the applicant’s “age, education, practical and theoretical
training, nature and length of employment, success attained, salary or
compensation of positions held, extent of supervision over the work of
others and other information tending to show the applicant’s qualifi
cations.” This does not mean that in the examination for the position
Of patrolman, for instance, the applicant must have had experience as a
patrolman. The point to be considered is whether the applicant’s past
experience was such as to fit him for the duties of a patrolman and to
enable him to sustain the labors and exposures incident to such a posi
tion. Each position has its own standards for experience, and these
Standards are approved by the Commissioner and kept on file in the
Civil Service Bureau. To give the reader a better idea of the method
used in grading experience, the following experience standard now in
force for the position of architectural draftsman is reproduced here
with, as follows:
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STANDARD FOR MARKING EXPERIENCE
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSMAN
Class E, Grade 3
(i) Education: Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............

(a) High-School or equivalent ......................... 5
(b) Four-year architectural course ....................20
(c) in structural, sanitary, or other engineer
Graduate
ing course pertaining to building construction.....lo
(If not a graduate of any technical school, the credit
of 20 for (b) may be allowed if the work in the exam
ination in Special Subject is above 70,--showing that
the training was obtained by home study or otherwise.)
(2) Experience: Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7O

(a) Draftsman in any line; instructor in architectural
drawing; checker of architectural drawings.
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year's experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
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2 years' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
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3 e e e e e e s e e <* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
5
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6 •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
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7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
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8 ... . .. . . . .. .. . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . .50
(b) As chief draftsman other than architectural; tracer

of architectural drawings.
1 year's experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
et
2 years' •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
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3 . . . . ... . ... . . .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . .15
(c) As chief architectural draftsman or chief archi

tectural designer.
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year's expérience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
º . . .15
2 years' . . . ... . .. .. . . . .. .. . ... . . . . . . .25
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3 •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
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4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
(d) Practical experience tending to

other than above
qualify, --architectural renderer;building esti
mator; modeler; superintendent of building con
struction; building specification writer. . . . . . . . . . .l.0
NOTE: Allowances in full are made if quality of

experience is of high grade •
AGE: Deduct one for each year below 25 or above 50.
Approved August 1, 1915
W. C. HANDY. Commissioner
Chief Examiner
HOW APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE
When a vacancy occurs in any department, the appointing officer

thereof sends a requisition to the Civil Service Bureau, stating by title,
sex, nature of duties, and salary, the kind of person he desires. Then,
unless the position is to be filled by transfer, promotion, or reinstate
ment, the Civil Service Bureau must certify from the appropriate eligible
list the names of the three persons standing highest, and from these
three persons the appointing officer must fill the vacancy. If one of the
three persons certified waives certification for any reason satisfactory to
the Commissioner, or does not report on the certification, the Bureau
certifies the next name on the list, and so on. After the appointment, the
names of those not selected are returned to the eligible list in their
usual order of standing. An eligible list does not expire until after
two years from the date of its posting.
WAIVERS
Section 5 of Rule V of the Civil Service Ordinance provides as

follows:
“The Civil Service Bureau may permit eligibles to waive
certification or reinstatement in cases where it considers
the reason for such waiver good and sufficient and where it
is desirable to keep the name of the eligible on the register
from which certification was made. If the reasons assigned
are not approved by the Commissioner, then the names of
the eligibles so certified or tendered reinstatement shall be
removed from the registers from which they were certified.
Within thirty days thereafter the names of the persons so
removed from the eligible register may be restored should
satisfactory reasons for such action be offered. Waivers
must be filed with the Commissioner within five days from
the date of certification, and if approved the name of such
eligible shall not be certified until the waiver has been with
drawn. Waivers whether continuous or otherwise shall not
be permitted for a period longer than one year.”
The meaning of this section is that after a person has passed an ex

amination and been placed on the eligible list, he may request the Civil
Service Bureau not to certify his name for a certain length of time, or
only to certify it under certain conditions, and this will be done by the
Bureau if the reason he gives is satisfactory. Under proper conditions
eligibles may request that their names be withheld from certification
(a) until further notice, (b) until a certain specified time, (c) below a
certain salary or, (d) to certain departments; and so on. In some of
the skilled ‘trades particularly are eligibles likely to want a waiver in
serted because they might at the time of certification be employed
temporarily with some private contractor. They could then ask to
waive certification until further notice, and as soon as they were ready
to consider a position with the City, ask to have the waiver removed,
after which their names would again be certified in the regular order.
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS
If no eligible list is in existence from which a certification can be
made, the Bureau furnishes to the appointing officer a Temporary Ap
pointment Permit, and he may then appoint anyone he wishes to that
position until such time as the Bureau establishes an eligible list.
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If a list contains fewer than three eligibles, the appointing officer is

not compelled to make appointment therefrom, but may ask for a
Temporary Appointment Permit and appoint someone temporarily until
an eligible list with at least three names is established.
In case a department certifies to the Bureau that it has certain
work of a temporary and transitory nature to be done, and gives evi
dence of such fact satisfactory to the Commissioner, the Bureau upon
the request of the department issues a Temporary Employment Permit.
This permit is good for sixty days. Successive appointments of the
same person for the same employment are not, however, permitted by
the Charter. Temporary appointees are not subject to the Civil Service
rules except in certain particulars; neither are they required to take
an examination before appointment.
PROBATION
All regular appointments from either original entrance or promo

tion lists are made on six months' probation, during which time the
appointing officer, with the consent of the Civil Service Commissioner,
may discharge or reduce the appointee. After the probationary period,
however, a discharge or reduction can only be legally made by filing
written charges and notifying the employe thereof in writing and allow
ing him five days within which to make reply.
PROMOTION
Most examinations are open to employes in the service to be taken

by them on a promotional basis. Vacancies in the next higher rank of
any class of service must be filled by promotion wherever practicable.
For certain positions the examinations are exclusively promotional. In
promotion examinations the rating in about one-third of the examination
is based on the employe's efficiency and seniority in the service, so
that efficiency in the former position is largely a determining factor of
the employe's chance for pronmotion.
SALARIES
The Civil Service Ordinance which was introduced by the Civil

Service Commissioner at the time the Bureau was organized contained
a definite scale of salaries and a definite rule to follow as to the making
of advances in salaries. The legal department ruled, however, that
the Charter provisions placed the power to fix salaries in the Council
and that the civil service rules could not legally prescribe or fix
salaries.
| NFORMATION AS TO EXAMINATION PAPERS
The following are a few sections taken from the civil service rules
which might be of interest to applicants:
“7. Sample sets of questions serving as types of examinations shall
be prepared and kept by the Chief Examiner for the information of the
public. Questions used in a general examination shall not be accessible
to the public.
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“8. Names of persons who fail in an examination shall not be
disclosed except that a competitor so failing may upon personal appli
cation ascertain his own markings.
“9. Averages on the various subjects of examination of a candidate
may be obtained only by personal application. Upon application to the
Chief Examiner, a competitor in an examination may be permitted to
inspect his own papers after posting of an eligible list.
“10. Information concerning the result of an examination shall
not be made public until after the list is posted.
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“1. Applications for examination for the respective classes of

service shall be made on forms prescribed by the Civil Service Bureau.
“2. There must be no variation in the applicant's name in any
part of the application or in the vouchers. Application or an accom
panying voucher executed more than thirty days before being offered
for filing shall not be accepted.
“3. When required by the Civil Service Bureau, applicant must fur
nish the voucher of a licensed physician, who has personal knowledge,
either from medical treatment or from examination, as to the appli
cant's physical condition and habits. -
“4. The date and hour of the receipt of applications shall be

indorsed thereon, which in the case of approved applications shall de
termine priority of filing.
“5. Applicants presenting defective applications, where the same
may be remedied, shall be "notified to appear and correct the same.
Applications not approved shall be marked ‘rejected' and filed.
“6. Applications of persons who fail to appear for examination
shall not be used for any later examination.
“7. An applicant who has filed an application for an examination
may be permitted to change the same for another examination in the
same class for which applications are being received, provided that
such change shall be made before the examination originally applied
for has been held. Date of change shall determine date of filing.
“8. Names of applicants shall not be made public prior to exam
ination except by permission of the Commissioner.
“9. Cases of applicants for examination who have been previously
discharged from the service of the city, or who are said to be of
unfit character, shall be brought to the attention of the Civil Service
Bureau for its action.”
A FEW POINTS TO REMEMBER
No unnecessary delay will occur in the marking of an applicant's

papers. As soon as the final averages are determined, each applicant,
whether he passes or fails, is at once notified by mail of his standing.
The compensation of all city employes is fixed by the Council, NOT
by the Civil Service Bureau.
All applications must be in ink and must be in the English language.
Inquiries for information regarding any examination should be
inade to the Civil Service Bureau only. There is no cost for any in
formation, applications, or forms used in connection with any civil
service examination.
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MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL STANDARDS
Medical Standard No. 1
For positions of patrolman, guard, fireman (Fire Dept.).

Applicants for the position of patrolman whose weight is less
than 145 pounds or more than 235 pounds shall be rejected in every
case. Applicants shall have a chest expansion of not less than three
inches.
Vision : Glasses not permitted. Applicant must be able to read
20:30 with each eye and 20:20 combined (Snellen's test). Must pass
a satisfactory color test with yarns. (For Fire Dept. a combined
vision of 20:30 will be sufficient.)
Hearing : Must be normal. -
Heart and Lungs: Heart must be normal. Any indication of
disease of this organ or of blood vessels shall be cause for rejection.
Lungs and all organs of respiration must be normal.
There must be a blood pressure test. Consider the normal as 120
millimeters for 20 years of age, and add one millimeter for every ad
ditional two years. There may be a range of 35 millimeters from this
normal standard, that is, there may be a variation of 17 points either
way from the normal.
Brain and Nervous System: Must be normal beyond question. Evi
dence of disease of the brain or of Spinal cord shall be sufficient at least
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to hold the case under advisement.
Serious Injury or Illness: Complete recovery must be shown,- and
without appreciable effect on physical capacity or functions. -
Physical Defects: Use of legs, arms, hands and feet must be com
plete, excepting that one joint missing from left hand shall not be
cause for rejection, nor shall left hand ankylosis that affects not more
than one finger or thumb joint be cause. Any physical characteristics
that might interfere with good service or affect appearance, “hammer”
toes, or one flat foot, shall be cause for rejection. (Flat foot or “hammer”
toes shall not be cause for rejection for fire service unless it is such
as to incapacitate for service.) - -
Obesity, muscular weakness, or poor physique shall be cause for
rejection.
Skin, Scalp: Any infectious or contagious disease, or pronounced
evidence on any part of the body of any disease, shall be cause- for
rejection.
Liquor, Tobacco, Drugs: Any indication of undue use of any of
these shall reject.
Teeth: Teeth must be clean and well cared for. At least 20
natural teeth should be present.
Urinalysis: Constant presence of sugar or repeated presence of
albumen or casts shall be causes for rejection.
Venereal: Evidence of having or having had syphilis, or of the
presence of any other vene real disease, shall be cause for rejection.
Other Causes for Rejection: Hernia, piles, exophthalmic goitre.
Applicants for the position of patrolman or fire man must, at the
time of examination, be over 21 and under 35 years of age, not less
than 5 feet 8 inches in height (in bare feet), of weights and measure
ments falling within the limits below prescribed, and must be physically
qualified to sustain the labors and exposures of a patrolman, as deter
mined by the medical examiner and physical examiner appointed by the
Civil Service Bureau.
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The physical schedule for patrolmen, firemen, guards or park police
men shall be as follows:
Minimum
Circumference
Minimum Maximum of Chest
Height Weight Weight Quiescent
5 ft. 8 in. 145 pounds 185 pounds 35 inches
5 ft. 9 in. 150 pounds 190 pounds 35% inches
6 ft. 165 pounds 210 pounds 37% inches
The physical schedule for police driver and police chauffeur shall
be as follows:
Minimum
Circumference
Minimum Maximum of Chest
Height Weight Weight Quiescent
5 ft 8 in. 145 pounds 180 pounds 35 inches

For positions in the skilled labor service:
Age, Weight, Measurement: These shall be considered liberally
and with regard to the requirements of the position.
Vision: Combined vision at 20:40 to 20:50 required, depending upon
position (Snellen's test). Glasses permitted. Applicant must pass a
satisfactory color test with yarn for positions requiring accurate color
Sense. 4'
Heart and Lungs: Only evidence of absolute incapacity shall be
cause for rejection.
Hearing: Must be normai.
Physical Defects: Any deformities or missing fingers that might
interfere with activity or good service, or the absence of a natural
hand or foot shall be cause for rejection. Ankylosis or other deform
ities to be considered liberally, and applicant accepted if he is apparently
able to meet the requirements of the position.
Other Causes for Rejection: Hernia, piles (if severe), varicosities
(if extreme), and evidence of undue use of intoxicants or tobacco.
For various positions
in the clerical and similar services:
Age,Weight, Measurement: These shall be considered liberally
and with regard to the requirements of the position.
Vision: Glasses permitted. Applicant must be able to 2ead 20:60
with each eye and 20:40 combined (Snellen's test). Color test when
necessary for the position.
Heart and Lungs: Heart and heart action must be normal, except
ing that slight arrthymia shall not be cause for rejection.
Hearing and Speech: Must be normal.
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Brain and Nervous System: Functions must be normal beyond
question.
Physical Defects: Any physical defect which will interfere with
the proper performance of the duties of the position shall be cause
for rejection. -
Skin, Scalp: Any infectious or contagious disease or pronounced
evidence on face or hands of any disease shall be cause for rejection.
-
Teeth: Must be in good condition.
Drugs, Liquor, Tobacco: Evidence of immoderate use shall be
cause for rejection.
PHYSICAL STANDARDS FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS
Physical Standard No. 1.
For Patrolman, Guard and others:

Weights
(1) Capacity of Lungs: 1
Allow 100% for 350 cubic inches; 1% off for each 3
inclues less. -
(2) Strength of Back: 2
Allow 100% for 700 lbs., 1% off for each 10 lbs. less.
(3) Strength of Legs: 1
(4) Forearm grip: 2
Allow 100% for 350 lbs. ; 1% off for each 4 lbs. less.
(5) Traction: %
(6) Strength of Adductors: %
Allow 100% for 125 lbs.; 1% off for each 3 lbs. less.
(7) Strength of Pectorals: #4.
Allow for 175 lbs.; 1% off for each 3 lbs. less.
100%
(8) Dumb-bells: 1.
Allow 100% for 40 times; 2% 96 off for each time less.
(9) Strength of Abdominal Muscles: * 1.
Allow 100% for 5 times; 10% off for each time less.
(10) Agility (High Jump) : %
Allow 100% for 10 seconds; 10% off for each second
in excess of 10 seconds. (75-yard run on gymna
sium track.)
(11) Condition: %
Allow 100% for excellent; 85% for good; 70% for fair;
60% for poor.
Physical Standard No. 2
For Fireman—Piperman, Truckman and others:

Weights
-
(1) Capacity of Lung S : 1
inches less.
(2) Strength of Back: - 2
Allow 100% for 800 lbs.; 1% off for each 10 lbs. less,
(3) Strength of Legs: 1
(4) Forearm (grip): 1.
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(5) Traction: %
Allow for 125 lbs.; 1% off for each 2 lbs. i.ess.
100%
-
(6) Strength of Adductors: %
Allow 100% for 125 lbs. 1% off for each 3 lbs. less.
;
(7) Strength of Pectorals: *4.
(8) Dumb-bells: 2
Allow 100% for 40 times; 2% 9% off for each time less.
(9) Strength of Abdominal Muscles: 1
(10) Agility (High Jump) : - %
Allow 100% for 4 feet; 10% off for each 3 inches less.
(11) Rope: (Length 18 feet. Hand over hand without use
of feet.) 1.
Allow 100% for full length of rope; deduct 15% for
each one-quarter of the distance less; intermediate
distance 1n proportion.
(12) Ladder: (Length 25 feet.) Hand over hand to end of
horizontal ladder, alternate rungs. 1
Climbing 35-foot ladder:
100% if done in 21 seconds; 10% off for each second less.
(13) Condition: 1
Allow 100% for excellent; 85% for good; 70% for
fair; 60% for poor. (Rated in part from standard
height and weight table.)
(14) Strength of Upper Arms: - 2
Chinning (10 times) and dipping (5 times); 10% off
for each time less.
Physical Standard No. 3

For various skilled labor positions:
Weights
(1) Back: 2
Allow for
100% 700 lbs.; 1% off for each 15 lbs. less.
(2) Forearm (grip): 3
(3) Traction: 1
(4) Pectorals: 1.
-
(5) Adductors: 1.
(6) Dumb-bells: 2
(7) Lungs: 2
inches less.
For the Ordinary labor service the requirements are extremely

liberal and provide only that the applicant have about one-third normal
vision and be able to lift a 50-pound weight to a height that would be
equivalent to putting it into a wagon box, and in addition his strength
of back must show a lifting power of 220 lbs. There is no mental
examination of any kind for the labor service.
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TYPES OF EXAMINATION
The following sets of questions were actually used by this Bureau

in its examinations given up to this time. Only typographical errors
and slight changes in the phraseology of certain questions of the
original sets were made except that questions that were declared by
examiners to be unfair, misleading, or catch questions were entirely
omitted. It has been thought best to use the questions of these former
examinations to serve as types of future examinations; this will bring
more directly before the reader the actual conditions under which the
Bureau is operating. The weights given after each subject are based
on a total of ten points for the entire examination in each case.
Many of the educational subjects are so closely similar, particularly
as to the grade of questions asked, that it was not thought necessary
to include these subjects in all examinations, but only give them in
a few examinations in each class of service.
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Sample Examination Questions
CLERICAL SERVICE CLASS A
ACCOUNTANT
Subject: Duties (Weight 4)

PART I.
1. Test in rapid addition. (100% allowed if added within 2 minutes.)

Total each column Separately.
781,947 19 97,330 78 45,162
40,255 82 58,026 30 21,680
59,748 60 52,687 83 88,348
57,137 50 37,620 62 197,419
128,640 05 68,529 11 393,576
91,188 77 68,609 93 71,554
58,076 59 64,0.47 11 886,793
342,369 95 40,367 10 124,859
67,554 63 42,184 60 112,371
60,739 55 95,773 42 31,831
45,573 01 39,083 47 74,386
S25,963 21 46,208.45 69,072
2. Journalize the following entries as you would if you were the
bookkeeper for James Brown:
Feb. 1, 1914. James Brown receives a check from William Smith for
$750.00 as an advance rental payment.
Feb. 2, 1914. James Brown deposits in his bank the $750 check re
ceived on the first.
Feb. 4, 1914. James Brown pays $7.30 in cash for office stationery.
Feb. 6, 1914. William Smith rents a store from James Brown for
which he agrees to pay Brown $300 a month. You are instructed
to charge Smith for three months’ rent in advance.
Feb. 10, 1914. Walker Manufacturing Co. sells James Brown an office
desk for $75.
Feb. 12, 1914. James Brown draws a sight draft for $75 on William Smith
and gives it to the Walker Manufacturing Co. - in payment for the
desk furnished on the 10th. - -
-
Feb. 14, 1914. James Brown pays his attorney $400 by check in payment
of legal services rendered.
Feb. 16, 1914. The Walker Manufacturing Co. having collected the sight
draft for $75, sends a check for $5.00 to James Brown with a letter
stating that the desk should have been charged at only $70 instead
of $75. James Brown deposits this check in the bank.
Feb. 17, 1914. James Brown buys, as a broker, a bill of goods at $225
less 30 and 10%, and immediately sells the goods for $225 less 10
and 5. He pays for the goods by check, and receives a check when
he sells them, and this latter check is deposited in the bank.
3. Open the accounts necessary for the above-mentioned transac
tions and then post all the entries to the accounts.
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Subject: Duties (PART II)
1. Make a trial balance of the accounts opened for Part I of this
examination.
2. Close all the personal accounts involved in Part I of this
examination, and bring down the balances.
3. A and B are partners in business with a total capital on Jan
uary 1, 1912, of $105,000, of which $50,000 is invested by A and $55,000
by B. Profits and losses are divided according to the amount of
capital invested by each. Each partner is to be credited 4% interest
on his capital. On December 31, 1912, they take stock and find their
trial balance as follows:
Debits: Buildings, $51,200; plant and machinery, $5,000; furniture
and fixtures, $2,800; investments, $12,700; drawing account of A, $1450;
drawing account of B, $1,175; cash in bank, $14,500; cash in safe, $225;
bills receivable, $3,200; sundry debtors, $10,600; purchases, $47,000;
taxes, etc., $1,850; salaries, $6,940; out-freight, $1,160; discounts, $370;
general expense, $1,250; insurance, $340; uncollectable accounts, $320;
inventory January 1, 1912, $32,000.
Credits: Partners' capital January 1, 1912, $105,000; bills payable,
$4,175; sundry creditors, $5,980; sales, $78,925.
Prepare their profit and loss account and balance sheet. Charge
no interest on drawings made by partners; charge 2% per annum de
preciation on buildings, 5% on plant and machinery, and 10% on fur
niture and fixtures. The value of the goods on hand December 31, 1912,
is $45,980. -
Subject: Report (Weight 1%.)
Write a letter, addressed to the Civil Service Bureau, stating what
you think should be the qualifications of a bookkeeper and accountant;
also distinguish between a bookkeeper and accountant—what work
brings one within the class of bookkeeper and what with in the class
of accountant.
Subject: English (Weight #2). Rated from Report

Subject: Civil Government (Weight 14)
1. What is meant by a tariff on imports, and what is the purpose

of such a tariff 2
2. What is meant by the “veto power?” by impeach ment?
3. Give a brief description
- of the present city government of
Saint Paul.
Subject: General Information (Weight 4%)
1. Mention the advantages and disadvantages of keeping an ac
counting system by a card System.
2. If you posted an entry to the wrong; account, how would you
make the correction ? If there is more than one way of making
correction, state the different ways, and indicate, with reasons, which
is the best.
3. (a) Discuss the principles and reasons why a certain per cent
should be charged off each year on the equipment of a business as de
preciation. (b) What would you consider the proper yearly charge to
make for depreciation on a typewriter? Give reason S.
4. How would you locate the error or errors in case a trial balance
did not balance? What two kinds of errors may be made and still
leave the books in balance?
5. What entries should be made in books when payment is made
by a promissory note? when a promissory note is received in payment?
What entry, if the note received is discounted by you at the bank 2
What entry if the note is not paid—considered uncollectible?
(A weight of 3 is allowed for experience.)
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JUNIOR AND SENIOR BOOKKEEPER
this
this
Directions: Applicants for the position of Junior Bookkeeper shall
make the necessary double entry journal entries for the transactions
º
Jan
of
found in the memoranda below.
accounts.
Then post the entries to ledger
Applicants for the position of Senior Bookkeeper shall, in addition

tes: to the work just mentioned for Junior Bookkeeper, close the ledger
heir accounts and draw off a trial balance, and then make out a financial
statement showing the condition of the business and the loss or gain.
March 1, 1910. James Wilson opened new books with the following
resources and liabilities:
Resources: Cash in First National Banix, $6,250.00; cash in safe,
$164.10; merchandise, $14,260; real estate, $8,000; and accounts
against the following persons: Frank Norton, $610.32, John Collins,
$84.03, Samuel Booth, $110.25.
Liabilities: Accounts due, James Walker, $347.84; a note for
$300 to Arthur Miller; a note to William Miller of $803.50.
March 2. Paid for two horses, $200; one wagon, $50; two blankets, $8.
March 3. Frank Norton gave his 60-day note without interest for
$300, in part payment of his account. The note is discounted at
the bank, your firm receiving $298, as a deposit credit.
March 4. Paid James Walker by check $147.74. Also gave William
Miller our note for $600, to apply on account.
March 5. Paid the bank $8.76, annount due for the preceding month for
out of town check collections. Also paid $3.10 for incidental sta
tionery items for the office. Also gave James Wilson, the pro
prietor, $100.00 in cash for his personal use.
March 10. Received $23.02 for cash sales of merchandise. Also sold
John Collins a bill of goods announting to $17.50; and to Samuel
Booth a bill amounting to $80.90.
March 12. Gave a check for $200 in part payment of our note to Arthur
Miller, and gave him a new 90-day note for the balance of $100.
March 13. Paid salaries to office help, $110. Also paid $12.50 for re
pairs to wagon.
March 14. Received a check for $79.38 in payment of Sam Booth's
bill of March 10th; the difference of $1.52 was allowed him as dis
count. This check was deposited in the bank and credit received.
March 16. Received notice from the bank that Sam Booth’s check was
protested for non-payment, and that it was charged back to us.
Make the proper entries.
March 17. Sold goods for cash to the amount of $234. Also sold the
following goods: to John Collins, $113.60; to Frank Norton, $602.10.
Inventory on March 18: Merchandise, $13,002.10; real estate, $7,500; per
sonal property, $250.
Subject: Spelling (Weight 2)

Bookkeeping, statement, standardize, liabilities, co-ordination,
principle, comptroller, financial, separately, judgment, foreclosure, bal
ancing, receiving, connmissioner, substitute, revenue, descriptive, valu
ation, appropriation, eligible, legally, institute, procedure, sewer,
Calendar.
Subject: Arithmetic for Junior Bookkeeper (Weight 4%)
NOTE: SHOW ALL WORK IN FULL.

1. Copy the following figures, add each column, then add each line
crosswise, and then find the total of the cross footings.
23
1373.14
1221
53.421
22
6987.41
18888
1663
45.5
19988
6443.02
101
10102
43.31
9900
143
11
103
10982
136701
10001
78.65
407
577887
18765 -
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—
2. Make the following extensions and add the totals:
58% x 1114,
47% x 4.1%
361 x 7.1%
*
84.14 x 914
73% x 37
154 x 7.14
6334 x 13.1%
3. How much is the interest on $452.15 at 7% for 8 months, 16 days?

4. A invested $5000 in a business in which B had $3000 invested
and C $4500. At the end of the year the balance sheet showed a profit
of $1530. What is the share of the profits due each partner?
5. Multiply 7434 x 187% and divide the product by 6 3-7.
Subject: Arithmetic for Senior Bookkeeping (Weight 4%)

NOTE: SHOW ALL WORK IN FULL.
1. Copy the following figures, add each column, then add each
line crosswise, and then find the total of the cross footings.
1373.14 19988 103
1221 6443.02 10982
53.421 101 1367.01
22 10102 10001
69874.1 - 4331 78.65
18888 9900 407
1663 143 577887
455 11 18765
2. Which is the better investment, a mortgage for three years of

$2000, paying interest, purchased at a discount of 5% and paid in
7%
full without cost at maturity; or 20 shares of stock at 95 paying
8% dividends, and sold at the expiration of 3 years at 982 State in
figures how much better would the one be than the other.
3. You have a non-interest bearing note dated May 1st, 1914, for
$200, payable in two years. You take it to a bank on July 15, 1914, and
discount it at the rate of 5%. How much do you get?
4. A invested $5000 in a business in which B had $3000 invested
and C $4500. At the end of the year the balance sheet showed a profit
of $1530. What is the share of the profits due each partner?
5. Make the following extensions and add the totals:
58% x 1114
+4.
47 34 x 4
361 7.1%
x x x x x
84% 914
73% 37
$4.14
154
7
6334 13
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Subject: Report (Weight
1)
Write letter of about 150 words addressed to the Civil Service
a
Bureau, and this letter state the best English you can:
in
in
What is Trial Balance?
3. 2. 1.
a
How prepared, and for what purpose used?
is
is
it
it
trial balance does not balance, what steps would you take
If
a
to locate the error?
(For subjects of English and Civil Government see Junior and
Senior Stenographer.)
(A weight of allowed for Experience.)
is
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JUNIOR CLERK
Subject: Duties.
Mr. has just paid his bill to Walker
C. Jones Co., amount
1.
J.
&
ing to $7.98. Make out proper receipt for this.
a
Mention some of the advantages and disadvantages of using

2.
a
is,
card System for keeping account records.

iſ
li
Arrange the following names in column in strict alphabetical

3.
intº
a
J
ºda Order:
ºr
MacDougal, Frank McGinnis, Herman Mandorf, James E. McGin

r?
J.
ley, William L. Mackintosh, Theo. McIntosh, Walter Maendler,

S.
W. C. Mackey.
Arrange the following name and address on your paper as
4.
it
should appear on an envelope, punctuating correctly: Dr. C. W.
it
jr
Franklin 143 Fourth St Cincinnati Ohio

Arrange the following in three columns:
5.
January, 16,000 bu., $478.89; February, 4,732 bu., $391.45; March,

tº:
678 bu., $87.00; April, 989 bu., $657.81; May, 121 bu., $121.10.
i
Subject: Copying from Plain Copy

(Directions: Make an exact copy of the following.)
(8) If cells, each having an e.m.f. of volts and resistance of
6
0.5 ohm, were joined in series in opposition to series of 12 cells each

a
having an e.m.f. of 1.5 volts and resistance of ohm, the external

1
a
resistance being ohms, which set of cells would prevail, and how great
2
would the current be? (The e.m.f. of the whole the difference of
is
of
of
the e.m.f.'s the two sets cells. The total resistance the same
is
as all the cells were directed in the same way.)

if
Of
(9) an arc-lamp has resistance of ohms and requires

If
a
5
a
current of 10 amperes, what e.m.f. does require?

it
Subject: Arithmetic
(No credit will be allowed for an answer unless sufficient work
is
shown as how the problem was solved.) -

to
Add 42,765; 67,464; 72,566; 871; 24,777; 10,432; 55,711.

2. 1.
man earns $1800 year; his expenses are $2.50 day. How
A
much could he save in years of 365 days each?

7
Divide 2,260,242 by 507.

4. 5.
-
What would be the total amount of the following pay-roll?
Laborers Worked Rate per Day
15 days
1.
$2.40
21 27 days 2.60
17 25 days - 2.25
-
65 14 days 2.10
If real estate at 50% of its value, what would be
5.
is
assessed
the assessment levied against property valued at $6,500, the tax rate
being .052?
(For other educational subjects see Junior Stenographer.)
(A weight of allowed for Experience.)
is
2
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LAW CLERK
Subject: Duties (Weight 3).
1. What is the meaning of the following terms: (a) summons;
(b) complaint; (c) oath ; (d) affidavit; (e) injunction ?
2. (a) Give the location of all the public buildings in Saint Paul.
(b) Mention five buildings in this city having the greatest number of
offices of lawyers.
3. (a) How would you serve a copy of the reply to a complaint?
(b) What is meant by a deposition ? a bill of particulars?
4. The City of Saint Paul, through its legal department, replies
to a complaint, in which complaint a former employe named John Doe
sues the city because of injuries received by him while working in
the employ of the city. Make the proper indorsement on this reply
as it should appear for filing. Also state how the legal papers should
be folded and on which section or fold it is best to put the indorsement,
and why.
5. (a) Mention the various classes of courts located in this city,
including the Supreme Court, and give their location. (b) Also dis
tinguish between the different classes of courts mentioned.
6. Arrange the following address on your paper as it should appear
on an envelope, punctuating it correctly: N. Y. Johnson Jr. 14 Third
Street South, Minneapolis Minn.
7. Make out a proper form of receipt, check, promissory note.
Subject: Report (Weight 1)

(The subject of Penmanship (%) will be rated from this subject.)
Write a letter of about 200 words, addressed to the Civil Service
Bureau, giving your views of the commission plan of government such as
is now in operation in this city.

Judicial, complaint, document, collate, petition, summons, counsel,
commercial, illegal, procedure, in tention, confidential, extraordinary, or
dinance, amendment, commissioner, preliminary, circumstantial, govern
ment, precedent, separation, accommodation, controversy, injunction,
warrant.
1. (a) When did Saint Paul's present commission plan charter

go into full effect 2 (b) What form of government existed in this
city before the adoption of this commission charter?
2. What qualifications must a person have to make him a voter
of Saint Paul ?
3. What is the meaning of (a) ordinance? (b) Civil Service? (c)
City Council'?
4. What is the function of the Purchasing Department of a city ?
Subject: English (Weight 14.) º

Of the following sentences correct those that are incorrect. (Do
not make any more changes than are necessary to correct them.) Do
not alter those that are correct.
1. He pretty near got bit by that there dog what you seen just now.
2. I knew it was you because you was the only gentleman who
would a gave us such a terrible big scare.
3. I have seen him I believe about a week ago when he was here;
he was one of the men who has seen the accident happen.
4. You ought not let it lay here; it don't look well.
5. While waiting for my train the man put me under arrest.
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Subject: Arithmetic (See Senior Stenographer).
Subject: Test in Typewriting (Weight 1)
(See subject of Plain Copy for Senior Stenographer.)
(A weight of 2 is allowed for Experience.)
LEDGER CLERK
Special Subject: Duties (Weight 3).
1. If you posted an item to the wrong side of an account, how
would you make the correction ? If there is more than one way of
making the correction, state which is the best, and why.
2. What is the proper way of posting 2 Stato in detail and give
reasons for your answer.
3. What is the best posting check to use so as to prevent discrep
ancies in trial balance as far as possible?
4. Open accounts for the following persons: John Jones, Richard
Roe, Harry Smith, Frank Jones, Samuel Smith, Frank Brown, Sarah
Brown, Stephen Rice, S. Lees, Thomas Franklin.
Post the following entries to the accounts you have opened: (all
these entries occur in 1914.)
January 3. The following bills for goods purchased were sent
out: Frank Jones, $73.10; John Doe, $8.40; John Jones, $16.33; Richard
Roe, $65.10; Thomas Franklin, $4.08; Sarah Brown, $32.14; Frank Brown,
$11.00; John Doe, $6.00.
January 14. The following payments were received: Richard Roe,
$40.00; John Doe, $6.00; Sarah Brown, $28.40; Frank Jones, $60.00.
January The following discount allowances were made: Sarah
14.
Brown, Frank Jones, $0.60; Richard Roe, $2.40.
$3.74;
January 21. The following bills for services rendered to the
following persons by your firm were sent out today: Harry Smith,
$80.10; Samuel Smith, $66.94; S. Lees, $13.84; Thomas Franklin, $6.49;
Stephen Rice, $18.47; Frank Brown, $64.18; John Doe, $9.40.
January 26. The following sent in checks to apply on their ac
counts: Richard Roe, $20.00; John Jones, $10.00; Thomas Franklin, $4.08;
Frank Brown, $10.00; Harry Smith, $5.00; S. Lees, $5.00; Stephen Rice,
$15.00; John Doe, $9.30. -
February 4. The following payments were made to you today:
Richard Roe, $2.60; John Doe, $2.30; Frank Jones, $10.00; Harry Smith,
$20.00; Samuel Smith, $50.00; S. Lees, $6.00.
February 4. Discounts were allowed as folows: Frank Jones, $1.00;
Frank Brown, $0.50; John Doe, $0.10; S. Lees, $0.50; Samuel Smith, $2.50;
S. Lees, $0.60.
5. Make out bills to Stephen Rice and Harry Smith showing the
amounts still due on their accounts.
6. If you had 600 debit entries to post, how would you do it?
Would you check back your posting 2 What method would you use for
checking back, and how many items would you post before checking
back? Give reasons for your answers.
(See Law Clerk for types of educational subjects.)
CLE R K TO LICE NSE INSPECTOR

Special Subject: Duties (Weight 2)
1. are the duties of a license inspector?
What
2. On a tour of inspection you discover the following situation:
A business under the name of “John Brown, Money Lender,” the office
in charge of a woman employe who manages the business. John
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Brown is a resident of San Francisco and has never paid any license
for conducting the office. All transactions between the woman and
her empleyer are made by mail. What do you think should be done
under the circumstances?
3. Mention as many different classes of business or occupations
that you can that require a license.
4. How would you try to find out whether a certain restaurant
had a license or not, assuming that the owner of the restaurant car
ried the license with him and that he was out of town and would not
return for six months?
5. If you stopped a peddler on the street to ascertain if he had
a license and he told he had one at home, what would you do?
6. What kind of record would you keep of licenses issued ? How
would you show whether licenses had expired or been renewed or can
celed or transferred? Explain in detail.
Special Subject: City Information (Weight 1)
1. Give the location of at least show places
15 moving-picture
in Saint Paul.
2. Name all the streets intersecting or meeting at Seven Corners.
3. Give the location of the following buildings: (a) Gordon & Fer
guson; (b) Northern Pacific General Offices; (c) Tri-State Telephone
Exchange; (d) Noyes Brothers & Cutler; (e) St. Joseph's Hospital.
4. Give the names and location of all the bridges crossing the
Mississippi River in Saint Paul.
Subject: English (Weight 1)
(Penmanship will be rated from this paper.)
Bureau, telling why iicenses are necessary or desirable, what circum
stances govern the amount of the fee attached to a particular license,
why they are given for a limited time only, etc., etc.
(See Law Clerk for types of Spelling and Civil Government.)
PERMIT CLERK
Special Subject: Practical Questions
1. (a) Why is it necessary to get a building permit before a
building is constructed? (b) What must a person do to get a building
permit? a plumbing permit?
2. Teil what a complete set of building plans consists of.
3. Draw a sketch plan showing a vertical cross section of base
ment for first floor, showing footings for a foundation wall for small
dwelling, wall, column, beam, and joist.
4. A building 24 feet wide and 26 feet long has a foundation wall
12 in ches thick and one beam running through center with two columns
equally spaced supporting this beam. (a) Give the number of square
feet of floor area of the first floor that is carried by each column. (b)
Give the number of square feet of floor space carried by the beam be
tween the two columnS.
5. How would you place a beam 8 x 10 on a column 8 x 10 to get
the greatest carrying capacity of the beam 2
6. What is concrete and what materials are used in making it?
7. What is meant by the folowing terms: (a) masonry wall; (b)
brick veneered building; (c) beam; (d) girder; (e) common rafter; (f)
jack rafter; (g) a two by six; (h) vent pipe; (i) bell trap?
8. If a plan is drawn 1%-inch to the foot, how many feet are there
in 3% inches? Suppose that in this plan your measurement (on the
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plan) of the dining room shows it to be 1 % inches by 1% inches, what
would be the actual size in square feet of the room when completed?
9. If you were to install a new record book for the purpose of
keeping a record of all permits issued and the necessary information
in connection there with, what kind of book or record would you use?.
Make a sketch showing a page of such book giving the columnar rulings
and the headings that you think would be necessary. Then explain
What the different columns are for and when and how entries would
be made thereon?
10. (a) For what kinds of building work must permits be taken
out? (b) If the plans submitted are objected to as not conforming to
the building ordinances, what should then be done? Can the permit be
issued 2
(For types of other subjects, see other clerk examinations.)
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CLERK

1. A sewer is constructed on a certain street at a cost of $943.60
for 280 feet. At this rate, what is the assessment against a 40-foot
lot on that Street?
2. Arrange the following address on your paper as it should ap
pear in a properly addressed letter: mr frank S jones 1726 8 st so.jr
omaha nebr.
3. What is meant by the following terms: (a) plat, (b) street
intersection, (c) double sewered street, (d) confirmation proceedings,
(e) frontage tax, (f) spreading an assessment?
4. If the assessor's valuation is 40 per cent. of the actual value and
the tax rate is 38 mills, what is the tax assessment against property
that has an actual value of $4,850.002
5. In the diagram given, sketch in what is necessary to show
properly the following descriptions: (a) the SW 14 of the NE 14 of
Section 14; (b) the NW 14 of the SW 14 of Section 14; (c) the NW 34
of the NW 4 of Section 14; (d) the NW 14 of the SW 14 of Section 17;
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Subject: Report (Weight 1).

(Note: Penmanship will be rated from this paper.)
Write a letter addressed to the Civil Service Bureau stating why
assessments for street improvements should be charged to the prop
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(See Law Clerk for types of other educational subjects.)
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CH | EF EXAMINER–CIVIL SERVICE BUREAU
Subject: Training and Experience
Note: Read all questions before you begin to write. Number your
answers to correspond with the questions. Do not copy the questions.
1. What is your age?
2. Give a complete statement of your education, listing the schools
attended, grades completed, years of attendance, instructors' names
(with present addresses, if possible) from whom we can verify your
statements. List any colleges attended, and degrees received, if any.
3. Describe fully any correspondence courses or other education
not mentioned in answer to Question No. 2, giving complete informa
tion as to course, length of period studied, etc.
`4. Give a complete statement of your employments since you left
school, with employers' names and present addresses, positions held,
salary received, nature of duties, dates between which you were em
ployed and total period of employment in each case. Indicate which of
these employments you consider as experience tending to fit you for
the position you are seeking, and give reasons. -
5. Have you ever had supervision of work of others? How many
did you supervise? Length of period supervised (i. e., months or years).
6. What policies or innovations have you personally inaugurated
in any position you have held 2 Describe fully.
7. What other training or experience have you had, not previously
mentioned, which would tend to fit you for the position for which you
are being examined 2
Do not sign your name; use your number.
The answers to the above questions will be verified. Untrue state
ments may result in the disqualification of the competitor.
Subject: General Charter Provisions.

1. (a) What are the elective officers of the city of St. Paul under
the charter (i. e., elected by the people) 2 (b) Give the main duties
of each.
2. What positions are included in the unclassified service?
3. In what three ways may the Council legislate? Describe each
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4. Under whom are the following directly placed 2
(a) Public Baths,
(b) Superintendent of Workhouse,
(c) Bureau of Sanitation,
(d) Purchasing Agent,
(e) City Testing Laboratories.
5. How is the Water Department constituted 2
Subject: Duties.
List as fully as you can the duties you might be called upon to per
form if appointed Chief Examiner. You might indicate in your answer
the first important things which you think would concern you after
appointment.
Subject: Duties.
1. (a) What records would you consider it necessary for the Civil
Service Bureau of St. Paul to install and maintain 2
(b) What kind of record would you keep in each case? Why?
2. Assume that you receive a requisition from the Commissioner
of Public Safety to fill a position of stenographer at $50 per month.
Assume that you have an eligible list. Outline your procedure in filling
the vacancy, omitting no essential detail.
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3. Design the form of sheet for keeping eligible list in such a way
that it could be used most efficiently.
4. Describe fully what it would be necessary for you to do as
Chief Examiner in order to prepare properly for all details connected
with the securing of eligible lists (all charter provisions complied with)
in examinations for the following positions:
(a) Sergeant of Police, (b) Messenger, (c) Janitor.
5. Give in substance the charter provisions affecting the removal
of employes in the classified service. -
6. Describe in detail the kind of examination you would give for:
(a) Clerk, (b) Plumber, (c) Janitor.
Indicate the various divisions of each examination and the weight
you would assign to each, with reasons. You do not need to submit the
actual questions, although you may illustrate, if you wish, with a sample
question under each subject.
Subject: Duties.
1. Describe fully how you would provide for the registration and
appointment of common laborers.
2. What office applicances would you consider:
(a) Necessary for Civil Service Bureau;
(b) Helpful, but not necessary?
3. What would you consider to be the most effective way to keep:
(a) Records by which to check pay-rolls;
(b). Hecord of applications received;
(c) Record of appointments pending examination?
Design forms to illustrate, if you wish.
4. How would you conceal identity:
(a) In a written examination;
(b) In a physical examination ?
5. Design scheme for keeping civil list required by charter, illus
trating with the forms. This form or scheme should include all items
specified in the charter.
EXAMINER—COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT
Special Subject
1. Explain what is meant by budget method of control over city
expenditures.
2. State how you would undertake to prepare a budget for the city
of Saint Paul, assuming you were called upon as Examiner to submit
a budget for the next succeeding year to the proper legislative authori
ties of the city.
3. Explain your idea of what is meant by a “functional expense
classification,” showing in your answer a set of functional expense
headings for a department of health or other city department (omitting
figures), set up in the manner you would submit them for consideration
if you were Examiner.
4. (a) State briefly how you would conduct an investigation or
survey of a city department if you were called upon to reorganize its
methods of doing business, and to install an efficient system of general
accounting.
(b) What monthly reports in a system of central accounting con
trol in the comptroller's office would you require from department heads,
assuming departments keep appropriation accounts and other financial
records? -
5. Explain what is meant by the fund system of accounting for
municipalities, showing in your answer the most important accounts
which generally appear under each class of funds.
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6. Define (a) proprietary accounts, (b) expense accounts, (c) stores
account, (d) assets and liabilities, (e) revenues, (f) receipts, (g) ex
penditures, (h) a controlling account, (i) sinking fund. -
7. How would you satisfy yourself as Examiner in the Comptroller's
office that the city of Saint Paul was receiving all the taxes, licenses
and other forms of revenue or receipts which should properly be paid
in to the city through the tax collector’s Office or through any depart
ment responsible for the collection of such revenues or receipts?
8. Assuming you are the central accounting officer in a city de
partment having a central storehouse, what system of records and
methods of procedure would you require to exercise general super
vision and control over the receiving, storing and distributing of all
supplies used in the department?
9. Outline a system of cost records for determining job costs in
a bureau of construction and repairs, stating the various forms required
in such a system, and methods of procedure, assuming the bureau of
construction and repairs is concerned with the repair and maintenance
of highways only. In your answer, state briefly also how you would
control and verify the accuracy of repair and maintenance pay-rolls to
prevent fraud.
10. How would you adjust the following statement, if losses and
gains are shared equally? Was there a net gain or a net loss? What
was each partner's net capital after adjustment? What was the cor
rect amount of sales? Show how you arrive at your answers.
Assets. Liabilities.
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘. . . . . . $3,125.25 Bills Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,575.00
Merchandise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,222.84 Interest Payable . . . . . . . . . 172.49
Bills Receivable . . . . . . . . . . 375.00 Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . 310.71
Accounts Receivable . . . . . 1,784.67 Mortgage Payable . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Furniture Fixtures. 1,596.00 Interest Payable
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Horse and Wagon......... 520.00
The capital accounts of the
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M. Herring. S. Mathews.
$7,381.00 $13,246.00 $5,369.00 $12,863.00
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Merchandise account showed purchases of $6,128.07 and sales of

$62,324.33.
Expense account showed total of $2,148.94.
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Note: Sheets Nos. and consist of 10 questions. Eight hours

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will be allowed for these two sheets.

Oral test: The date of the oral test will be announced later. Only
those who make 70% in the written test will be assembled for the oral
test.

Five hours will be allowed for this sheet
(The subject of English will be rated from this paper.)
Write report on your attitude with respect the policy
or
thesis
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public utilities by one the following methods combina

or
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be Examiner
in
troller's office, and upon your decision rests the action

to
be taken on
this question by the proper city officials concerned. State your
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answer the advantages disadvantages compared

or
as
of
serial bonds
with long-term bonds municipal financing.
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1. (a) What is the purpose of a municipal bond issue?
(b) What provisions are usually made for the payment of such
bonds?
2. Give a brief outline of our present form of government, and also
describe the functions of each department and the relation of each de
partment to the Comptroller's office.
Subject: GeneralInformation (Weight 5)

1. Bonds are issued for a period of 30 years with a sinking fund
provision for the redemption of those bonds at their maturity. How
would that sinking fund be provided, if set aside semi-annually and
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invested at 4% compound interest?
2. (a) Define depreciation as used in connection with an account
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ing system.
(b) In your opinion, do you think it advisable to have a depre
ciation account in a municipal accounting system? Give
your reasons for and against.
(c) What method do you consider the best to figure depreciation?
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SECRETARY-STENOGRAPHER
Subject: Clerical Duties (%)
Special
1. Put the following items on your paper in the form of a ledger
account; rule off the account and bring down the balance.
May 2: Bought of John Jones on account an invoice of goods
amounting to $720. May 4: Paid Jones on account $150. May 6: Re
turned to Jones for credit $65 worth of goods. May 8: Paid Jones by
check on account $175. May 10: Sold Jones on account $206 worth of
goods. May 12: Allowed Jones $8.50 as discount on the last purchase
he made. ,
2. The building department has a number of buildings to erect.
What sort of record would you keep to show the number of persons
employed on each, the cost of services on each activity 'and building,
the cost of materials for each building or job, etc.? Give an outline,
with sketches or diagrams if desired, of the books or records that you
would use for this purpose, so that at the completion of any job you
would know the cost of the entire job as well as for the different ac
tivities on the same job.
3. If part of your duties as secretary-stenographer were to wait
on the public, how would you deal with the following visitors to your
department:
(a) A lady who came to seek a position in one of the parks.
(b) A man who had a complaint to make about the abusive
language used toward him by one of the park police
In en.
(c) A workman from one of the activities of the building de
partment who came in to complain that the foreman
on the job unjustly discharged him.
(d) A salesman who came in to sell confectionery for use in
the parks.
4. Your superior receives a letter from John Doe, a taxpayer, who
complains that he was overcharged for the use of a boat at Como Park.
Upon investigation it is found that the man kept the boat two hours
but wanted to pay for only one hour's use. The investigation shows
that the man is clearly in the wrong, but that he does not want to be
convinced of this by your department. You are told to write him a final
letter in the matter, closing the incident. Write this letter to John Doe, -
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Subject: Stenography (1%)
(Dictation at 125 words per minute.)
Mr. J. O. Houston, Louisville, Ky. :
Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your favor of the 13th ult., in
which you state that you can not furnish us any longer with the various
grades of stone ordered for our building department. We are quite sur
prised to hear this, especially as the Order was made in the form of a
binding contract. You must realize that unless you live up to your
part of this contract, we shall be obliged to take the matter into the
courts and have it settled there as best we can. It seems to us that at
the time this order was solicited by you, you must have been in position
to know whether or not you could fill it.
Kindly let us hear from you by return mail, stating definitely
whether we can expect you to keep your promise. In the absence of
hearing from you within five days, we shall take it for granted that our
only recourse will be the courts.
Very respectfully yours,
No. 2
Messrs. Jones & Mason, Paterson, N. J.:
Gentlemen: We are just in receipt of your annual report of the
building department of the city of Paterson. It is interesting to note
that the people of Paterson are standing firmly behind their commis
sioners in the matter of the city doing its own work instead of letting it
out to private contractors. Our own experience shows very clearly that
the work done by private contractors is far inferior to that done by the
city itself.
The report of our own department for the past year has not yet
come from the printers. As soon as it does, however, we shall be glad
indeed to mail you a copy in exchange. We are mailing you today
under separate cover copies of our annual reports of 1911 and 1912.
These reports will show what private contract work cost this city in
the past, and will give a good basis for comparison with the showing in
our report which is now being printed.
With many thanks for your kindness in favoring us with a copy
of your report, we are Very truly yours,
Subject: Copying and Spacing (%)

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TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIES
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Subject: Copying From Plain Copy (%)
UNPROFITABLENESS OF SLAVE LABOR
Had it not been for the impotence of the lash, the nations would
have risen far more slowly from the almost universal condition of
slavery. The slave llas always been able to make it for his master's
interest to sell him freedom. He could always afford to pay more than
any one else could make out of him. Hence, the former slave states of
the American Union, building their political and social institutions upon
slavery as the corner stone, had to forbid or restrict the exercise of
manumission. Even with the little the black could apprehend of the
privileges of freedom, even with his feeble hopes and aspirations, con
demned by his color to social exclusion, he could always buy himself,
if allowed to do so. This unprofitableness of slave or bond labor it was
which prepared the way for those great changes which transformed
whole populations of slaves or serfs into nations of freemen.
Among free laborers, great differences in industrial efficiency are
found to exist, according as the reward of labor is near and certain,
or distant and doubtful. It is in the case of the proprietor of land,
under just and equal laws, that the in centives to industry are found
most acute.
Subject: Report (1)
(The subjects of Penmanship (%) and English (34) will be rated from
this paper.)
Write a letter addressed to the Civil Service Bureau, stating what,
in your opinion, should be the qualifications of an ideal secretary-ste
nographer. Also state what experience you have had that would par
ticularly fit you for a position of this kind. Also include in this report
a concise statement of any experience that you might have had as a
secretary, secretary-stenographer, or in any other position requiring
executive ability.
Subject: Civil Government (4%)
1. Which department of the city has charge of the building of the

new comfort station on Fifth street?
2. Of how many members is the present City Council composed ?
Give the titles of these members.
3. Why is it necessary for the city to issue bonds?
4. Give a brief outline of our present form of government.
Subject: Arithmetic (14)

How much is 8,476 34 times 37.6% 2
1.
If a bond of a par value of $100 is sold at 97 $4, what would be
2.
the annual income to the purchaser from this investment?
3. A loan of $715.25 is made for one year and seven months at 7%.
What will be the interest on this loan 2
4. Certain goods are billed at $410 less 25, 15 and 10%. What is
the net annount of the bill 2
5. Copy the following figures on your paper and then add them:
72%, 89%, 1734, 63.34, 83%, 6914, 117, 749.
Subject: Spelling (2)

Benefited, apparatus, deceased, inseparable, occasionally, principal,
principle, concede, proceed, forty-eight, necessarily, occurrence, omis
sion, acknowledgment, pavilion, physician, committee, advisory, initia
tive, assessment, confiscatory, architectural, inadvertently, prima facie,
bona fide.
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JUNIOR STENOGRAPHER
Subject: Stenography—90 Words a Minute (1%)

Messrs. Willson & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio:
Gentlemen: I wish to call your attention to the fact that about
three hundred lamps installed by the new electric iighting company are
defective, and not in conformity with the terms of the lease which your
company has secured. The lamps are entirely insufficient for proper
lighting of the streets. It will be necessary for your company to re
place these three hundred lamps with lamps of a different type. Unless
this is done within a reasonable time, the lease which your company
holds will be declared forfeited in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Mr. James W. Smythe, Des Moines, Iowa:

Dear Sir: We have arranged to hold the next meeting of the Good
Roads Club at Phoenix, Arizona. The facilities offered us by the citizens
of Phoenix for meeting and exhibiting purposes are exceptionally good
and include the great Auditorium and several temporary structures
which will occupy the streets next to the Auditorium. We shall, there
fore, be in a position to afford excellent space for federal and state ex
hibits. I am very anxious to have your department make an exhibit at
the Club's meeting to show the delegation the excellent progress in
road improvement which has been made in your state.
Will you kindly let us know as soon as convenient whether or not
you will make an exhibit at the meeting, so that we may take steps to
reserve suitable space for you. Very truly yours,
Mr. H. C. Johnston, Milwaukee, Wis. :

Dear Sir: The Civil Service Bureau begs to acknowledge receipt of
your communication relative to a resolution passed by the National
Association of Civil Service Commissions, asking that the various com
missions consider the discussion to be held at the next meeting regard
ing the establishment of an age limitation for all applicants taking a
Civil Service examination. Arguments have been made on this subject
before the commission at former meetings, especially in the matter of
giving preferences to soldiers in the last war, and that as to them the
age limit be waived. -
This Bureau regrets to say that the rules can not be changed in time
for the next examination, as the law requires that changes shall be ad
vertised ten days before taking effect, but whatever age limitation be
agreed upon at the next meeting of the association, it will no doubt be
followed by all the Civil Service Commissions throughout the country,
because the association is considered to stand for all that is best in
Civil Service work and in all radical resolutions to be adopted.
Very truly yours,

Description, experience, accommodate, discipline, independent, pos
session, privilege, principle, principal, therefor, hoping, deceiving, forty,
necessary, occurred, omitted, commission, judgment, acknowledgment,
arrangement, business, exercise, disappoint, loose, advise.
Special Subject: Rough Draft (4%)
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special subject: Copying and Spacing (%).
Make an exact copy of the following:

DECENNIAL INCREASE OF POPULATION
Continental United States.
Census Population Increase Per Cent.

1910 91,972,266 15,977,266 21.0
1900 75,944,575 13,046,861. 20.7
1890 62,947,714 12,791,931 25.5
1880 50,155,783 11,597,412 30.1
1870 38,553,371 7,115,050 22.6
1860 31,443,321 8,251,445 35.6
1850 23, 191,876 6,122,423 35.9
1840 17,069,453 4,203,433 32.7
1830 12,866,020 3,227,567 33.5
1820 9,638,453 2,398,572 33.1
1810 7,239,881 1,931,398 36.4
1800 5,308,483 1,379,269. 35.1
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Special Subject: Plain Copy (%)

(Write for five minutes from the following copy; spacing, paragraphing
and punctuating as in copy.)
The police force was established and is maintained for the follow
ing purposes:
The prevention of crime and the detection and arrest of criminals.
Every patrolman should hold himself in readiness at all times to
answer the ealls and obey without hesitation the orders of his superior
officers. He shall treat his superiors with respect.
He should conform to the rules and regulations of the department,
observe the laws and ordinances, perform his duty with zeal, courage,
discretion and fidelity.
He should confine his patrol within the limits of his route, except
in case of fire, arrest of a prisoner, or other necessary absence on duty,
until the time assigned for the expiration of his tour of duty, and he is
regularly relieved.
If he hear the cry of “police,” “watch,” or other call for assistance,
he should proceed to render aid with all despatch, taking every prac
ticable precaution for the protection of his route.
In case a patrol man is obliged to leave his route, he should, if prac
ticable, notify the officer in charge of the police station when he leaves
and when he returns.
He should keep his badge in sight, and give his name and number
to all persons who demand them.
He should take all children who have strayed, or infants who have
been abandoned, to the residence of their parents, if known and within
the bounds of his route; if not, he should cause them to be taken to the
Station house.
He should direct strangers and others, when requested, the nearest
and safest way to their places of destination, and, when necessary,
cause them to be accompanied thither by one of the police; he should
not leave his route for that purpose, but should pass such persons from
his route to the next.
He should examine in the night-time all doors, gates and windows
of dwellings and stores, to see that they are properly secured; if not,
he should give notice to the inmates, if any.
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Subject: Report (1)
(The subjects of Penmanship and English will be rated from this paper.)
Bureau, explaining in detail just what care should be taken of a type
writer in order to keep it in the best possible working condition.
1. What is meant by the “recall” of public officials 2 By “initia
tive”? By referendum ?
2. What is meant by a commission plan of government?
3. What is the object of a city Purchasing Department?
4. What is meant by an ordinance? º
Subject: Arithmetic (1%)
1. Put the following numbers (in figures) in a column, and then
add them:
Sixty-seven thousand, six hundred and seventy-six;
Seventy-one thousand, one hundred and eleven;
Eight thousand;
Eight hundred;
Ninety-three;
Seven thousand and nine;
Eighty-four thousand and ninety-four;
Six thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four;
Eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty-six;
Seven thousand, eight hundred and forty-nine.
2. Multiply 64,781 by 678.
3. How much is the interest on $3,420 for 10 months at 4% 7%7
4. A and B each bought a piece of land. The value of each piece
increased 33% ºa. A’s land is new worth $1,000, which is 25% more
than B's. How much did B pay for his piece of land at the time he
purchased it?
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SENIOR ST ENOGRAPHER
Subject: Stenography—110 Words a Minute (1%)
Mr. N. M. Holcomb, Los Angeles, California:
Dear Sir: We wrote you recently with reference to the possibility of
having Mr. Smith attend our next meeting for the purpose of delivering
a lecture on the subject of City Government. Do you think he will come
if you write him about the necessity of educating the members of our
society along that line? We are extremely anxious to have all the
available information placed in the hands of our citizens before the
coming fall election. Very sincerely yours,
Messrs. Hurd & Stinson, Baltimore, Md.:
Gentlemen: Your attention is hereby directed to the absolute neces
sity for immediate action in the matter of the re-establishment of the
fire-alarm plant of this city for which plans and specifications were
furnished you about three weeks ago. You understand, of course,
that it is absolutely essential to have the most modern and efficient ap
paratus. The amount of money expended for maintenance covering re
pairs, etc., in connection with overhead police and fire-alarm service as
spent upon the installation of underground service would in a very
short time pay the expenses of underground installation. Every fire
house should be connected upon a direct line with the electrical Bureau.
Arrangements should be made immediately for the purchase of new
cables to complete such connection. The complete wiring of the city
hall is also recommended. Kindly let us hear from you at once regard
ing this. - Very truly yours,
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Mr. Francis O. Sinclair, Dubuque, Iowa:
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter we wish to say that work under
the contract for repairs to Our paved streets was performed in an effi
cient manner to the extent of our limited appropriation. It would seem
that the policy of reducing the appropriations for this class of work
is poor economy. The department has always insisted that the neces
sity exists for making more liberal appropriations for this kind of
work. Good business methods would indicate that if we are able to
make repairs to breaks in street paving as soon as they occur, much
money could be saved to the city by avoiding damage suits for acci
dents and also in the amount of work that would have to be done. Dur
ing the year just past the work of repairs to sewers was performed in
a less efficient manner than the repair work on paving. There were
several complaints regarding sewer repairs, but not a single complaint
was received regarding paving repairs. The same conditions of improper
repair work prevailed in the work of repairing bridges.
In a great many cities, both in this country and abroad, considerable
money is collected through licenses paid to the highway commissions.
These license fees are then used for street repairs, and in that way the
streets are kept in good condition without further taxation.
Very truly yours,
(See Junior Stenographer for types of Spelling, Rough Draft, Tabu
lating and Plain Copy.)
Subject: Report (1)

(The subjects of Pennianship and English will be rated from this paper.)
Bureau, stating the qualifications you think a first-class Stenographer
should possess.
1. What is meant by the commission form of government?
2. Give the names and titles of all the members of the present
City Council.
3. What residence qualifications are necessary in order to be a
Voter in St. Paul ?
4. What is the approximate population of St. Paul ?
5. What is the difference between a county and a city ?
Subject: Arithmetic (4%)

1. Put the following numbers (in figures) in a column, and then
add them:
Sixty-seven thousand, six hundred and seventy-six;
Seventy-one thousand, one hundred and eleven;
Eight thousand;
Eight hundred;
Ninety-three;
Seven thousand and nine;
Eighty-four thousand and ninety-four;
Six thousand, seven hundred and thirty-four;
Eight thousand, nine hundred and thirty-six;
Seven thousand, eight hundred and forty-nine.
2. Multiply 674,398 by 637%.
3. How much is the interest on $6,724 for one year, 10 months, 20
days, at 4% 962
4. A and B each bought a piece of land. The value of each piece
increased 20%. This 20% increase represents, in the case of A's land,
a money value of $300. (a) What is the present value of A's land?
(b) What is the present value of B’s land, assuming that B originally
paid for his piece of land 40% less than the present value of A's land?
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TELEPHONE OPERATOR
1. What important qualifications do you think a telephone operator
should possess? State reasons for your answers.
2. (a) What is a transmitter? (b) A receiver? (c) A switch
board? (d) An extension 'phone?
3. Tell in detail the routine of an operator from the time - a call is
made
- until the person who called has finished.
4. If the director of a department was very busy, and left word
he was not to be disturbed, what would you do if some one called and
insisted upon seeing him?
5. Describe a telephone switchboard such as would be used in a
branch exchange in a business office, or a department office in a gov
ernment building. -
6. After ringing the number wanted, what further attention would
you give a call?
7. What lights are on a switchboard, and what is the purpose of
them?
8. How can a switchboard be arranged so that night service can
be
- had without the aid of an operator on the switchboard?
9. Suppose the lights are “dead” and no calls come in, what is the
first thing you would do to locate the cause of the trouble?
10. What use is made of the following levers: Battery, generator,
buzzer?
11. If the switchboard fuses burned out, is there any other way
that you could ring 2 State fully.
12. If you should give the operator the wrong number, how can
you get the operator back immediately so as to give the right number?
13. If a call comes in for a line that is busy, what would you do?
Subject: English (Weight 1).

Write a letter of about 150 words addressed to the Civil Service
Bureau stating the advantages derived from the invention of the tele
phone.
(See Junior Stenographer for types of Civil Government and Arithmetic.)
TIME KEEPER
1. What, in your opinion, should be the qualifications of an efficient
timekeeper? State fully.
2. A wagon-load of sand was delivered on a certain job. The in
side measurements of the wagon box were 12” x 5” x 18”. How many
cubic yards of sand would that be?
3. 140 planks, 3” x 12” x 10', are delivered to the job on which
you are timekeeper. You are asked to keep track of all material re
ceived. What would be your entry for this delivery of lumber, if you
were asked to make the entry to show the total number of feet (board
measure) of lumber delivered 2
4. Draw a diagram of a page of a time-book so that the page will
be sufficient to keep a workman's time for one month. Also explain in
a general way how you would keep this time-book; and then explain
in detail what entries in this time-book you would make for the fol
lowing: John Jones began work on Monday, February 2. On February
9, at 10 A.M., he was laid off; on February 12, at 2 P. M., he was again
put to work; on February 14, at 11 A. M., he was transferred to another
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job a mile away where another timekeeper was on duty; on the morn
ing of February 21 he was re-transferred to your crew; he then worked
until the end of February 28, with the exception of a half-day that he
lost on February 26 on account of sickness. This man was paid 27 cents
an hour and worked 8 hours a day. Find the total amount due him for
this month's work on your job.
5. On a certain job of paving, the following men were employed
at the rates of pay and during the time indicated:
Rough Grading—
Number Days Pay
Employed Employed Per Hour
4 2% 25
2 2 35. .
1 2.1% 27 A
15 2%2 60
Curb Setting and Fine Grading—
4 2 31%
12 4% 25
2 1 31%
Laying of Concrete—
18 6% 27
1 6% - 50
2 % 31%
5 6% 27 A.
Laying of Blocks— -
4 6% 50
3 5% 25
8 6 35
1 6% 40
In addition to these men there was one foremain directing all these
activities, who was paid at the rate of 50 cents an hour during the 20
days that this work continued.
Find the total cost for this job for the services given above, and
also show the cost for each of the activities separately. Divide the
foreman's time properly among the different activities and make the
proportionate charge to each.
(See Bookkeeper and Secretary-Stenographer for types of spelling,
civil government, arithmetic, etc.)
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POLICE SERVICE—CLASS B
COURT OFFICER
1. Give by name and title all officers of the Police Department of
St. Paul, and tell also the station to which each is assigned.
2. What is the purpose of a summons? of a subpoena?
3. (a) Can a summons be served by mail? (b) Can a subpoena be
served by mail? (c) Is the service valid if made on Sunday 2 on Wash
ington's birthday? on Labor Day ?
4. How would you serve a boy twelve years of age with a sum
mons? With a Subpoena.?
5. (a) Who may legally serve a subpoena? (b) How would you
serve a summons on the Great Northern Railway? -
6. What is a “bench
-
warrant,” and how and when is it used? Ex
plain fully.
7. What is an “attachment,” and how and when is it used?
8. Name five other legal papers that are commonly used in connec
tion with the trial of cases (criminal or civil); explain the purpose of
each such paper.
9. Define the following terms: (a) Cross-examination, (b) direct
examination, (c) circumstantial evidence, (d) habeas corpus, (e) irrele
vant testimony.
10. What method would you use to enable you to keep all the facts
of a police arrest constantly before you and for immediate use as to any
particular point that the prosecuting attorney might wish to know?
Subject: Memory Test (Weight 2)
(The following statement is read to the competitors once; then they
are requested to put it in writing as nearly as they can remember it.)
A fight occurred between a negro and another person. The negro
in question was at the time wearing a brown shirt and blue tie, black
shoes, gray suit; he is 5’, 6” in height, weighs about 140 pounds; he
used in this fight a pocket knife with a long blade, and with it cut his
victim in the right arm.
Subject: General Information (Weight 1)
1. Give the location of all the courts in the city hall, and give the
names of the judges comprising the various classes of courts.
2. What is the procedure in a police court in disposing of cases
involving stolen goods (not amounting to a felony) 2
3. What is the difference between a municipal court and a district
court as to functions of each?

(Note: This paper will be marked as to matter, form, style, spelling,
English and penmanship.)
Write a letter of not more than 150 words, addressed to the Civil
Service Bureau, stating concisely what the duties of a court officer are,
and also what qualifications you think a person should possess in order
to perform those duties efficiently. (SIGN YOUR LETTER “JOHN
DOE.”)
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DETECTIVE-SEcond GRADE
Subject: Practical Questions (Weight 3)
1. What is meant by the following terms: (a) Rogues' gallery,

(b) finger-print identification, (c) “yegg,” (d) porch-climber, (e)
shadowing 2
2. What is the proper method of serving a search warrant?
3. Mention what you think was one of your best captures, either
as a policeman or detective, and describe in detail how you succeeded
in effecting the capture. This must be a description of an actual capture
made by you.
4. A great deal of pickpocket work has been going on. You are.
detailed on the case. Tell in detail what you would do in your endeavor
to find the guilty persons, and also tell in what places or buildings in
St. Paul you would look for them.
5. Mention as many places in St. Paul as you can that are usually
frequented by the criminal class.
6. The President of the United States is to arrive at the Union
Depot at 10 A. M. You are one of four detectives detailed to properly
protect the President from the time he leaves his train until he reaches
his carriage. Tell what you think your duties would be, if your superior
gave you no specific instructions in the matter.
7. A large fire occurs in the city at about 11 P. M. The crowds
of persons coming from the theaters just at that time gather near the
scene of the fire. You are detailed as a detective to the place of fire.
In the absence of any instructions what would you do there and what
would you be particularly on the look-out for 2
8. Mention as many different classes of thieves as you can, and
give a brief description of the way each class works, and by what
names each class is generally known.
- (Test in hearing and vision.)
Subject: Laws and Ordinances (Weight 1)

1. What is the law regarding
the hours of closing of Saloons?
Are saloons permitted to be open on Sunday?
2. What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor 2
Mention a crime that would be considered a felony and one that would
be considered a misdemeanor.
3. What is meant by the following terms: (a) Subpoena, (b) affi
davit, (c) summons, (d) warrant of arrest, (e) magistrate, (f) or
dinance?
4. For what classes of crimes are persons sent to the workhouse?
Subject: City Information (Weight 1)

1. What would be the quickest way to go by car-line from the
Aberdeen Hotel to the Minneapolis Post Office?
2. If you were starting from police headquarters to make visits to
the following places, in what order would you make your visits, and by
what route, so as to complete your tour in the shortest possible space of
time: Aberdeen Hotel, Court House, Broadway and Seventh, Rice and
University, Seven Corners, Union Depot? Tell what cars, if necessary,
you would take, or what streets you would use to go from one place to
another.
3. Name and locate 10 hotels.
4. Name all the streets from Wabasha to Broadway that intersect
Eighth Street.
Subject: Experience (Weight 3)

Subject: Physical Test (Weight 2)
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DETECTIVE-FIRST GRADE
Subject: Laws and Ordinances (1)
1. Name five crimes that are classed as felonies.
2. Name ten crimes that are classed as misdemeanors.
3. What do you understand to be the meaning of the following:
(a) Bail, (b) extradition, (c) circumstantial evidence, (d) Bertillon sys
tem, (e) opium joint, (f) warrant?
4. Under what circumstances may a detective use a revolver?
5. What is the proper legal procedure upon the arrest of a prisoner
until found guilty or acquitted? Give the various steps in regular order.
6. Under what circumstances must warrants be sworn out before
arrests can be made 2 -
7. Under what circumstances is a detective justified in forcing an
entrance into a private house?
Subject: Memory Test (1)

You are instructed to look for a girl that has
been kidnaped in
Philadelphia and is now living somewhere in St. Paul. She is nineteen
years old, about 5' 4", weighs about 115 pounds; she has brown hair
and very dark eyes; wears a ring set with an opal stone and two small
diamonds; generally dresses in brown.
Subject: Practical Questions (3)

1. A murder has been committed in one of the rooms of a large
hotel in this city, and there is no apparent clue. How do you think
the murder should be investigated from a police standpoint?
2. Mention the various methods of criminal identification in use
in good police procedure, and state what advantages one possesses over
another, and why.
3. What is meant by a “professional thief”? by an opium joint?
4. How would you proceed to discover gambling houses in the
city, and how would you secure the necessary evidence to prove their
existence and operation ?
5. Describe fully just how pickpockets do their work.
6. If you were detailed to discover and arrest a man known to
belong to a criminal class for some years, and known to be in the city
now, but who was personally unknown to you, what would be your
method of procedure until you had succeeded in effecting his capture?
7. State in detail as many different ways as you know, in which
shoplifters carry on their work of shoplifting.
8. In a certain down-town office, $220 is taken from the safe during
the night time. The safe is found closed in the morning, but not locked.
The bookkeeper is the only one of the employes who knew the combina
tion, and he states positively that he locked the safe before leaving the
store on the preceding evening. The office is that of an investment com
pany, eight persons being regularly employed in the office. No signs
are apparent of any entrance having been forced from the outside.
(a) What would be your theory as to how this theft or
burglary had been committed ?
(b) If you think one of the employes is guilty, how would
you proceed to discover the guilty one?
9. What do you understand by the term “shadowing”? How should
it be done? What aids might you make use of in work of this kind?
10. Suppose you were given a book or diary for your own use as
a detective, what use would you make of it?
(A weight of 2 is allowed for physical test and 3 for experience.)
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CAPTAIN OF DETECTIVES
1. Mention in detail the duties of a Captain of Detectives for the
city of St. Paul. -
2. An alarm comes in at midnight showing that the St. Paul Hotel

is on fire and is threatened with destruction. Supplying such other facts
as may be reasonable in such a case, write a report of about 250 words,
stating how the Captain of Detectives should handle this fire from a
police standpoint, giving police details and assignments in full.
3. Mention ten technical terms or expressions (thieves' s lang) that
are commonly used by criminals only, and tell briefly what each means.
4. Describe in detail the facts necessary and the procedure in secur
ing and serving a search warrant.
5. What are the different classes of thieves? Describe each class
briefly. -
6. A murder is committed at Broadway and Sixth Streets. What
would be your procedure as Captain of Detectives and how would you
instruct your men to cover properly the situation?
7. During the holding of a large convention in the city, great
throngs of people are drawn to the city to view a parade. How would
you proceed to cover the city and the outlying districts within your
jurisdiction?
Basis for Oral Quiz

8. The President of the United States is to arrive at the Union
Depot at 12:30 P. M. Make the necessary police arrangements up to the
time he reaches his carriage.
9. How would you handle your detective force so as to get the
greatest possible efficiency in the detective service? What would you
do to promote and keep the greatest harmony and contentment among
your men? What kind of record would you keep of their work so as
to be able to tell who is doing the most efficient work 2
10. What do you think should be the difference between a first
grade detective and a second-grade detective as classified in the St.
Paul police service? What kind of work would you have second-grade
detectives do? What kind for first-grade?
11. If eight forged checks were passed during one week and you
were to handle this case, how many men would you detail on the case
and how would you direct their efforts in order to capture the forgers?
Would you detail first-grade or second-grade detectives, and why? You
may assume for this purpose that four of these checks were passed in
saloons, three in department stores and one at the Ryan
lºtown
otel.
Subject: Language (Weight 4%)

(Penmanship, weight 14, will be rated on this paper.)
Write a letter addressed to the Civil Service Bureau stating your
ideas as to the value of having a detective service in a city in addition
to the regular uniformed service.
Subject: History, Geography and civil Government (Weight 1)

1. Which five states have the largest population ?
2. Name the five largest cities in the United States in the order of
their population.
3. Give a brief outline of the present city government of St. Paul.
4. Mention the countries that the United States has been engaged
in war with since its independence, and the years of each war as nearly-
as you can give them.
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Subject: Arithmetic (Weight 4%)
1. Copy and add the following figures: Thirty-four thousand, six

hundred, seventy-eight; ninety-two thousand, four hundred, sixty-three;
eight thousand, four hundred, seventy-six; nine million, eight hundred
seventy-three thousand, two hundred fourteen; seven hundred sixty-five;
eight million, nine hundred sixty-three thousand, ten; four thousand,
six hundred thirty-four.
2. If the appropriation for the detective service of the city
amounted to $20,850 in one year and was increased 2% º
for the follow
ing year, what would it then be?
3. It cost $1020.60 to feed 1620 prisoners three meals a day for 3
days. How much was the cost per , meal for each prisoner?
4. There were 1650 crimes committed in one year and 2200 the fol
lowing year. By what per cent. did crime increase during that following
year?
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Subject: Spelling (Weight 4%)
Record, president, carriage, thief, prisoner, warrant, intoxicated,

drunkenness, engineer, operate, effect, search, shadow, hotel, license,
woman, trail, track, gambling, stretcher, raid, cigar, pocket, automobile,
satchel. -
(Four points allowed for Experience and Physical Test.)
DRILLMASTER—PolicE DEPARTM ENT

Special Subject: Drilling.
1. What is the position of a soldier at attention? Explain and de
scribe fully.
2. (a) Explain the different facings.
(b) Explain: “Eyes right, or left—Front.”
3. (a) Explain the different steps and marchings. Describe fully.
(b) What is the purpose of marching as a drill exercise?
Exercises.
4. Explain the setting-up exercises—the calis thenic exercises that

are now prescribed by the United States Army. Describe the 10
most important ones only.
5. What calisthenic exercises would you use or think necessary
to use to accomplish the desired results in drilling the members of the
police force? -
6. Do you think it would be advisable to use calisthenic exercises
at all? If so, state why and how often it would be necessary for the
men to be drilled in these exercises each week in order to produce
any lasting results. -
Target Practice
7. Before beginning target practice, what is the first thing you

would teach your men as to the handling and management of a pistol?
8. Explain the rules for the following terms, as -used in connection
with pistol practice:
(a) Position; (b) the grip; (c) the trigger squeeze;
(d) self-cocking action; (e) aiming.
9. Explain the rule for cocking a revolver.
10. How would you teach target practice to a group of patrolmen?
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Subject: Report
(The subjects of Language, Spelling and Penmanship will be rated

from this paper.)
Write a letter, addressed to the Civil Service Bureau, giving your
opinion as to the advisability of a Drillmaster for the Police Department,
and what benefit will result from his work.
Subject: Arithmetic
1. How much is 874 times 367?
2. If you had 200 patrolmen to drill, and took them in groups of
10 men each, giving each such group half-hour drills, how much drill
exercise would each patrolman receive, if you devoted 300 days in the
year to this work, giving such drill exercises 3 hours a day?
LIEUTENANT—POLICE DEPARTMENT
(Promotion Examination.)
1. (a) What are the duties of a police lieutenant? (b) Describe
in detail the procedure employed in the making of charges against a
patrolman, from the time he has been caught off post until he has been
fined for his neglect of duty.
2. (a) Mention in detail the duty of a lieutenant with respect to a
prisoner, from the time such prisoner is brought into the station house
until the case is closed. (b) Is any different procedure followed in
case the prisoner is a woman? If so, what?
3. In case a number of newly appointed patrolmen were added
to your district, state in detail just what you would do with them,
what instructions you would give them, etc.
4. (a) What is your duty in case a fire occurs within your pre
cinct? (b) What is the rule as to the use of fire line badges, and
what persons may pass the fire limits without them?
5. A child of twelve years is detained at the station house tem
porarily as a witness in a murder trial, and the parents make the
request that it be released on their recognizance without bail; would
you refuse such a request? Give reasons for your answer.
6. When a subpoena is left at a station house for an officer to
appear at court, what must be done with such subpoena? State fully.
7. A police officer arrests a taxi driver who has just run over
and killed a little girl. A number of witnesses declare that the acci
dent was entirely the fault of the child, and the driver insists that
the officer accompany him to the end of his route, a mile distant.
The officer however insists on taking his man to the station house at
once. Is he right? Give reasons for your answer.

1. What is meant by (a) larceny, (b) burglary, (c) manslaughter,
(d) misdemeanor, (e) bail?
2. Under what conditions is an officer justified in striking a pris
oner whom he is trying to arrest?
3. What are the provisions of ordinances regarding the operation
of automobiles within the city limits?
4. A purse is snatched from a lady's hand, but no violence is used.
What would be your duties in the case, and what charges would you
lodge against the offender?
5. Under what circumstances may an officer forcibly enter a private
house?
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Subject: Language (Weight 4%)
(NOTE: The subject of Pennanship (Weight 44) will be rated from

this paper.)
Write a letter of about 150 words addressed to Lne Civil Service
Bureau, on one of the following topics:
Why does any community need a fire department?
Why does any community need a police department?
Subject: Arithmetic (Weight $4)
SHOW ALL WORK IN FULL.

1. Put the following figures in a column and then add them:
Sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven;
Eight thousand three hundred and two;
Nine thousand and one;
Ten thousand and seventy-five;
Sixty thousand;
Three hundred and twenty;
Six hundred forty-three thousand two hundred and nine;
Eight million four thousand and seventy-three.
2. Multiply 419 by 374 and then divide the product by 63.
3. A workman who had been getting 35c an hour and worked
ten hours a day was informed that his rate of pay would be increased
20% but that he could only be given eight hours’ work a day. Under
this new arrangement, did he earn more or less per day, and how
much 2 -
4. In the St. Paul police department there are 168 foot patrol
men. If 45 of these are paid $85 a month, and 52 are paid $80 a month,
and the remainder are paid $75 a month, what is the total monthly
payroll for the 168 foot patrolmen 2
(Out of the ten points in this examination, 11% is allowed for
efficiency in the service and 1 point for seniority in service, except that
in Fire Department efficiency counts 2.)
(The physical test in this examination is give a weight of 1% points.)
Subject: History, Geography and Civil Government (Weight 1)
1. (a) What was the cause and date of the Civil War?
(b) What was the causé and date of the Revolutionary War?
(c) In what year was- Minnesota admitted into the Union as
a state?
2. How and in what direction would you travel to get to the fol
lowing places:
(a) Philippine Islands.
(c) State of Kentucky.
-
(b) Mexico.
(d) France.
(e) Cuba.
3. Describe briefly the following courts as to their functions and
show wherein they differ:
(a) Justice of the Peace.
(b) Municipal Court.
(c) District Court.
(d) Supreme Court (State).
(e) Bankruptcy Court (Federal).
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GUARD
Subject: Rules and Regulations
1. Mention the different duties of a guard at the workhouse.
2. What is the rule as to guards holding conversation with
prisoners?
3. If a prisoner complains to you that he is not getting enough
to eat, what would be your duty?
4. May a prisoner talk with other prisoners? If so, under what
circumstances?
5. How would you compel obedience of a prisoner?
6. Would a guard ever be permitted to use arms or weapons
against any prisoner? If so, under what circumstances?
7. Must prisoners keep their own cells in order? If so, what
is required of them in this respect?
General Questions -
8. (a) What is the purpose of a workhouse? (b) Give the title

of the commissioner that has control of the workhouse.
9. If a prisoner asked you what time of the day it was, what would
you do?
10. If you were on guard at a prison and discovered the prison on
fire, what would you do? If it were in the night time, what would
you do?
(For other subjects see Patrolman.) w
PATROLMAN
Special Subject: Rules and Regulations and Practical Questions.
1. Name the officials of the Police Bureau by title of position and
in the order of their rank, beginning with the title Chief of Police.
2. Mention some of the duties of an officer while patrolling his
beat. Are the duties of a patrol man on night duty different from those
of a patrolman on day duty 2 If so, in what respect?
3. Suppose that a fight occurred in some house. You heard the
disturbance and tried to get in to stop it, but found the house locked.
What would you do, or what power would you have, under the cir
cumstances? - -
4. If you found a person lying on the side walk unconscious be
cause of some injury he had received, what would you do? State your
answer fully.
5. When is an officer justified in breaking open a door in order
to make an arrest?
6. Mention three crimes that would be considered felonies, and
three that would be considered misdemeanors.
7. If there is a person of known bad character living within the
patrol limits of your post, what is vour duty as to such person 2
8. What is meant by a search warrant? What is an officer's duty
as to lost children 2
10. (a) Mention three cases when an officer would be justified in
making an arrest without a warrant. (b) In what case would an
officer not be justified in making an arrest without a warrant?
Memory Test
(The following order is read to the applicants; then they are re
quested to write it on paper as well as they can remember it.)
Look for a negro, James Jackson, known as Jimmy the Buck; wanted
for assault and disorderly conduct; 30 years old; 6 ft. 1 in. ; weighs 230
pounds; one joint on left forefinger gone; derby hat; blue suit; tan
shoes; walks with a slight limp.
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City Information
1.Mention the location of the following buildings:
(a) Auditor
ium, (b) Central, High School, (c) State Capitol, (d) First National
Hank, (e) Public Library, (f) Union Depot.
2. Standing at Fourth and Robert streets, how would you direct
a stranger who wishes to go to the following places: (a) Como Park,
(b) Phalen Park, (c) Thirteenth and Broadway, (d) Aberdeen Hotel,
(e) St. Luke's Hospital, (f) Oakland Cemetery, (g) Town and Country
Club 2
3. What car should a person take to go (a) from 5th and Minne
sota streets to the State University; (b) from Seven Corners to the
State Capitol; (c) from the Union Depot to the St. Paul Hotel?
4. Where are the State Fair Grounds. and by what different car
lines can they be reached from down town 2
5. Name as many parks as you can, and give - their locations as
nearly as you can.
Subject: Physical
(In the physical examination the candidate is tested for lung
capacity, strength of back, legs, arms, forearms, abdominal muscles,
and for agility.)
Subject: Educational
Spelling
Arrest, prison,
court, fight, riot, judge, saloon, conceal, police,
robber, wagon, horse, store, corner, walk, blow, window, caught, night,
morning, club, struck, strike, head, duty.
Arithmetic
(Show method and computation in full.)
1. Put the following figures in a column and then add them:
894, 386, 93, 412, 87, 1452, 1698, 478.
2. If
your salary as patrolman is $75 a month, and you worked
23 days during one month, how much should your pay be for that
month 2
3. If
the cost of erecting a station house in one district was
$4,526.10,and the cost of erecting one in another district was $642.15
less than the first, how much was the cost of the second?
4. James Smith was born March 10, 1854. How Old will he be on
August 10, 1916?
5. How much is 472 times 232
Penmanship
(The mark for Penmanship will be obtained from the City In
formation Paper.)
Geography and Civil Government
1. Name the states that adjoin Minnesota on the east, west and
South. -
2. (a) Who are American citizens? (b) Can foreigners become
American citizens? If so, how 2
3. Give the titles of at least seven elective officers of the St.
Paul city government.
4. What qualifications must a person have in order to make him
a voter of the State of Minnesota?
5. What is meant by a commission form of government?
Subject: Experience
(This subject israted from the Experience Paper which is filed
by the applicant with his application.)
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ROUNDSMAN

Rules and Regulations
1. What are the duties of a roundsman 2
2. What are the duties of a patrolman'?
3. To whom should a roundsman report violations of the rules
by any of the patrolmen under his command 7
4. (a) How often should a roundsman see each patrolman under
his command? (b) What should be done if a patrolman cannot be
found at his post?
5. What is meant by a “call rap” and how is it made? How is it
answered 2 -
6. If the Aberdeen Hotel were on fire and threatened with de
struction, how would you as a roundsman handle the men under your
command, assuming that the Aberdeen Hotel were within your limits
of jurisdiction ? Would it make any difference if the fire occurred in
the daytime or at night?
7. Would you ever line up your men for the purpose of inspecting
them? If so, what would be the object of making this inspection and
what particular observations would you make?
Basis of Oral Quiz:

8. On visiting of your patrol men, he tells you that he was
one
just in the act of arresting a man, but that the man knocked him down
and ran up the street half a block and into a private house. What would
be your instructions to him 2
9. If you saw two of your patrolmen talking together at the junc
tion point of their respective beats, what would you do?
10. If you gave a patrolman certain instructions and he told you
that you were wrong and didn't know what you were talking about,
and that the lieutenant had given him other instructions, what would
you do?
Memory Test
(The following is read to the candidates, after which they are
requested to write it on paper as nearly as they can remember it.)
You are asked to instruct the men under your command to keep
on the look-out for a certain negro who had just committed a
robbery. He is about 5 feet, 9 inches; weighs about 175 pounds; wears
a brown derby, gray trousers and black coat, tan shoes, soft shirt
with black tie.
(For types of other subjects and for Efficiency and Seniority
weights, see Lieutenant Examination.)
SERGEANT—POLICE DEPT
1. Mention the books and records usually kept in a police station,
and explain the use of each.
2. What is a sergeant's duty when a prisoner is brought before
him?
3. Where are the following licenses obtained: (a) Marriage li
cense; (b) auctioneer; (c) peddler; (d) elevator operator; (e) chauffeur?
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4. A lost child five years old is brought into the station house
at 8 p.m. What would your duty be if you were on desk duty?
5. What reports are to be made out by the desk sergeant when
he receives information of a suicide?
6. Under what circumstances may a person be permitted to hold
conversation with a prisoner in the cell of a station house?
7. In what cases is a sergeant permitted to accept bail?
8. State fully what should be done with a pistol that is found
in searching a person who had been arrested in a raid on a gambling
house?

1. When or under what conditions should an intoxicated person
be arrested 2
2. Mention four crimes that would be considered felonies. Men
tion four crimes that would be considered misdemeanors.
3. What cases are tried in the municipal court? What cases in
a district court?
4. What action would you take if a street car conductor called
you and said a passenger refused to pay his fare and he was going
to put the passenger off?
5. What are the speed limits for vehicles in the city of St. Paul,
and what vehicles are excepted from these provisions?
(For types of other subjects and for Efficiency and Seniority
weights, see Lieutenant Examination.)
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FIRE SERVICE—CLASS C
DRIVER (FIRE DEPT.)

Special Subject: Rules and Regulations (Weight 2)
1. What is the duty of a driver in the Fire Department (a) re
§arding the feeding of horses committed to his care; (b) regarding
e cleaning of horses committed to his care; (c) regarding the care
Ot harness, fixtures and implements used by the driver; (d) regarding
the exercising of horses committed to his care?
2. What is the regulation regarding the gait of horses pulling
fire apparatus when crossing over any viaduct or bridge 2
3. What kinds of feeds and in what quantities should they be
given to a horse in the regular fire service weighing 1,400 pounds?
4. When should a horse be watered, and when should he not be
watered 2
5. What are the dangers of over feeding a horse? -
6. What care and attention should be given fire horses by their
driver after a long run to a fire on an extremely warm day?
7. Why are fire horses clipped in the winter season?
8. (a) In responding to an alarm of fire one of the fire horses
throws a shoe and goes quite lame. What should be done for him
upon returning to quarters? (b) What are the dangers in throwing
a shoe?
9. (a) While at a fire one of the fire horses is taken violently
silk with colic; what should the driver do for him 2 (b) In case the
foot of a horse were partly torn off and bleeding freely, what should the
driver d0 for him 2
10. If the apparatus of several companies are going to or from
a fire on the same street, how shall they proceed? What are the bene
fits of exercising horses?
Subject: spelling (Weight 14)
Bridle, horse, wagon, wheel, engine, fire, lady, blanket, broken,
leather, nozzle, whip, traffic, street, feet, oil, tin, barn, running, stop,
building, mending, late, alarm, bill.
Subject: Practical Test (Weight 5)

First Part: City Information and Rules (Weight 2%)
1. What are the rules of the road as to passing a team going in
the same direction that you are 2
2. If you meet a team, on which side must you turn? thereIf
are any exceptions to this rule, mention them.
3. What streets would you take to go from Eighth and Minnesota.
to Seven Corners without driving along any street naving a car line?
4. Give the location of the following places: (a) Germania Life
Building; (b) Ryan Annex; (c) Shubert Theater; (d) Northwestern
Telephone Exchange Building ; (e) Central Police Station.
5. What streets would you take to drive from : (a) St. Peter and
Ninth Streets to Rondo and Mackubin; (b) Rice and Sherburne to Third
and Jackson; (c) Court House to Como Park; (d) Seven Corners to
Summit and Rent. -
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Second Part: Driving (Weight 2%)
Instead of the actual test in driving the applicant will be rated
from his previous experience as a driver as determined from his ex
perience sheet.
Subject: Arithmetic (Weight 1)

1. How much is 478 times 632
2. If you had $1263 to divide among 17 persons, how much would
each get?
3. If it requires 12 quarts of oats a day to feed a horse, how
many days will 4 bushels, 2 quarts last for a span of horses?
4. If you had $743 and spent $115 for a horse and $15 for a har
ness and $132.40 for a wagon and blankets, how much would you
have left?
Subject: Pennanship (Weight #4)
PIPEMAN AND TRUCKMAN

Special Subject:
Rules and Regulations and Practical Questions (Weight 2)

1. (a) What are the duties of members of Hook and Ladder Com
panies at fires? (b) What are their duties at quarters?
2. (a) Name the various grades or ranks in the Fire Department
from the lowest grade (which is that of fireman,—pipeman, truckman,
etc.) to the highest grade (which is that of Chief). (b) State briefly the
duties of an officer of each such rank or grade.
3. What are the duties at fires of a fireman attached to an en
gine company?
. 4. How should a shut-off nozzle be shut off? Does it make any
difference as far as the shut-Off is concerned whether there is high
pressure or low pressure on ?
5. Assuming that you were a fireman attached to an engine com
pany and you arrived first at the fire and somebody told you that there
was no fire, tell just what you would do.
6. Supposing that while you were fighting a fire you notice a
person on the fifth floor of a burning building standing on a window
sill and apparently ready to jump and there was no life net handy,
what would you do?
7. What signs would lead you to believe that a certain wall was
in danger of falling 2
8. (a) How would you make your way out of a building that
was heavily charged with smoke? (b) How would you enter such a
building 2
9. (a) How would you open large sliding doors that are closed
from the inside? (b) How would you open a hinged door that is
closed from the in Side?
10. What is meant by the following terms: (a) still alarm; (b)
gong; (c) high pressure system; (d) water tower; (e) scaling ladder;
(f) “stretching” hose; (g) standpipe; (h) reducer; (i) increaser; (j)
-Sprinkler system; (k) fire patrol; (1) salvage; (m) spontaneous com
bustion; (n) “back draft;” (o) “short circuit;” (p) apparatus?
First Aid Treatment

11. (a) What would you do for a case of frost bite 2 (b) What
would you do in case of heat stroke 2
12. What would you do for a person whose clothing was on fire?
Would you pull the clothing off? Give reasons for your answer.
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Subject: Penmanship (Weight 4.)
Copy the following on your paper in your best handwriting. Your
rating for penmanship will be determined from the copy you make of
this paragraph.
“Sec. 6. False Statements.-Fraudulent conduct or false statements
by an applicant or by others with his connivance in any application
or examination shall be deemed cause for the exclusion of the appli
cant from any examination or for removal of his name from the eligible
register or for discharge from the service after certification and ap
pointment; provided that the name of no person shall be removed from
a register of eligibles, nor shall any person be dismissed from this
service under this section, without first having had an opportunity
to be heard in his own behalf.”
Subject: Spelling (Weight 4%)
Blanket, department, alarm, telephone, damage, theater, control,
broken, attach, pipeman, officer, crossing, signal, water, pipe, escape,
explosion, break, report, wall, stone, door, window, dark, night.

(SHOW ALL WORK IN FULL,)
1. Copy the following figures on your paper in a column and then
add them : 37001; 846; 93.10; 78694; 34111; 89799; 39.893; 7.642; 891;
101; 1001; 34761. -
2. A Fire Department automobile showed by the speedometer a
total distance of 24,283 miles traveled in one year of 365 days. What
was the average number of miles traveled in a day ?
3. Your salary is $70.00 a month. Figure your rate of pay On
the basis of 30 days a month. What would be due you if you only
worked 2 days?
4. If it costs the city $2.37 a week to feed one of the Fire De
partment horses, how much would it cost to feed 132 horses for 52
Weeks?
(The Physical Test in this examination has a weight of 6 points
out of the 10.)
LIEUTENANT—FIRE DEPT
1.(a) State in a general way the duties of a lieutenant in a
Fire Dept. (b) What are his duties at a fire?
2. State what care should be taken in the use of hose on the
fire ground, after a fire, and On returning from a fire. Also tell how
to care for a hose so as to insure its preservation for the longest time.
3. Describe the different ways of handling basement fires under
different - conditions.
4. (a) State fully how you would get a line of hose to a Smoky
fire in the fifth floor of a five-story building without the use of an
elevator or fire escape. (b) How would you ventilate the building 2
5. If a fireman should respond to an alarm of fire in an intoxicated
condition, what would you do?
6. What are the requirements of the department with regard to
uniforms and the wearing of them?
you were the first to arrive at an apartiment house fire, how
'7.
If
would you go to work, assuming that the captain of your company

was not present?
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How often should hose be tested, and in what manner?

8.
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9. How often should truck companies be drilled, and ladders ex
a mined and tested?
10. How should a horse be cared for in quarters, at fires, and
upon returning from fires?
11. Mention three of the most common dangers to which firemen
are exposed while on the fire ground, and teli how each may be
guarded against.
12. What is meant by “watch duty 2” What are the hours of
watch duty 2 What are the duties of a man on watch?
(NOTE: Out of the ten points in this examination, 1% is allowed
for efficiency in the service and 1 point for seniority in service, except
that in Fire Dept. efficiency counts 2. The physical test in this exam
ination is given a weight of 1% points.)
(For types of educational subjects see Pipeman and Truckman
examination.)
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MEDICAL SERVICE—CLASS D
MEDICAL INSPECTOR
1. How should ventilation be provided for a contagious disease
hospital? How much cubic space to each patient? How much air to
each patient?
2. What is the difference in all particulars between inspired and
expired air?
3. How may the carrying of contagion from ward to ward be pre
vented 2
4. Discuss the dosage of antitoxin. Discuss the theories of immu
nity and susceptibility.
5. Discuss epidemic cerebro spinal meningitis.
6. What are the symptoms of acute anterior poliomyelitis?
7. Describe briefly the routine procedure following information
that a house occupied by several families is infected with diphtheria;
also describe method and period of quarantine and method for dis
infection.
8. State period of incubation of each of the following diseases:
(a) Measles, scarlet fever, small-pox and chicken-pox. (b) Describe
the characteristic eruption of above-named diseases. (c) State day
after onset of above-named diseases on which eruption appears.
9. How long would you consider persons should be isolated after
having the following diseases: Chicken-pox, small-pox, measles, mumps,
scarlet fever and diphtheria?
If a case of scarlet fever were to be found in a hospital in which
diphtheria cases only were received, what course should be pursued?
If a case of measles were found under the same conditions, what should
be done? If a child sick with scarlet fever were brought to such a
hospital by the parents using the street cars as a conveyance, what
disposition should be made of the child?
(Three points out of ten are allowed for Experience in this ex
amination.)
SCHOOL NURSE
Special subject: (Weight 4)
Duties
1. Describe briefly the duties of a school nurse.
2. Name the differential signs and symptoms in the early stages
of measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, chicken-pox, small-pox and infan
tile paralysis.
3. Explain as you would to a parent the effect of adenoids and
enlarged tonsils, if they are neglected.
4. Describe outfit and state method of taking a culture of a sore
throat.
5. Describe appearance of skin in eczema, ringworm and pediculosis
(lice).
6. (a) On entering a school in the morning what should a nurse
do and how should she proceed with her work? -
(b) What conditions should receive attention?
7. (a) How many cubic feet of air space do you consider the mini
mum requirement for a proper sleeping-room?
(b) Would the number of windows in the room make any dif
ference?
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Write a report addressed to the School Physician stating briefly
and concisely what action should be taken in each of the following
cases :
(a) On going to the home of a pupil who had been absent from
school for one week the nurse finds the child sick in bed with headache,
temperature of 10.2% degrees and a diffuse erythematous rash.
(b) A family where the mother and all the children, two of whom
were attending school, had vermin-infested hair. -
(Three points allowed for Experience.)

Tuberculosis, consumption, adenoids, abnormal, defective, vision, de
cay, mastication, parasitic, wound, fracture, concussion, paralysis, epi
leptic, erysipelas, deformity, pulmonary, bronchitis, malnutrition, glu
cose, albumen, stupor, measles, bacteria, delirium.
(For types of other educational subjects see Clerical Service.)
POLICE SURGEON
Special Subject (Weight 4)
1. A man apparently about fifty years of age is found unconscious
in the street. What causes have to be considered 2 Differential diag
nosis?
2. What is the average adult dose of chloral hydrate? of apomor
phia hydrochloride (hypodermatically) 2 of strychnia sulphate? of hyo
scine hydrobromide 2 of biniodide of mercury 2
3. Describe the dislocations of the shoulder joint.
4. What kinds of wounds are most likely to be followed by tetanus?
Why? How should such wounds be treated 2
5. What are the symptoms and treatment of poisoning by carbolic
acid 2
6. What is the guide to the brachial artery in tying that vessel
in the upper third of the arm 2
7. What is the official name of arsenious acid 2 of calomel? of salol?
of phenacetin 2
8. What conditions would lead you to suspect that a person was
suffering from hemorrhage within the abdomen?
9. How would you administer morphia to an adult suffering severe
pain? Give the dose, the adjuvant and its dose, the indications for a
repetition, the treatment of an overdosage. -
10. You are called to a woman who has been carried into a store
and is in the act of giving birth to a child. What would you do?
(The subject of Spelling (#4), Penmanship (%), and English (%),

will be rated from this paper.) -
A Street car runs into an automobile and injures the chauffeur,
crushing his right thigh. Write a report to the Chief of the Ambu
lance Service, stating the nature of the injury and what treatment was
given. For the purpose of writing this report, you may assume the
accident to have occurred at 8:00 a. m. today at the corner of Robert
and Fifth Streets.
(Experience has a weight of 3 points.)
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VETERINARIAN
1. Define briefly: pathology, hyperaemia, hypertrophy, 1nriltration,

oedema, necrosis, calcareous degeneration, metastasis, anasarca, exudate,
septicaemia, icterus, petechiae.
2. Describe in detail a careful tuberculin test: (a) thermal, (b)
intradermal.
3. Under what conditions of the animal being tested may tuber
culin be unreliable?
4. What conditions outside of the animal body may lead to error
in interpreting thermal test?
5. What precautions should be taken to avoid spreading infectious
abortion from herd to herd through tuberculin tests?
6. Describe three characteristic lesions of tuberculosis.
7. Upon what findings is differential diagnosis made on autopsy
between an advanced case of internal actinomycosis and tuberculosis
affecting the same organs?
8. Describe a typical case of rabies in the dog.
9. Give differential clinical diagnosis between rabies, foreign body
lodged in the mouth, and strychnine poisoning. -
10. How would you proceed to obtain positive diagnosis in an
obscure case of rabies in a dog?
11. In case of doubtful diagnosis with the dog in confinement what
would you advise the owner concerning disposition of the dog?
12. Describe a typical case of acute glanders.
13. Describe a typical case of acute farcy.
14. Describe a case of chronic farcy.
15. Give differential diagnosis between farcy, lymphangitis and
nettle rash.
16. Give differential diagnosis on clinical symptoms between glan
-
ders and strangles.
17. What relation does farcy bear to glanders?
18. What is the period of incubation for glanders under natural
exposure?
19. Glanders virus. (a) In what disseminated by the diseased ani
mal 2 (b) The usual method or methods of infection, i. e., how does
the virus usually enter the body of the healthy animal?
20. Describe a competent malein test: (a) thermal and local; (b)
Opthalmic.
21. (a) Describe autopsy findings in a typical case of glanders.
(b) Describe briefly typical farcy pus.
22. What animals are susceptible to : tuberculosis, glanders and
rabies?
23. Describe a plain case of hog cholera in the living animal.
24. Give probable autopsy findings, in a plain case of hog cholera
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With the entire carcass available.
25. What conditions found in the course of meat inspection on
the dressed carcass should give a reasonable probability of hog cholera 2
Write a report addressed to the chief health officer describing your

experience in differentiating between nasal glanders and chronic nasal
Catarrh. Also include in the same report the causes and treatment of
Colic in horses.
(For types of educational subjects, see School Nurse examination.)
(Experience has a weight of 3 points.)
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ENGINEERING SERVICE-CLASS E
CHAINMAN
1. What are the uses of the following: (a) Plumb bob; (b) Level
rod; (c) Transit; (d) Level; (e) Flag rod?
2. Define (a) turning-point, (b) bench mark, (c) point of tangent,
(d) point of curve, (e) slope-stake.
3. (a) What are the requisites of a good chain man? (b) With
what articles should the chainman be supplied for ordinary field work?
4. What is meant by “double centering” and how is it done? Ex
plain the chainman's duties in this operation.
5. In establishing a permanent working base line what precautions
would you take to preserve the points?
6. Supposing you were making a stadia survey, transit was set
up at edge of road. Make a note-book sketch showing the location of
transit hub, house, barn, stream, wood-line, fence lines. Show what
shots or sights you would take to locate the above features.
Subject: Mathematics (Weight 2)

1. Given a cutting in level ground with 22 ft. bottom width; side
slopes 1% to 1, i.e., 1 ft. vertical rise in 14% ft. horizontal distance;
length between two sections 684 ft., the cut at one section being 8
ft. and at the other 12 ft. Compute the volume by the method of
average end areas, by an exact method and by the prismoidal formula.
2. Find the volume, in cubic yards, of a wall 14 ft. high, 2 ft. 6
in. wide at top sloping uniformly to 3 ft. 8 in. at bottom, and 256.8
ft. long.
3. What is the length of a circular arc of 11 degrees 48 mins. ; the
radius being 4,000 ft. 2
4. Tunnel headings approach each other from shafts a mile apart.
One progresses at rate of 6 ft. per day; the other, starting 90 days
later, progresses 10 ft. per day: When and where will they meet?
5. If crushed stone is worth $1.35 per cubic yard loose measure
ment and stone screenings $1.75 per cubic yard, what would be the
cost of stone and screenings for a 16 ft. macadam road from Station
124 + 70 to Station 131 + 60, providing the stone was spread to a
depth of 4 inches loose measurement, and after rolling, screenings to
14,
an average thickness of -inch were applied

?
Given fall of 66 ft., stream of 500 cu. ft. per sec., what horse
6.
power available with 80% efficiency of conversion Assume that

is
water weighs 62.5 lbs. per cu. ft. and that H. equals 550 foot lbs.
P.
1
per sec.
Subject: Report (Weight
1)
Water backs up from sewer on Street into the basement of an

X
a
adjacent building. This condition exists only at this particular build

ing. Write full report to the engineer as to the reason for this
a
trouble.
(Two points allowed for experience.)
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ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSMAN
PART ONE.
1. Draw at a scale of three in ches to one foot a complete detail
section through Head, Jamb and Sill of double hung window in a thir
teen-inch brick wall, according to the best practice.
2. Draw at a scale of one-quarter inch to one foot plans of a
two-run open stairway in a stair wall 7 ft. 6 in. wide in the clear,
with square platforms and having a closet under second run. Assume
floor height to be 9 ft. 6 in. floor to floor.
3. Given a basement 28x32, two-story brick house, plain gable roof,
30-degree pitch, floor heights, basement 8 ft. 6 in. floor to floor, first
floor, 9 ft. 6 in. floor to floor, second floor, 9 ft. 0 in. floor to floor, wood
joists, slate roof; beam in basement runs the long way of basement, sup
ported by two posts spaced uniformly. Determine footings under posts
and under basement wall. Soil has bearing of 3,000 pounds per sq. foot.
4. Write a complete specification for a rubble foundation wall
and concrete footings.
5. Write a complete specification for a first-class white enamel
finish for a bedroom.
Special Subject: Duties

PART TWO
Make pencil sketches of the small library building described below:

This building will be one-story, with a high, finished basement.
Dimensions as follows:
Width of front, 80 feet.
Main story height, 16 feet.
Reading room window sills, 6 feet from floor.
Other dimensions are left to the designer.
The interior, on the main floor, consists of a central lobby twenty
feet in width and two reading rooms, equal in size. Between the main
entrance doorway and the lobby there will be an entrance vestibule
with two small coat rooms. The vestibuie and coat rooms will occupy
the full width of the lobby. The coat rooms must nave outside windows.
A flight of outside steps will lead up from the ground
-
level to the
front entrance doorway. -
The exterior walls of the building will be of brick,
- with cut stone
trimmings.
Though the building is small, it must be dignified and substantial
as is fitting for a building built by a city for the use of its citizens.
Drawing required : All at 1%-in. scale. -
Elevation—Horizontal section through front only, cutting through
window and door openings. Vertical section through front wall only
On the center line of the main entrance.
Special Subject: Duties

PART THREE
Select one of the five Roman orders. Draw according to correct
proportions the Order selected including the column and entablature
only, omitting the pedestal. The column and entablature to be made
12 in. high; cast the shadows and hatch in lightly in pencil.
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Subject: Mathematics (Weight 2).
NOTE.-Answer any three of the following, but NO MORE.

1. A simple beam 14 feet in length has a concentrated load of
2,000 pounds acting at the middle. If
the dead weight of the beam is
150 pounds per foot, find the following: (a) the reactions; (b) maximum
moment at center; (c) section modulus if S = 8,000.
2. In problem (1) draw the shear and moment diagrams.
3. How many cubic yards of masonry are contained in a pedestal
12 feet by 30 feet at the base, 8 feet by 24 feet at the top, and 16.1%
feet high 2 What is its cost at $10.37 per cubic yard?
4. A simple wooden beam 3 inches wide, 4 inches deep and 16
feet span supports a concentrated load of 150 pounds at the middle.
What is the unit stress? Is the beam safe?
5. Graphics: A simple beam, 20 feet in length, supports a con
centrated load 5 feet from one end. Find by graphic statics the bending
moment at every 5 feet of span if the load is 10,000 pounds.
(Color test.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING DRAFTSMAN
PART ONE.
1. Assuming rod readings make a sample page of a field note

book for level work. Assume at least three set-ups of the instrument
and cover not less than ten lines of the notebook. Make this complete
and the same as you would keep level notes in the field.
2. Explain where you would go and what record you would look up
in case it was necessary for you to check the description of a city
addition which had been filed for approval with the city engineer.
What checks would you apply to the plat to see that it was accurate? -
3. Write a general set of instructions for the keeping of transit
and level field notes in order that the draftsman can readily inter
pret them.
4. What are the objects of a topographical drawing, especially of
a new addition to a city ?
5. What would a good topographical map show for a sewer outlay
in a new portion of the city ?
6. Figure the yardage in the following fill:
Sta. 1. Ground elevation at Center. . . . . . . . . 32.2
Sta. 2. Ground elevation at center. . . . . . . . . 33.0
Sta. 3. Ground elevation at center. . . . . . . . . . 34.8
Sta. 4. Ground elevation at center. . . . . . . . . 32.6
Sta. 5. Ground elevation at center . . . . . . . . . 32.0
Grade elevation at Sta. 1–36.0.
Top of fill, flat and 24 feet wide.
Side slopes 1 to 1%.
Cross sections on ground being level.
Gradient = + 1%.
Elev. of toe of slope right of line at Sta. 2–33.1
Elev. of toe of slope left of line at Sta. 2–28.0
Ground level at Sta. 4.
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7. A piece of property 150 ft. by 100 ft. shows elevations taken
every 50 ft. as follows:
102.0 103.0 103.5 98.5
A 101.0 102.5 103.0 99.0 B
100.5 102.0 101.5 99.0
A street 80 ft. wide is graded from A to B (the middle line of the
rectangle) the slide slopes in cut and fill being 1 to 1, the grade being
-H1% from A to B, elevation of street at A being 100.0. Compute the
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Cut and fill.
8. Give the sketches required in the field survey and the method
of keeping the notes of the field work for obtaining the data given
for the preceding problem No. 7.
9. Draw cross-section of an Asphalt Paving and also Brick Paving
from sketch—appropriate scale. Show thickness of each course, posi
tion of curb and location of tile drain.
Answer one of the following two (Problem 10 or Problem 11).
10. What is the unit stress on the fibres most remote from the
neutral axis of a 12-inch 31% -lb. I-beam with a clear span of 12
ft. and a uniform load of 32,000 lbs.”
The moment of inertia of a 12-inch 31% -lb. I-beam equals 215.8
in ches.
11. Define—Stress, Elastic Limit, Ultimate Strength, Unit Stress,
Unit Elongation, Shear, Torsion and Modulous Elasticity.
PAPERS MUST BE COMPLETE. SHOW ALL COMPUTATIONS

PART TWO
1. A drawing in pencil and a tracing in ink of the following
problem is required:
A piece of property 600 ft. x 500 ft. shows elevations taken every
100 ft. as follows:
C
100 105 116 114 120 120 118
106 116 121 121 132 120 123
114 118 128 110 140 132 135
A. B
118 121 124 130 132 121 124
112 115 117 124 120 115 120
118 112 110 117 111 108 115
D º
Plot this to a scale of 50 ft. to the inch and show contours at

5 ft. intervals beginning at elevation 100. Lay out two streets with AB
and CD as centers, allowing 80 ft. between property lines. Divide
the streets showing width of roadway, boulevards and sidewalks. Show
profile along center line AB and the two sides of the street AB,
also show an approximate profile of the graded street. Put in the
a-proropriate numbers and lettering on the drawings and a proper
title, in freehand lettering; giving the names, location, scales, data,
department, and other proper information.
PART THREE
Drawings
2. shall be finished in ink with lettering and titles.
Names in the titles may be assumed. If colored inks are not available,
use a broken line where colors are desired but explain on the margin.
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With the following notes plat and finish a profile for a sewer line.
Station Elevation Grade
8 13 M.H. 925.72 917.88
8 53 927.94 917.28
9 03 929.55 916.53
9 53 929.94 915.78
10 03 - 929.29 915.03
10 53 921.46 914.28
10 90 928.05 914.02
11 50 926.99 913.60
12 00 924.96 913.26
12 37 M.H. 923.53 913.20
12 50 923.55 912.91
13 00 922.14 912.56
13 50 920.48 912.22
13 82 M.H. 918.90 912.00
14 00 920.62 911.40
14 50 922.54 90.9.76
15 00 919.68 908.11
15 50 914.04 906.47
15 65 M.H. 912.76 905.97
16 - 00 913.29 - 904.82
16 50 912.54 90.3.18
16 72 M.H. 912.13 902.44
3. Make a pencil design for the man hole at Sta. 13-82
4. Assuming that a 40A tract of land has been laid out in city
blocks approximately 400 ft. on a side with streets 60 ft. wide, and
there is a water main running on the south side of this area, make a
pencil sketch showing location of the necessary mains and fire hydrants
to Serve this area.
PAPERS TO BE COMPLETE. SHOW ALL COMPUTATIONS

Subject: Mathermatics (Weight 2)
1. Discuss fully the value and use of trigonometry to the surveyor
and draftsman.
2. Observed angle of elevation of building at point A. ft. from
foundation is found to be B degrees. Find height.
3. (a) Add 3 5 and 9
14 42 56
(b) Subtract 3 from .45
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(c) Write in columns and add
Five million, two hundred thousand, eight hundred and
Six; three hundred seventy thousand, six hundred forty;
twenty million, twenty thousand twenty; eighty-seven mil
lion, eight hundred and seven thousand, eighty-seven.
Simplify -
4.
2m—[3m—{ m—(2m—3m +4)— (5m—2)
5. The length of a rectangle is 10 feet more than the width and
the area is 600 square feet. Find dimensions.
6. Change One mile, three rods, five yards, One foot, five inches to
feet. Change 340 rods, 5 yards, 1% feet to miles.
7. How many cubic yards of sand under a pavement 30 ft. wide
and 3250 ft. long, the sand being 14 inches deep?
8. Add the following, giving the answer in feet and inches: 12.57
ft., 16.82 ft., 4% rods, 30 ft. 6% inches, 100 yds., and 14 mile.
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9. A retaining wall whose height is 20 feet, batter on front face
1 % in, per foot, offsets on rear face 10 inches in every 4 ft., width of
top 2 ft., length of wall is 50 ft. Required contents in cubic yards.
10. Three sides of a trapezoidal lot are 308.7, 198.6 and 249.5 feet.
The 198.6 ft. side is at right angles to the other two given sides. Divide
the tract by a line parallel to the paraliel sides, so that the portion
next to the 249.5 ft. side contains 34 of an acre.
(Color test.)
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WATER WORKS DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER

Class E, Grade 4
NOTE–The examination held in 1915 for this position was an un

assembled examination,--that is, the application, the experience paper,
and the question sheets were given or sent to the applicants, and the
answers were written by them in their own homes or offices. All of
the candidates' papers were required to be submitted on a specified date
and to be accompanied by a suitable oath on a blank prepared by the
Civil Service Bureau.
It will be the policy of the Bureau to endeavor as far as possible to
have all examinations for the high-grade technical positions in unas
sembled form, somewhat similar to the examination here described.
(This paper is designed to bring out the candidate's ability to per

form the duties of the position.)
Question No. 1
Describe in detail the most important engineering structure you

have actually designed and which has been constructed in accordance
with your design, stating the location, date of design, and date of sub
sequent construction, preference to be given to water works structures,
such as reservoirs, filtration plants, etc.
Question No. 2
Describe some of the most important pieces of construction work,

not to exceed five, which you have actually superintended, stating the
date, period of time the construction was in progress, and the approxi
mate cost of the completed work.
Subject: Mathematics and Report (Weight 30)
1. A water works contemplates purchasing a pumping engine hav

ing a capacity of 15 million galions per 24 hours. Under the following op
erating conditions, what type of pump would be most economical to buy:
Suction head 8 feet; discharge head 170 feet (includes friction in dis
charge line); steam pressure 125 pounds; super-heat 0 degrees; tempera
ture of feed water 190 degrees; return tubular boilers, hand fired; coal
contains 14,000 B. T. U.; cost $5.00 per ton, 2,000 pounds, delivered 2
This unit will be used to operate in conjunction with others in the
same station during six months of the year—May, June, July, August,
September and October.
Assume that a triple expansion, vertical fly wheel engine will cost
$100 per water horse power and having a guaranteed duty of 150 mil
lion foot pounds per 1,000 pounds of dry steam. That a steam turbine
geared to a centrifugal pump would cost $30 per water horse power and
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have a guaranteed duty of 120 million foot pounds per 1,000 pounds of
dry steam. Assume that no additional boiler capacity will be required.
Assume that foundations and revision of the building will cost $25,000
in case of a triple expansion, vertical fly wheel engine, and $1,000 in
case of a steam turbine and centrifugal pump.
The pump is to be purchased from the sale of thirty-year bonds,
bearing 4% º interest. - This must be taken into account in your con
clusions.
Assume that attendance and supplies would be the same for any
type of equipment, estimating it to be $2,000 per year.
Are there any other considerations which you would take into ac
count in selecting the pump? If so, mention them, and give reasons
for your answer.
Show the details of all calculations and the method of arriving at
your result.

(This subject is rated from the candidate's experience paper.)
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OPERATING ENGINEERING SERVICE—CLASS F
ENGINEER (PUMPING STATION)

1. Why should engineers be careful in starting or stopping an
engine?
2. (a) What are some of the principal causes of boiler explosions?
(b) Why would foaming cause an explosion ?
3. How often should tubes or flues be cleaned, and how should
they be cleaned 2
4. Why does an engineer try the gauge cocks instead of trusting
to the gauge glass?
5. If too much water was pumped into the boiler during the day,
what should be done, and what precautions should be taken?
6. How much pressure would you allow in a boiler, and why not
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more?
7. When filling a boiler with cold water and raising steam, what
should you be careful to do, and why?
8. What should be done to your boiler before shutting down for
the noon hour?
9. If the gauge cocks were tried and there was no water in sight,
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what should be done?
10. What should be examined in the boiler after cleaning-out day?
11. What is the boiling-point of water, and at what point does it
evaporate into steam?
12. Which is the most important valve on a steam engine? Why?
What is the object of it? How should it be taken care of?
(Experience has a weight of 3 and Report and Arithmetic a weight
of 2. Only simple questions used for Report and Arithmetic.)
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INSPECTION SERVICE–CLASS G
- BUILDING INSPECTOR
Special Subject: Practical Questions (4)
1. What defects, imperfections or requirements should an inspector

look for in a cast iron column supporting an important part of a four
story building with stores on the first floor?
2. (a) In what respects do cast iron, malleable iron, and steel
differ? (b) What are the characteristics of good cement? and what
tests are necessary to determine its quality?
3. What are the requisites of first-class building brick 2 of best
quality lime? of best quality building sand 2
4. Name three ways of securing face brick to the backing.
5. (a) What are the general defects of lumber and how do they
impair the strength of the material?
(b) If a beam has a loose knot on one side, should it be placed
on upper or lower side of beam 2 -
6. (a) Describe the difference in appearance of fractures of good
steel and good cast iron.
(b) Also how both differ from good wrought iron.
7. (a) Describe the common “scamp” methods employed to make
loose rivets appear tight.
, (b) How would you detect rivets that had been tightened?
(c) How would you mark defective rivets and how are such
removed from the work?
8. Describe the necessary precautions to be taken in doing rein.
forced concrete work.
9. What measures should be taken to obtain a good bond in re
inforced concrete? -
10. What are the essentials in good brick work?
11. (a) What is the first thing to do when sand is delivered on
the ground? (b) Must sand be free from loam or clay to be satis
factory for use in concrete? (c) How long should concrete forms re
main in place?
12. How do you know whether the concrete coming out of the
mixing machine would be according to specifications?
13. If concrete were one part cement and three parts sand, and
four parts of crushed rock, how many wheelbarrows of crushed rock
and sand should there be to One sack of cement?
14. (a) If you were on a job, would you allow a contractor to use
a continuous mixer” (b) What is meant by sheet piling 2 (c) In
building a form for a concrete column, is it necessary - to leave a hole
at the base of the form 2
15. How would you lay brick work in hot weather, and how in
freezing weather? (b) If you were putting in a concrete slab in the
winter time, what provisions should be made to keep the concrete from
freezing; or state if it is necessary to make any such provisions in
freezing weather? (c) What do you consider freezing weather?
16. Why is carborundum used for rubbing down exposed surfaces
of concrete work 2 (b) How long after the concrete grout has been
laid in place should the finished cement floor be laid 2
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17. Define the following terms: (a) shove joint; (b) relieving arch;
(c) vitrified tile; (d) five-ply pitch-and-gravel roof.
18. If there was galvanized iron to be used for ventilating ducts
and it was specified 22 gauge, how could you tell whether it was that
gauge or not?
19. What is the difference between No. 1 and No. 2 dimension white
pine 2 (b) What is meant by blind heads in brick work? (c) What
are metal wall ties used for?
2O. Is a filler required to finish birch wood 2 To finish oak 2 Give
reasons.
21. (a) If was not being done according to specifications,
work
would you take the matter up with the contractor or with the architect?
Give reasons. (b) What would you do in case a discrepancy should
appear between the plans and specifications?
22. (a) When should the heating contractor, plumbing contractor,
and electrical contractor set their sleeves in place in a reinforced con
crete building 2 (b) What color is Bedford stone º' What means would
you use to find defects in this stone 2
23. (a) What size crushed rock should be used in reinforced con
crete work? (b) Give a description of a select hard-burnt common
brick. (c) What is meant by Flemish bond in brick work?
24. (a) How many air valves are required for each radiator? (b)
How is the condensation from a steam radiator carried off?
25. The specifications call for cement mortar for brick work to be
one part cement and three parts sand. Would you allow the contractor
to use a small proportion of lime in this composition ?
26. (a) What would you recommend to wash down granite work
with ? (b) To wash down brick work with ? (c) What would you do
if the contractor had substituted different material than was specified ?
Subject: English (Weight #2)
Write a letter addressed to the Civil Service Bureau stating what
you think should be the qualifications of a Superintendent of Construc
tion; also state his duties.
Special Subject: Reading Plans

From the plan (basement) furnished you, answer the following
questions:
1. What devices are shown on the chimney in the boiler-room? De
scribe them. -
2. What devices and appliances are shown in the laundry 2 T)e
Scribe them. -
3. What is meant by three-way switch, and where is it located 2
4. The contractor is using 2x8 joists on the first floor. Is this
correct? -
5. (a) What provision is made for taking care of the ashes?
(b) What wattage are the electrical outlets shown on this
drawing, and how many electrical outlets are there?
6. In the laundry there is a bell trap shown. Is this- trap located
on the floor or ceiling 2
7. The soil pipes shown on the plans are extra heavy. What thick
ness metal has an extra heavy soil pipe? How could you tell the dif
ference between an extra heavy soil pipe and standard?
Plan No. 2
1. What are the sizes of the columns marked “6” and “7” in the
first floor?
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2. Is it necessary that the reinforcing rods be bent as shown by
detail?
3. The contractor made the columns in roof (marked “4” and “5”)
14x14. Are these correct? If not, what would you do?
4. Why are stirrups used in reinforced concrete beams?
5. How many bars are required in girder “E” on second floor?
6. In the detail of opening in second floor why are tar-paper joints
shown?
7. How many vertical rods are shown by the column plans?
8. How is the balcony supported 2
1. How many board feet are there in a piece of timber 8 in.x16
in., 16 ft. long 2
2. How many yards of plastering are there in a room 23 ft.-6 in.x
13 ft.-9 in. and 11 ft.-4 in... high 2 (Make no allowance for openings.)
3. A lot line court is 4 ft. 4 in. from the inner wall to the lot line;
the ends are beveled; the length along the inner wall is 15 ft. 8 in.
and 20 ft. 10 in. on the lot line. What is the area of the court in square
feet?
4. What are the contents in cubic feet of a cylindrical tank 8 ft. 6
in. in diameter and 11 ft. 0 in. high 2
5. A building is to be erected on a triangular lot, one angle of
which is a right angle and whose sides are 86 ft. 0 in., 42 ft. 0 in., and 95
ft. 8 in. If
the entire lot is excavated to a depth of 5 ft. 8 in. below the
surface of the ground, what will be the cost at $1.55 per yard?

Make upa daily report on the form given assuming any state of
facts you wish.
DAIRY INSPECTOR
Special Subject:Practical Questions (4)
(Note.—Questions must be fully answered, and reasons given for
your answers, otherwise credit will not be allowed.)
1. (a) What is the object of dairy inspection?
(b) What provisions for ventilation are needed in dairies?
2. How does pasteurized milk differ from certified milk? from
ordinary milk?
(b) Mention the dangers and diseases likely to arise from the
use of improperly protected milk. -
3. (a) What is considered the least number of cubic feet of space
necessary per cow in a stable holding from forty to fifty cows?
(b) How many square feet of glass at least per cow should there
be in such a stable as is mentioned in (a) 2
4. What quantity of butter fat is required by law in this State
in milk offered for sale 2
5. (a) Would you recommend that the covers of the cans contain
ing milk just coming from the cows should be kept on or left off while
the milk is being cooled 2 Give reasons for your answer.
(b) What method of inspection would you recommend to insure
the public of a first-class milk supply in a city of the size of St. Paul ?
1. Put the following figures in a column and then add them: 48,756;
495; 763,426; 53,219; 1,386,797; 823,921; 4,729; 25,076; 9,296; 462. Then
divide the total by 17.
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2. If for every gallon of milk put through a separator three-fourths
of a pint of cream is obtained, what is the percentage
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of cream sepa
rated?
3. A merchant has $625. He spends it as follows: Purchases 74
dozen eggs at 20c a doz.; 243 bu. of wheat at 90c a bu.; for the remainder
he buys coffee at 27.c a pound. How many pounds of coffee does he buy?
4. If the length of a floor in a certain dairy is 240 feet, and the
width is 60 feet, how many cows could be placed within that space if a
space of 30 square feet is allowed for each cow?
5. Seventy-five dairies were inspected. The cost of this work was
as follows: salaries, $402; printing of reports, $67; incidentals, $18.
What was the cost of inspection per dairy 7
subject: Report (1)

(Note.—The subjects of penmanship (%), and English
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(1%), will be
rated from this paper.)
Assume that you were sent to make a certain inspection and you
find insanitary conditions existing at the place. Write a letter ad
dressed to the Bureau of Health, and embody in it such facts as one
might expect to find, and also include recommendations as to how the
matter should be handled.

temporary chicken condensed
lukewarm opposite contaminate
enforce interior Worst
restaurant paint manure
stagnant contagious rusty
nuisance smoking lax
fumigate approximate grease
plumbing creamery lack
infectious
ASSISTANT ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR

Note: Show all calculations made in arriving at the answer to each
question.
The following table is given for use in answering questions Nos.
1 and 2:
Size Wire Carrying Capacity
B. & S. Gauge No. Circular Mils Amperes
12 6,350 20
10 10,380 25
8 16,510 35
6 26,250 50
4 41,740 70
3 52,630 80
1. A circuit is to be run a distance of 80 ft. to supply a 15 H. P.,
220 volt, D. C. motor driving a line shaft in a factory. The drop is not
to exceed 5 percent at full load on the motor. What size wire should
be used?
2. A three-wire feeder is to be run a distance of 300 ft. to supply
a load consisting of 57 40-watt lamps, 23 60-watt lamps, and 4 500-watt
lamps. The voltage is 230-115. The drop is not to exceed 3% with all
lamps burning. What size wire should be used for the feeder?
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3. How many 25-watt lamps does the ordinance allow to be wired
On One branch circuit (a) in a residence; (b) in border and foot lights
on a theater stage; (c) in a sign; (d) for decorative lighting on the
exterior of a building 2
4. Explain how you would determine the size (B. & S. gauge No.
or circular mils) of a stranded conductor.
5. What would be the effect if a rubber-covered wire in a knob
and-tube installation should carry for several hours a current 25 per
cent larger than is allowed by the ordinance? Would such a condition
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constitute a Serious fire risk?
6. A three-wire service runs into the basement of a building to
supply three tenants, the three meters being located at the service
cabinet. Show by a sketch the approved arrangement of switches, fuses,
and meter loops.
7. What are the general requirements for transformer vaults in
buildings?
8. In what classes of buildings does the ordinance require the wir
ing to be installed in metallic conduit?
. . .9. Describe the starting device required for each of the following
motors: (a) 14 H. P. 220 V. D. C.; (b) 1 H. P. 220 V. 3-phase, squirrel-cage
induction motor; (c) 5 H. P. 220 V. 3-phase squirrel-cage induction
motor; (d) 5 H. P. 220 volt single-phase Wagner motor with centrifugal
device to lift brushes Off from commutator and short-circuit commutator
after the motor has come up to full speed.
10. Describe a simple test by which you can determine whether
or not the rubber insulation on wire meets the code requirements.
11. Describe an approved method of bringing service wires into a
building where the service cabinet is in the basement and the supply
mains are overhead.
Suppose you were detailed to make a re-inspection of the electrical

work in a four-story mill-constructed building wired about ten years
ago with open wiring on porcelain knobs. Write a report to the Chief
Electrical Inspector stating the conditions and defects as you would
probably find them. (Limit your answer to 200 words.)

(See other examinations for types of Educational subjects.)
FOOD INSPECTOR
1. What canned goods are liable to spoil and become dangerous to
health 2
2. Describe the effect of cold storage on poultry and game. (a)
Describe the appearance and condition of cut- meats which would war
rant their condemnation. -
3. (a) How would you determine that a carcass of beef Sent in
to the city by express was tubercular 2 (b) How would it appear if
the animal had died of tuberculosis?
4. (a) How would you determine that a calf slaughtered for veal
was less than two weeks old? (b) Why and when should veal be
condemned 2
5. What practical test should be used to determine whether a firkin
exposed in a grocery store contained butter, oleonargarine or renovated
butter?
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6. (a) Name the domestic food preservatives the use of which
is perrmissible under the Minnesota State Food Law. (b) Name the
chemical preservatives the use of which is not permissible under our
state law.
7. Describe in detail the appearance and condition of
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poultry, game
and fish which would warrant their condemnation.
8. Describe the appearance and condition of fruits and vegetables
which would warrant their condemnation.
9. State fully how to inspect and detect spoiled fruit or vegetables,
or other products in cans.
10. (a) What is a common standard egg 2 (b) Describe fully a
practical test to detect spoiled eggs.
Subject: Experience (Weight 3).
(See Dairy Inspector examination for types of educational subjects.)
LIGHTING INSPECTOR
1. Give a list of tools which should be carried by a lighting in

Spector.
2. Describe how you would proceed to install a new mantle and
regulate the flow of gas at a street gas light.
3. What effect would too much gas have on mantles and burners?
4. What effect would be produced by broken globes on street gas
lights? What would cause the light to flame up and burn badly? How
Often should the globes be cleaned 2
5. What will cause an arc light to flame badly? (b) to hiss or
“fry” 2 (c) to “hammer” 2
6. What precautions would you employ to prevent receiving electric
shocks if you were required to work on a lamp attached to a high
potential circuit with the current on ?
7. What would be the result if a 4.5 a.mpere in can descent lamp
should be connected in a 6 ampere series circuit?
8. What would be the result if one or more of a number of incan
descent lamps operating in series should become broken or “burnt out” 2
(b) Describe a device commonly used for automatically closing the
circuit in such an event.
9. What is the purpose of a fuse? (b) Name all of the conditions
upon which the proper type and capacity of a fuse would depend ?
10. In replacing the fuses of a three-wire circuit with the current
on, which fuse would you replace first 2 Why?
11. If one of the carbons of an arc lamp should be too short,
what would be the result?
12. Where are cored carbons used ? Why? (b) Which carbon
(top or bottom) of a direct current arc lamp should be consumed fastest?
13. How would you determine when a direct current arc lamp
is burning with the current reversed? (b) What would result if this
should occur”
14. What results would be produced by a broken inner globe on
an arc lamp of the enclosed type?

(Rated from applicant's Experience Paper.)

On a tour of inspection you find during a certain night a number
of lights out. Write a report ciſ this addressed to the Superintendent
of Lighting stating the result of this inspection and giving the causes
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for the lights not burning; also include in this report instructions for
the repairmen to follow on the next day in putting the lights in order
again. You may assume any necessary facts you wish for the pur
pose of making this report.
SIGN THIS REPORT “JOHN DOE.”
(For educational subjects see other types of examinations.)
CHIEF PLUMBING INSPECTOR

Special Subject (4): Practical Questions.
1. If two buildings were on one lot, one building in the rear of
the other, what connections should be made to the Sewer? Show by
sketch, if necessary.
2. What is the minimum capacity of the flushing tank for each
closet? Suppose the water supply of a certain building is insufficient to
supply the requisite amount of water for flushing the water closet,
what would be the action of the plumbing inspector?
3. What would be the result of the blow-Off of a boiler con
nected to a house drain? What would you do if you found such a
case ? -
4. How much power has a plumbing inspector in regard to the
enforcement of the law, and particularly the plumbing ordinances?
5. You are ordered to inspect a three-story building with a
sink, bath, basin and closet on each floor. Give all the rules you can
think of that would apply in this case and tell how the waste and
vent line should be located, and size of same, as required by the
ordinallce.
6. Explain and show by a sketch how you would connect a re
frigerator to a drainage system.
7. Describe in a rough drawing the usual system and arrangement
of hot and cold Water supply pipes in a five-story building, showing
connection to roof tank, hot water tank heater and house pump, the
roof tank risers, the lines of piping to a single fixture on each floor.
(Omit drawing the fixture.)
8. (a) How would premises be inspected where occupants had
complained of lack of water supply? How may the cause be deter
mined 2 (b) Describe how to inspect premises where water is flooding
the basement. How may the cause be determined ?
9. How would you arrange to get hot water at faucet as soon
as opened 2
10. Which of the following tests as applied to a drainage system
is considered the best, and- why; the air test; the smoke test; the
peppermint test?
Special Subject: Plumbing Ordinances
1. How much fall should there be to a house drain and its branches
—what is the least required by the ordinance per foot?
2. What is the law as to providing buildings with rain-water
leaders?
3. What kinds of joints are allowed for concealed waste and vent
connections?
4. (a) How many times must plumbing work be inspected, and
When 2
(b) How is the inspection made in each case?
5. How must a gas water heater be installed?
Subject: Report (1)
(Spelling,
language and pennnanship will be rated from this paper.)
Bureau, stating what action should be taken if a report came to you
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- that in the inspection of a certain building it was found that certain
material provisions of the plumbing ordinances had been violated.
Also explain what authority, if any, a plumbing inspector has to order
changes made in the plumbing work of any building.
Subject: Arithmetic (%)

1. Multiply 2,417 by 839.
2. Put the following figures into a column and add them:

Seven hundred and one;
Eighty-four thousand, three hundred and one;
Nine thousand and three;
Eighty-four thousand and twenty;
Nine hundred.
Eighty-four.
3. A house drain 42 feet long has a total drop of 3’ 4”. How much
fall is this per foot?
4. An inspector receives $80 per month. He spends 20% of this
for rent and 60% for other living expenses. How much has he left?
SANITARY INSPECTOR
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Subject: Duties
(Questions must be fully answered, and reasons therefor given,
otherwise credit cannot be allowed.)
1. (a) What is a contagious disease?
(b) Name five contagious diseases.
(c) What are the rules and regulations as to quarantine?
(d) If you were detailed to handle a case of smallpox, how
would you proceed so as to prevent others from in
fection and also allow other members of the patient’s
family to continue their occupations?
2. (a) A house and premises are reported to be in insanitary con
dition. How would you proceed to examine them and report results?
(b) How should a “vault” be built, and how far from a public
road must it be placed ? How often must it be emptied ?
3. (a) A person owning or using a stable throws the manure or
refuse outside the stable. What would you recommend done in such
a case?
(b) Repeated cases of scarlet fever or diphtheria occur in a
house. Numerous fumigations have been made. What
further means of protection would you recommend ?
4. (a) For what purpose is a Health Bureau established in a city ?
(b) What are the duties of a sanitary inspector, and what
powers has he in the matter of abating a nuisance?
5. (a) Name three disinfectants in common use, and State to what
condition each is properly applicable.
(b) How would you proceed, and what insanitary conditions
would you look for in the inspection of a grocery and
meat market?
(See Dairy Inspector examination for types of educational subjects.)
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INSPECTOR OF SUPPLIES
1. State what method you would employ to determine if a given
load of coal as delivered is of the kind and grade purchased.
2. (a) Mention in detail how the weight of a load of hay is de
termined. (b) How would you know that after the weighing the amount
weighed would actually be delivered 2 - -
3. (a) What specific ingredients should good sand not contain 2
(b) As between 20 gauge and 24 gauge galvanized iron, which is the
lighter weight?
4. Give the approximate difference in volume of a dry quart and
a liquid quart measure. What weight of water would fill a standard
dry quart measure ? A standard liquid gallon measure ?
5. What do the following commercial terms and abbreviations
stand for: amt., prox., gal., bal., bbl., mdse., cwt., (3), B/L, f. o. b.
St. Paul, c/o, dis., back order, terms 2/10—60 days net.
6. Give the details of your procedure upon being sent to inspect
a lot of stationery that has been delivered to one of the departments.
7. A delivery of 100 bags of coffee, 50 tubs of butter, 100 bags of
flour, 40 lbs. of prunes, 50 cans of corn, 40 boxes of oatmeal, is to be in
spected by you. What fraud would you be on your guard against in in
specting each of these items?
8. What would be your action upon discovering that a lot of perish
able goods is below the quality specified in the contract for same 2
9. If in the inspection of six cases of soft drinks you found three
bottles missing in one case, just what would you do?
10. A purchase order calls for a cut of meat from the shoulder. On
inspection you find that the meat delivered was cut from the neck.
What would you do?
11. How would you ascertain if a delivery of lumber conformed
to the specifications as contained in the purchase order?
12. Suppose that on a certain street construction job there are
frequent deliveries made of sacks of cement, sand and gravel... The
foreman of the job reports to the department daily the amount of each
kind of material received. How would you know that the amount shown
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by the foreman's report was actually delivered?
13. (a) Approximately how many gallons are contained in a barrel
of linseed Oil 2
(b) From what is linseed oil made?
(c) What is the required weight of a bushel of potatoes? Of a
bushel of oats?
(d) How many pounds of oil are there to the gallon 2
(e) How many pounds of turpentine are there to the gallon?
14. Name several ingredients contained in a good paint. Why is
paint used at all? -
16. Name several brands of white lead.
17. Personality.
Practical Test
(In this test the candidate is required to judge the various grades
and qualities of about sixty different articles commonly purchased by
the city.)
Subject: Report (1)
(The subjects of English, Spelling and Penmanship will be rated
from this paper.)
Write a report addressed to the Civil Service Bureau, stating what
method or system you would adopt for maintaining a file or record
sufficient for your duties in checking up the inspection of all materials
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and supplies purchased by the city; also what records you would make
after the inspection. (SIGN THIS LETTER “JOHN DOE.”)
1. At six cents a pint, what would be the cost of sixty-two gallons
of winegar 2
2. Copy the following fisſures on your paper and then add them:
13,142.60 ; 34,639.18; 14,720.90; 97,004.67; 819.01; 3,124.37; 3,178.96; 2,989.78;
31,893.62; 3,789.14. -
3. If
a sack of flour can be purchased for $1.86, how much flour
could be bought for $8,764.192 .
4. Make the extensions of the following items and then add the
total: 378 yards at 1134 cents a yard; 84 dozen at $6.38 a dozen; 17.6%
yards at 4 34 cents a yard; 391 yards at 7% cents a yard; 21% dozen at
. 17 cents a dozen.
5. the net amount of an in voice of goods that is billed at
What is
$64.20 less 20, 15 and 10% 2
6. The total of an invoice is $410.25. If the discount on this is 1%,
what would be the net amount of the bill? What if the discount were
2% º
7. A wagon box is 12 feet long, 3 feet wide and 18 inches deep;
what is the contents in cubic feet of this box?
8. Eye measurement.
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LIBRARY SERVICE—CLASS H
- JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT

Special
Subject: Part 1, Library Economy (Weight 3)
Note: Answer any three of the following, but NO MORE:
1. How are the books in the St. Paul public library arranged on
the shelves? | .
2. Arrange the following numbers in the order in which the books
should stand on the shelves:
r945 945.06 943 945.1 945.04
B83 N19 C93 H66 B35
945.03 j945 r945 r945
H67 C95 m B83 B834
945.6 945.031 946 j945
M17 G35 A51 D16
3. Explain the following terms: Open shelf room, call number,
reference department, decimal classification, registration desk.
4. What does the card catalogue contain? How are the cards
arranged ?
5. Under what heading in the card catalogue would you look to
find the following: The essays of Thomas Carlyle, a life of Thomas
Carlyle, a history of the Civil War in the United States, a report of the
Department of Education of Minnesota, a collection of American poems?
Special Subject: Part 1, Literature (Weight 2)

Note: Answer any three of the following, but NO MORE:
1. Mention five American authors of importance in the History of
American Literature. Name the principal writings of one of them.
2. Give a title of a work by each of the following authors: Sir
Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kip
ling, John Bunyan. -
3. Name three of the greatest English poets and mention one poem
by each.
4. Name some of the books which you have read recently. Write
a brief description of the one which interested you most.
5. Give the author and title of a book in which the following
characters appear: Julius Caesar, King Arthur, Ulysses, Minnehaha.
Subject: General Information (Weight 1)
Note: Answer any two of the following, but NO MORE:
1. Name five statesmen who have been prominent in the history of
the United States, and describe briefly the services of each. -
2. What is the historical significance of the following: Fourth of
July, Memorial Day, Plymouth Rock, ſ_ouisiana Purchase, Ordinance of
1787?
3. Name the countries involved in the present European war,
giving the allied countries on each side.
5. What is the meaning of reciprocity, open shop, N. E. A., muni
cipal ownership, conservation of natural resources?

(Note: The subject of penmanship will be rated from this paper.)
Tell briefly what you know about any two of the following sub
jects: Panama Canal, Recall, Social Centers, Commission form of Gov
ernment.
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SENIOR LIBRARY Assistant
Subject: Library Economy (4%) (Group I)
(Answer question 1 and any 5 others.)
Where would you classifv books with the following titles:
}l. (Give subject and class number approximately.)
((a) Bismarck, sein Leben und sein Werk,
(b) Allgemeine Biologie,
"(c) Das Lied und seine Geschichte,
(d) Geschichte der deutschen National-Literatur,
(e) Deutsche Geschichte vom Tode Friedrichs des Groszen bis
zur Gründung des deutschen Bundes? -
Explain the essentials of the Newark system of loaning books.
3. 2.
What service does the Library of Congress render other
to
American libraries, or what service rendered by the Minnesota Pub
is
lic Library Commission the libraries of the state?
to
What records are necessary the purchase books for large
of
in
4.
a
library? Explain the use of each.
Discuss the arguments for and against the accession book.
8. W. 6. 5.
Describe the shelf list and explain its use.

Describe briefly the process cataloguing
of
book.
a
Explain the following terms: (a) cross reference; (b) main
“ntry; (c) imprint; (d) collation; (e) decimal classification.
Subject: Library Economy (Group II)
(Answer any questions.)
4
Name four general encyclopedias, including one French and one

1.
German, and describe the important features

of
each.
Name special reference book on each of the following subjects:
2.
Education, music, religion, statistics, biography, history, literature,

antiquities, art, English language.
Mention three important indexes and explain the scope of each.
4. 3.
Where would you look to find information on the following sub

jects: life of Matthew Arnold; Panama Canal; commission form of
A
government; population of Minnesota; review of recent book on the

a
Montessori method
2
What do you understand by the term bibliography? Mention

5.
bibliography of value for each of the following: Reference books,

a
new books, government documents.

Name five aids in the selection of books for children and ex
6.
plain the scope of each.

Subject: Report
(The subjects of English (14) and Penmanship (%) will be rated
from this paper.)
the following subjects: Library work with children,
of
Discuss one
the open shelf room, the care of periodicals.
Subject: General Information (1)
(NOTE: This subject not necessary for those taking this examina
is
tion as promotion examination.)

a
Mention all the wars which the United States has been en
in
1.
gaged, beginning with the French and Indian War, and give brief
a
of
of
of
statement the cause each those wars.

Name the countries involved the present European war, giv
in
2.
ing the allied countries on each side.

What meant by (a) workingmen's Compensation Act, (b) re
3.
is
-judges, (c) impeachment?

of
call
subject: Personality (Weight "4)
Subject: Experience (Weight
2)
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SUPERVISING SERVICE–CLASS I
CITY FORESTER
NOTE: Answer any ten of the following, but NO MORE:

1. Name five varieties of trees best suited for boulevard and street
planting in Minnesota. Give best size of trees for planting. Name
distance each variety should be planted apart. Describe best method
for planting boulevard trees, preparation of soil and treatment after
planting.
2. (a) Describe the preparation of ground for boulevards, and
depth of good soil necessary. State which is best, seeding or sodding,
and why. (a) Write specification covering a contract for seeding boule
vard, and specification for sodding boulevard.
3. Describe the habit, growth and life of the tell leading evergreen
and ten leading broad leaved varieties of ornamental trees growing in
St. Paul, giving each variety separately.
4. From the twenty trees mentioned in your answer to the pre
ceding question (No. 3), select three different combinations of four
trees each for solid grove plantations, and give reasons for choice.
What size stock would you use, and how far apart would you space
them 2
5. (a) Name the different insects that affect forest trees in St.
Paul. Give remedy and how to apply in destroying same.
(b) Tell what you can of fungi diseases, the best method of re
moving same, and the solution to use for each disease.
6. Tell what you can in reference to the care of street trees; the
proper time for planting, and the proper time for pruning. Describe
best method of pruning, how cuts should be made, and after treatment.
Should all trees be treated the same? If not, name the varieties that
do not, and tell why they differ from others.
7. (a) What is the difference between artificial and natural
pruning 2
(b) Draw illustration of and describe minutely best method of
trimming a limb one foot through from a tree without
damage to the tree. -
(c) Where does new growth take place after removing a limb
with a saw 2
8. (a) Describe the Chestnut Blight and its remedy.
(b) What is the best preventive of blight? Give formula and
how applied.
(c) What is the best time to trim trees with regard to healing
Of Wounds?
9. Describe best method of spraying boulevard trees and name
some sprayers suited for this work. Tell about cavities in trees, how
they should be prepared for ſilling, best material ſor filling, and how
it should be done.
10. Name three undesirable trees now in use in St. Paul, and
state objections to them. -
11. Describe briefly, but in detail, the method of raising ever
green stock from the sowing of the seed to the planting out of the
three-year old transplanted stock.
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12. (a) What conifers would you recommend for city planting in
this climate? Where would you use them—street, lawn, or park?
(b) What species and what kind of nursery stock would you
use in establishing a plantation of conifers on sandy up
land to protect the lakes at this city's source of water
supply?
13. (a) What are some of the factors which enter into the so
called “hardiness” of trees for this climate?
(b) Explain several ways in which a tree may “dry out” and die.
14. What is the cause of decay in trees? Explain fully how decay
takes place and how it may be checked.
Subject: Thesis (Weight 2)
LIFE GUARD
Special Subject
1. What experience have you had in swimming? In diving? In
rescue work? Rowing of boats? What other experience on water?
2. Did you ever rescue any persons from the water? Where, and
under what conditions? How did you effect the rescue 2
3. Describe just how you would make a rescue of a drowning
person.
4. What should a “first aid” cabinet contain 2
5. A swimmer has cut his foot on a piece of broken glass. What
first aid treatment would you give?
6. Describe in detail what you would do after rescuing a person
from drowning? What would you do after you got him ashore?
7. What different methods of producing artificial respiration are
you familiar with ? Describe the method you think is best.
(A weight of 3 points is allowed for experience.)
Subject: Physical Test (See Physical Standards).

Subject:
Swimming and Diving Test
Swimming length of pool. Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - -
Diving from edge of pool and bringing up five-pound weight.
Towing non-resisting man 75 feet.
: Practice breaking from any reasonable grasp a drowning per
son might secure on a life saver.
5. Demonstrations of Shaeffer method of resuscitation.
6. Remaining under water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seconds.
PLAYGROUND INSTRUCTOR
1. Name three gymnastic systems, and state the main features
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Of each.
2. Outline a day’s program for a playground having modern equip
ment and facilities for gymnastics, athletics and games.
3. Outline a day's schedule for indoor gymnasium work, either for
girls or boys, stating the nature of the activities and time devoted to
Same.
4. State what methods you would use to—
(a) Increase the daily attendance at the playground.
(b) Maintain interest in the work throughout the summer
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SeaSOn.
(c) Reach the children who play in the streets or vacant lots
in the vicinity of the playgrounds.
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(d) Bring about the spirit of “Fair Play” among the children
on the playground.
5. What do you understand by the following terms:
(a) Play, (b) games, (c) gymnastics, (d) athletics?
6. Name three group or team games and give five rules for each.
7. Outline a track and field meet. either for girls or boys under
sixteen years of age, giving order of events and officials needed.
8. Name a list of injuries or accidents likely to occur and your
treatment of Same in emergencies.
Special Subject. Practical and Oral Tests (3)
(For types of educational subjects, see Clerical Service.)
REFRESH MENT MANAGER AND ASSISTANT REFRESH MENT

MANAGER (BUREAU OF PARKS)
Special Subject (5): Practical Questions
Part I.
1. (a) What is the proper way to pack ice cream? (b) What per
cent of butter fat must ice cream contain under the law, and what per
cent should it contain to be considered a good quality of ice cream 2
(c) How could you tell whether or not you were getting good ice cream
from the manufacturer?
2. (a) How is the syrup that is used in soda fountains made?
(b) How is good lemonade made? carbonated water? ginger ale?
(c) Explain how root beer should be made.
3. How would you handle (store, etc.) pop corn, peanuts and ice
cream cones, and in what quantities would you buy these, and why?
4. (a) Name some of the popular sellers in 5 and 10-cent cigars,
and the approximate wholesale price at which you could purchase them.
(b) Would you buy these brands or any of them for the parks? Give
reasons. (c) Would you also carry a line of smoking and chewing
tobacco and cigarettes at the parks? (d) What instructions would you
give to your employes in regard to the sale of cigars, tobacco and
cigarettes?
5. (a) What brands of chewing gum would you buy, and in what
quantities? (b) Name the candy supply that you would purchase.
Would you carry any fine box candies? Give reasons for your answers.
6. How would you arrange to give instant service when a rush
is on ? Explain fully.
7. Would you use ordinary glasses or paper glasses in the serving
of ice cream sodas and beverages? What is the cost of paper glasses,
and what sizes (in ounces) would you call for? Mention all the ad
vantages and disadvantages of paper glasses, as compared with ordinary
glasses.
8. (a) Give your views as to the advantages, if any, of using
paper ice cream dishes and paper spoons. (b) What kind of napkins
would you use, and with what dishes would you have them served?
(c) What disposition would you make of used napkins?
9. How would you provide for the proper cleaning of glasses,
dishes and spoons? Give in detail the steps necessary for the proper
washing of glassware, and also mention what sanitary conditions should
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be insisted upon.
10. What experience have you had in the supervision of work of
employes? Give the length of time, the names of employers, the ex
tent of the work supervised, or the number of employes under your
charge.
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Subject: Practical Questions
Part II.
1. Make out what you would consider a good standard bill of fare
for the luncheon room of one of the parks, name the kinds of dishes
and beverages, etc., you would serve, and the price of each. Also ex
plain in detail the advantages or disadvantages of having a great
variety of dishes on your permanent bill of fare.
2. (a) Explain the best way of making coffee for restaurant
service. (b) The best way of making tea. (c) Can you get as much
coffee out of 22-cents-a-pound coffee as out of 40-cents-a-pound coffee?
Is it possible to make as good coffee from the cheaper as from the
better brand 2 Give reasons for your answer.
3. Explain how you would direct the preparation of sandwiches
and doughnuts, how they should be put up and how served.
4. What per cent of butter fat should good milk and cream contain?
How would you handle your milk and cream supply? How would you
serve milk?
5. A lady and gentleman enter the diningroom and order a cup of
coffee, a cup of tea, two ham sandwiches, some doughnuts and some
olives. You have no olives on hand. Tell in detail how these persons
should be waited on and how the luncheon should be served, giving the
exact number and kind of dishes, spoons, etc., used in serving this.
Subject: Report (1)

(English will be rated this paper.)
from
Write letter,
a addressed to theCivil Service Bureau, stating in
detail how you would manage the refreshment business for the parks,
especially with respect to the management of the employes under your
charge; how you would keep your employes busy at all times so as
to avoid all frivolous conduct on their part during the time when busi
ness is slow, and so as to avoid confusion and poor service during the
rush of business.
Subject: Arithmetic
(SHOW ALL WORK IN FULL.)
1.Put the following numbers in a column (in figures) and then
add them: Thirty-four thousand, nine hundred and six; three hundred
and six; ten hundred and seventy; thirty thousand, one hundred and
one; eighty-three; eighty-one thousand, seven hundred; four thousand
and nine; six thousand, seven hundred and seventy; fourteen thousand
and one; one hundred and ninety-two.
2. How much is 84,967 times 378?
3. Goods were billed to you as follows: 40 boxes of candy at 53
cents a box; 37 boxes at 33% cents a box; 112 boxes at 1814 cents a
box; all less a trade discount of 10 and 5%. Make out an invoice show
ing these items, the correct extensions, the amount of discount, and
the net amount of the bill.
4. The total purchases of one season for Como Park were $48,716.10,
and the sales $57,390.90. The goods remaining on hand at the end of
the season were sold for $684.60. (a) What was the total gained? (b)
What was the percentage of profit for the season’s business?
MATRON (WoRKHOUSE)
Special Subject: Practical Questions
An intoxicated woman is brought
1. to you who fights every one
coming near her. What would you do?
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2. Under what conditions do you think you would be justified in
using force to subdue a prisoner who tried to make trouble?
3. A young girl was arrested on the charge of vagrancy, and is
sent to the workhouse for the first time. The girl seems rather refined,
and it is evident that it was her first offense. What would you do
With her?
4. How could you tell whether a prisoner had an epileptic fit and
what should be done for a prisoner who had one 2
5. If a prisoner under your charge fainted, what would you do?
6. If a prisoner complains of a severe headache, what would you
do?
7. What would you do if you heard one of the inmates under your
charge use foul language?
* 8. Do you believe that correction is better than punishment to cure
a case of insubordination? Give your reasons fully.
9. How would you clean a cell after a case of diphtheria?
10. What would you consider the best method of discipline for
a matron to use in order to get the best results from the prisoners
under her charge, and also to make them better women?
Subject: Report
(The subject of English will be rated from this paper.)
Write a letter, addressed to the Civil Service Bureau, telling what
experience you have had in housekeeping, laundry work, sewing,
nursing and any other work that you think might especially fit you for
the position of matron in the workhouse.
(DO NOT SIGN YOUR NAME.)
Subject: Memory Test.

(The following two orders are read twice to the candidates, after
which the candidates write them on paper as nearly as they can re
member them.)
1. Tell convict No. 837 to call at the warden's Office at 11:00 A. M.
2. Have convict No. 1031 removed from the hospital at 3:00 P. M.
and put back to work.
SUPERINT ENDENT OF ASPHALT PLANT

1. Name all the essential mechanical parts of an asphalt plant,
and state the use or purpose of each.
2. Give a description of the physical appearance of Trinidad land
asphalt.
3. (a) Name the various courses in an asphalt pavement and give
the thickness for each. (b) What is the composition of each of the
respective courses? (c) Give a full and detailed description as to the
proper method of constructing each course. -
4. (a) How long should each course stand before applying the
next? (b) At what temperature should the asphaltic mixture be ap
plied ? (c) How would you determine whether the asphalt furnished
you was properly mixed and of correct temperature?
5. What is the legal crowning or rise of the finished pavement
from the gutters to Ward the center of the street?
6. (a) Tell how the sub-grade should be prepared. If mixed by
hand, what special precautions are necessary 2 (b) How long should
the concrete bed stand before the binder is put on 7 (c) In what con
dition must it be when the binder is put on ?
7. (a) How is a good binder made and how is it laid 2 (b) Where
are man holes and catch basins located, and why?
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8. What would be the effect of placing a hot load of asphalt next
to a cold load on the top surface?
9. At a plant running out open binder what changes should be
made in the mix to turn out a closed binder?
10. Assume that a surface mixture was being produced too soft,
what might be the causes, and what should be done in order to cor
rect the mix”
11. What testing apparatus should be maintained at - an asphalt
plant, and for what purpose would it be used 2
12. (a) What is the effect of water or other impurities in asphalt?
(b) Explain the effect of putting paving material on a wet base.
13. What are the most likely causes of deterioration in an asphalt
plant, (a) during operation ? (b) When plant is idle? How would you
prevent such deterioration 2
14. How do you regulate the consistency of A. C. in paving mix
tures? How do you determine the consistency of A. C.?
15. (a) Describe two ways in which small defects or holes may
be prepared for repairs? (b) Describe in detail, step by step, how a
small hole 2 feet by 3 feet should be repaired 2
16. Where should smoothing irons be used, and why?
17. (a) Why are brick gutters sometimes used on asphalt streets?
(b) How should they be laid, and why?
18. (a) What precautions would you take to prevent a small patch
from peeling 2 (b) What repairs can be made during very cold weather?
(c) What other weather conditions interfere with repairs, and why?
19. (a) What tools and equipment are required for handling the
material and laying an asphalt pavement? (b) What are the principal
parts of an asphalt roller? (c) What repairs are most commonly re
quired on a roller?
20. Assume present market prices for labor and material, and
show in detail how you would arrive at a proper price per square yard
of paving for furnishing binder and wearing surface into wagons at
the plant at a profit of 10%. -
21. What records would you keep of the daily work of your gang 2
22. Tell in detail what kind of record you would use for keeping
track of materials bought, delivered and used. Assume for this purpose
that you were just in receipt of a shipment of asphalt; describe what
record you would make of this delivery to you, what record you would
make upon delivery of this material, either in whole or in part, to
some one else, and what record you would make when used and finally
disposed of in connection with paving a certain street.
(Your average for this subject will be determined by dividing by
20 the total credit given your best 20 answers.)
(NOTE: The subject of pen manship (%) will be rated from this
paper.)
Bureau, giving what, in your opinion, should be the relation and at
titude of a foreman to the men working under him; to what extent
and under what conditions should a foreman perform the duties of any
of the men under him 2
(DO NOT SIGN YOUR NAME TO THIS LETTER.)
Subject: Arithmetic (Weight $4)
(ALL WORK MUST BE SHOWN IN FULL.)

1. Put the following numbers in a column (in figures) and then
add them: Six thousand, seven hundred forty-two; eighty thousand,
nine hundred and two; four thousand and one; three hundred; sixty-nine
thousand, three hundred eighty-two; six hundred ninety-three thousand,
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four hundred seventy-two; sixty thousand; seventy-one thousand and
ten; eight thousand, four hundred; eight hundred forty-seven.
2. How many pounds of Stone, asphalt and sand are used in a
square yard of paving 4 inches thick? Also give the answers in per
centage as to each kind of material used.
3. How many cubic feet in a Square yard of paving 3 inches thick?
4. If a cubic yard of stone weighs 1,800 pounds, how many pounds
would that be per square yard 2
5. If 12 men working 9 hours a day can do a piece of work in
13 days, how many days will it take 15 men to do the same work, if
they work 6 hours a day?
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

In answering the following questions, it is to be borne in mind

that the city of Saint Paul will carry out the work by day labor, or, in
other words, the city will be the contractor. The applicant answering :
the question will be the representative of this contractor and will take
complete charge, carrying out the work in the most economical and effi
cient manner in the least possible time.
1. After having received general and common detail plans and
also specifications, what is the first step to be taken?
2. What material will you order for forms (a) of foundations (b),
concrete exposed? Give sketches of these forms, in case (a) for rein
forced wall 18” thick, (b) for reinforced wall 10” thick, height about
15 feet. - º | -
3. (a) How is the bearing value of different soils, such as clay,
rock, sand, loam, to be determined? (b) If the footing will come partly
on rock and partly on soil, how would you prepare the foundation ?
Give either a concise description or a sketch of such a footing.
4. When is it necessary to use pile foundation ? (b) What de
termines the length of the pile to be driven 2 (c) What is the safe
bearing value of a pile having a 14” butt driven 40 feet with a pene
tration the last six blows of 34” per blow, with a 3,000-pound hammer,
falling 22 feet? (d) Give the different methods in which piles should
be driven in different kinds of soil. (e) Using a drop hammer for driv
ing piles, and assuming that 50 piles can be driven per ten-hour day
with this driver, how much of an organization is necessary to handle
this work?
5. (a) Explain briefly the theory of proportioning concrete. In
the absence of any specification stating the exact proportions of con
crete to be used, how would you determine what the best proportions
were for a given kind of sand and gravel? Supposing you figure the
percentage of voids in the gravel to be 40%, what mixture would you
recommend for reinforced concrete floors ? How would this mixture
vary from the theoretical mixture? (b) A concrete mixer of 34 cubic
yard capacity is to be used. The output per day shall be approximately
200 cubic yards. How many men should be employed to keep this con
crete mixer in operation ?
6. Describe the proper method of pouring a reinforced concrete
floor, giving your idea of the methods to be used in the placing of (1)
- forms, (2) reinforcing steel, (3) concrete mixture, (4) placing of con
crete.
7. If it should be necessary to build a footing of a wall 10 feet
below water line, taking into consideration that the soil is gravel or
sand and has the bearing value to sustain the load, what should be
done to economically build such a footing?
8. CEMENT. (a) What tensile strength per square inch should
Portland cement show in briquettes in 7 days and 28 days? (b) What
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tensile strength should briquettes, mixed in proportion 1 cement and
3 sand, show in 7 days and 28 days? (c) Should Portland cement be ac
cepted that has been tested only for 7 days and has shown the usual
tensile strength 2 If so, why? (d) Is quick or slow setting cement to
be preferred for work under water? (e) What is the reason cement in
a stealming test shows cracks?
9. What precautions, if any, should be taken iſ concrete is to be
laid in weather at a temperature of zero?
10. A footing is to be underpinned. How do you proceed to do
this work?
11. BRICKWORK. (a) What kind of mortar is to be used for
common brickwork, and what kind of mortar for face brick? (b) Will
a temperature of 32 o above zero injure brickwork laid, and if so, what
precautions are necessary to protect same during the night? (c) Will
rain injure freshly laid bricks? If so, how do you protect same? (d)
Describe common bond, American bond, English bond, Flemish bond.
(e) What has the superintendent of brickwork to look out for to insure
good workmanship 2
12. (a) In erecting a steel structure for a building, what percent
age of bolts must be applied before riveting is being done? (b) In
common building construction, how many rivets should be driven by
one crew with 34” and 7s" rivets per ten-hour day ? (c) If two coats
of paint are to be applied to the steel work after erection, how can the
two coats be distinguished :
(The subject of English (1) will be rated from this paper.)
Write a letter, addressed to the Civil Service Rureau, giving your
idea as to the best method of procuring and retaining an efficient force
to do the building construction work for the city by the force account
method. How do the following conditions affect the efficiency of the
workmen: (a) The placing of men; (b) having too many or too few
workmen on the job at one time, either in the sanne activity or on dif
ferent activities going on at the same time; (c) the attitude of the fore
men and sub-foremen toward the men 2
SUPERINTENDENT OF PLAYGROUNDS AND PUBLIC

RECREATION.
Subject: Report (1).
(The subject of English (1) will be rated from this paper.)
Write a report, addressed to the Civil Service Bureau, stating what
service, apart from the regular operation of the playgrounds and recre
ation centers under his charge, a superintendent should seek to ren
der to the public at large in forwarding their recreational interests?
Give specific suggestions as to methods and activities you would em
ploy in this broader community service, naming typical organizations
you would endeavor to reach, and what lines of activity you would
seek to promote. SIGN THIS FEPORT “JOHN DOE.”
Part I.
1. What, in condensed outline, would you state as your view of the
responsibilities and duties of the position of Superintendent of Play
grounds and Public Recreation ?
2. (a) Assume any community you wish : Give a general descrip
tion of its people, their occupation, surroundings and social condition.
Upon this as a basis, outline the recreations that you would recommend.
(b) In what sort of a community does the greatest necessity exist for
playgrounds, and why?
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3. What do you consider the essentials in disposition, knowledge,
training and experience for the following: , (a) Assistant or play
leader in charge of a children’s playground. (b) Physical training
man. (c) Physical training woman.
What suggestions have you as to the methods for training for in
creased efficiency for those already in the work?
4. Indicate the value of the following phases of public recreation,
and how you would seek to develop them: (a) Dancing. (b) Dra
matics. (c) Celebrations, pageants and mass-athletics or field-meets,
holidays, etc.
Special Subject
Part II.
1. In general, would you advocate the same play activities for
both sexes 2 If state your reasons for differentiating
not, play for
boys and men from play for girls and women. Also give a list of games
and sports, etc., which you recommend for girls and women, and name
the age periods during which the play-activities suggested for girls and
women are considered appropriate.
2. What apparatus useful for boys and men would you consider
unadvisable for girls and women to use? What apparatus and activities
do you advise for girls and women exclusively? State briefly the
principles or reasons for the distinctions and exceptions you would
enforce.
3. (a) How would you seek to interest the timid and sluggish girls
and women in active games and sports? How would you deal with
the girl-hoyden or bully 2 How would you inculcate and enforce modesty
of dress and manners and cleanliness of person and speech?
(b) State with reference to each of the following activities
whether you would consider it safe, doubtful, or to be condemned for
mature girls. Give reasons for your answers.
1. Skating 6. Ball throwing
2. Dancing 7. Pole vaulting
3. Low hurdles 8. Weight throwing
4. Broad jump 9. Rowing
5. Swimming 10. Climbing
* Special Subject
Part III.
1. (a) What do you consider the best surfacing for a playground 2
(b) What do you consider a good way of draining a playground 2
2. Give briefly a general statement of the relative importance and
value of apparatus equipment, and uses thereof, as tompared with free
space and organized games in playground management.
3. If you, as superintendent of Playgrounds and Public Recrea
tion, were asked to submit a report upon the efficiency of your as
sistants, what qualifications would you take into account, and what
relative values would you give these qualifications 2
4. (a) Briefly justify the employment of trained play-leaders for
the teaching of games to small children.
(b) Outline a series of games suitable for children up to eight
years of age.
(c) Outline a series of games suitable for boys over 12 years
of age.
5. (a) Make an all-year-round program for a play-ground center
in a district where there is a population of about 20,000.
(b) What appliances and apparatus would be necessary to
make it a success, and how much money would it cost to operate the
same per annum ?
Subject: Oral Test (2). Subject: Thesis (1).
Subject: Experience (3).
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SKILLED LABOR SERVICE–CLASS J
CHAUFFEUR
1. How should the brakes be applied in ordinary service?
2. In case the wheels become locked while descending a hill, what
is to be done?
. What
care should the brakes receive?
Ina chain should break, how may the car be driven 2
case
Enumerate some of the various causes of break-downs.
What is a good rule to follow when on the road 2
i
9.
Why are not large driving wheels more used ?
What rule should govern in climbing a hill?
Of what use are indicator diagrams ?
10. What is the chief danger occurring from the use of graphite in
the cylinders?
11. When the car is left standing outside for an hour or so in
cold weather, what should be done?
12. Give a list of extra parts that should be carried on a car.
13. In regard to the reversing of a car, what should the driver
always remember 2
14. What are the duties of the chauffeur after the day's run is
finished, and the car is run into the garage 2
Subject: Practical Test

Subject: Physical Test (See Standards)
Subject: City Information
1. streets you would take in driving a car from :
Name the
Depot to St. Luke's Hospital;
(a) Union
Park to City Hospital;
(b) Como
Mound Park to Delos and South Robert Sts.
(c) Indian
2. location of the following buildings and places:
Give the
- Public Baths; (b) New Merchants' National Bank
(a) Wilder
Building; (c) Smith Park; (d) St. Joseph's Hospital; (e) Au
ditorium: (f) Old State Capitol.
3. What is the highest speed of running an automobile allowed
by law in St. Paul—in . the city, in the residence district and around
corners? What are the rules regarding the passing of street cars?
4. What are the general rules of the road that all drivers must
remember 2 -
5. Name as many ordinances other than those mentioned above re
garding automobiles or chauffeurs, as you can.
Additional Questions for Chauffeurs for Fire Dept

1. Owing decreased quality of gasoline, it will often be
to the
found difficult start the engine, and especially after the same has
to
been lying idle for some time. What would you do to overcome this
difficulty?
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2. (a) How would you ascend a high hill? Tell what levers you
would use,and when,
(b) What would you do in case your car stopped in the middle
of a high hill?
3. How should your car be managed in going over crosswalks,
car tracks, or other elevations in the street?
4. If you were appointed as a chauffeur in the Fire Department,
and after reaching a certain fire with your apparatus, were told to do
regular fire duty, what would you say to your superior?
5. How should fire hose be taken care of (a) at the fire-house;
(b) after returning from a fire; (c) during severe cold weather?
6. How would you test a ladder to see if it was safe?
7. Mention as many kinds of fire apparatus as you can think
of, and give the use that each is put to.
ELECTRICIAN (INSIDE WIREMAN)

1. Give the definition of a volt; an ohm.; an ampere.
2. What is the resistance of a circuit or conductor over Which
is passing one ampere at a pressure of 50 volts?
3. What is the purpose of a fuse?
4. What determines the proper size of a fuse?
5. Where should fuses be placed ?
6. Give a formula for determining the size of conductors.
7. A two-wire circuit supplying 50 amperes at a pressure of 200
volts, allowing a loss in voltage of 5%, is to be run a distance of 300
feet. State the size of wire necessary. Also for a distance of 25 feet.
Make a diagram of the wiring for an eight-room flat providing
for two 5-light, three 3-light and four 1-light outlets, with switches
controlling the five-light outlets.
9. Make a diagram showing a light outlet controlled from switches
placed at three different locations.
10. Why should metal conduits be grounded ?
11. Describe an approved method of grounding metal conduits.
12. In what class of buildings does the city ordinance require wires
to be installed in metal conduits?
13. Why should all wires of an alternating current circuit be
placed in the same conduit?
14. How would you support heavy cables run in a vertical conduit?
15. Why should the neutral wire or one side of the secondary
of an alternating current system of wiring be grounded?
16. Describe an approved method of making and insulating joints
or splices in rubber covered wire.
17. How would you make a joint or connection when the wires
are placed in wood moulding 2
18. How would you determine whether the rubber insulation of
a wire is of the “Old Code” or “New Code” class?
19. How reverse the direction of rotation of a two-phase motor?
Same for a compound-wound direct current motor?
20. Show by diagram two methods of connecting 5-watt, 12-volt
sign lamps to a 110-volt circuit.

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ELECTRICIAN's HELPER (INSIDE WIRING)
1. What distance is required between wires in concealed knob and

tube Work? -
2. Describe method of naking and insulating a joint or con
nection.
3. How far should flexible tubing extend at outlets in concealed
knob wiring 2
4. Describe an approved method of grounding metallic conduits.
5. (How should a conduit be cut?
6. State the reason for reaming conduits at outlets.
7. Are joints or taps approved in wires placed in wooden moulding 2
8. How treat ends of stranded wires or lamp cord where placed
under binding screws?
9. What is the maximum size of fuse allowed for the protection
of branch circuits for in can descent lamps?
10. What kind of cord should be used for portable lamps and
fan motors?
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FOREMAN OF ASPHALT PAVING

1 What would you consider a full gang for patch work? For
straight work? What would be the duties of each man in each case?
2. How would you tell if a load of asphalt was burned, and
what would you do?
3. (a) Explain how you would put in a patch, giving full details.
(b) What is a roller used for, and why is it necessary in
asphalt paving work?
(c) If your roller got out of repair so that it could not be
used, what would you do?
4. Suppose you were laying new work and had five loads of as
phalt on the street when a big rain came up, what would you do?
5. (a) What is the difference between sheet asphalt and asphal
tic concrete?
(b) What is the difference between Open binder and close binder?
6. (a) What is an asphalt heater? (b) How do you patch with
an asphalt heater?
7. Name the tools used in asphalt patch work, and what each is
used for.
8. (a) Why do you always raise the crown of an intersection?
(b) An intersection is 27' x 27”. About how much would you
raise the center?
9. (a) How should the concrete bed be made? (b) How long
should it stand before the binder is put on? (c) In what condition
- must
it be when the binder is put on ?
10. (a) What precautions would you taken to prevent a small
patch from peeling 2
(b) What weather conditions interfere with repairs, and why?
11. What preparation is placed on the newly finished work, and
what is its purpose? -
12. What, in your opinion, is the best way for a successful foreman
to handle the men under his charge?
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(For types of educational subjects see Clerical Service.)
FORE MAN OF CARPENTERS

Subject: Practical Questions (Weight 30)
1. What kinds of wood are ordinarily used for the following: (a)
shingles, (b) lath, (c) finish flooring, (d) rough flooring, - (e) slding,
(f) studding 2
2. Name the different pieces used in building a hip roof on an
L-shaped building; the main building of this is 20 ft. front, 30 ft.
deep; the rear building is 12 ft. wide and 16 ft. deep. Make a plan
of this roof, showing two of each type of rafter.
3. What would you consider a fair day's work for a carpenter
for different kinds of work? Mention five different kinds of work
usually performed by carpenters, and tell what would be a fair day's
work for each of those five kinds.
4. What precaution must be taken in the laying of a floor -to
lxeep it from warping 2
5. Is it possible to avoid shrinkage in the framing of partitions?
If so, describe the method you would use.
6. (a) Give the length of a common wide build
ft.
rafter on a 22
ing with 12” rise and 12” run.
a
(b) Give the length of hip rafter for building of the same
a
a
size as mentioned in (a).
Subject: Reading Plans (Weight 10)
(From blue print furnished.)

What are the sizes of the floor joists?
2. 1.
What devices are shown on the chimney of the boiler-room?

Describe them.
There door marked the coal room. What are the plank
in
3.
is
a
slides for
2
Describe the equipment that shown in the laundry room.

is
9. 8. 7. 6. 5.4
How many cast iron columns are shown in the basement?

How wide are the footings under the main wall?
What size I-beams are used under the columns
2
What the size of the footings under the columns

is
How large are the areas?

10. What is the size of the main wail?
11. What are the sizes of the studdings and how far are they apart?
12. Which partitions are sheathed and which are plastered?
(NOTE:—The subject of English will be rated from this paper.)

Write letter to the Civil Service Bureau on the following subject:
a
small two-story frame store building The work

to
is
be erected.
A
has reached the point where the carpenters might begin work. You
are the carpenter foreman on this job, and you are given the plans
and told to go ahead. State fuliy and in detail Just what you would
do to get the carpentry work under way.
Subject:
Arithmetic (Weight 10)
(ALL WORK MUST BE SHOWN IN FULL, OTHERWISE NO CREDIT
WILL BE GIVEN.)
What would be the length of roof rafter on square pitched
1.
roof the house 20 ft. wide? What would the length of the
is
be
if
hip rafter and check rafter on this same roof?
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2. A room is 10 ft. long on one side and 4 ft. On the other, the
sides being parallel to each other. The width of the room is 7 ft.
(a) Show by a diagram the shape of this room. (b) Find the area
of the floor surface.
3. Multiply 67.42% by 84%.
4. How much 1%, ’’ face flooring would be necessary to cover a
floor 22% ft. by 26 ft. '.
ForeMAN (BUREAU of WATER)

Oral Examination—Practical Questions
1. How would you judge a good laborer?
2. Witha gang or crew of different nationalities, would you
place men of the same nationality next to each other at work, or sep
a rate them? Why?
3. What kind of shovel do you consider best for excavating a
trench in earth 3 feet wide and 8 feet deep º' Why?
4. Describe the operation of pouring a lead joint in 6” water
main, and what tools are necessary 2
5. How would you determine whether a length of 6” cast iron
pipe is sound or defective?
6. HOW should the material be refilled in the trench after a Water
main has been laid 2 What care should be used ?
7. Describe how a Service connection from a water main to the
property line is laid : What kind of pipe is used for the service con
nection?.
8. How is the corporation cock inserted in the cast iron water
main 2
9. Where is the curb cock located, and what is done to provide
a means for turning off the water when required 2
10. What particular care should be used in refilling over a serv
ice connection, and why 2
(Spelling,
language and penmanship will be rated from this paper.)
Write a report stating how many men and teams you would
think necessary, what tools you would require, and how you would
proceed to lay a block, 600 feet long, of 6" cast iron water pipe, the
excavation being earth with some caving sand. -
Sige the letter “John Doe.” f
Or
Instead of the report given above, you may write the following
report: -
Write a report stating how many men you would think necessary,
what tools they would require, and how you would proceed to lay a
%" lead service connection from the water main in a street to the
property line, the excavation being earth and some caving sand.
Sign the letter “John Doe.”
FOR EMAN OF STREET REPAIRS

Subject: Duties (4)
(Written Test.)
1. What tools, equipment, and materials are required for repair
ing a macadam pavement?
2. What is the proper slope for an eight-foot sidewalk? Why
is a slope necessary at all?
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3. How much sand, broken stone and cement would be required
to resurface in a macadam Street a space 14 ft. by 13 ft., the con
crete being laid 4% inches thick?
4. How would you make a repair in a brick pavement? in a
macadam pavement?
5. Under what conditions and for what distance of hauls can
the following be used economically: (Give full reasons for your
answer.)
(a) Road or split log drag
(b) Slip or slusher
(c) Wagons
(d) Wheel grader
(e) Elevating grader.
6. (a) What is the proper method of back filling of a trench 2
(b) Why and when is shoring necessary, and how is it done?
(Oral Test.)
7. If you had two or three laborers working for you who could
not speak English, how would you give them instructions as to the
proper manner of doing their work?
8. The gas company cuts out a hole in an asphalt pavement in
order to lay some pipes. How should the company’s men make the
repair? Tell in detail what you would require them to do so as to
get a satisfactory job of repairing.
9. What care should be taken of gutters? Is the same care needed
all the year? Answer fully. -
10. (a) What has been your experience in the handling of street
laborers? Under what kind of treatment can they be kept most con
tented and do their best work? (b) Tell in detail just how you would
have dirt streets properly cared for.
(For types of educational subjects see Clerical Service.)
HEAD GARDENER
Special Subject
PART I.
1. Name fifteen bedding plants, fifteen greenhouse plants; fifteen
perennial plants.
2. Name five large flowering herbaceous plants; five hardy vines and
climbers; five greenhouse climbers.
3. (a) What is a propagating house? (b) Name five plants propa
gated from cuttings. (c) State how many of the plants mentioned in
(b) one man can make and set per day of eight hours.
4. State how many rooted cuttings one man can pot in 2-inch
pots per day of eight hours? how many geraniums? how many coleus?
5. (a) What is meant by a liot house? a temperate house? a
cool house? (b) How would you prepare a hot bed 2
6. (a) What does the “plunging system” of planting consist of?
(b) How should a rockery be constructed and what plants
would you use for rockery planting 2
7. You are directed to convert a concreted plot of ground, 100
feet by 100 feet, adjacent to the City Hall into a flower bed.
(a) How In any men would you employ on this job?
(b) How many days would it take to complete this job?
(c) What instructions would you give the men?
(d) What flowers would you plant in this plot? Give your
I’easons.
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8. Give the following information regarding the care of the plot
nn entioned in the preceding question, after it has been planted:
(a) What instructions would you give to the man assigned to
care for this plot?
(b) How many hours a day would you expect him to devote to
its care?
(c) What tools would you supply to him for this work?
(d) How frequently would you inspect this flower bed? Give
y Our reas OnS.
9. If twelve gardeners are assigned to work under your super
vision and direction:
(a) What system of records would you install to keep control
of the quantity and the quality of their work each day?
(b) What system of inspection would you devise to supervise
and direct their work?
10. (a) Prepare a set of five regulations for the guidance of your
gardeners in watering plants in a greenhouse.
- (b) Prepare a set of five regulations for the guidance of your
gardeners in watering plants in the open.
11. (a) Name three insect enemies of flowering plants. (b) Name
three specific insecticides for the three insect enemies you mentioned
in (a).
12. Describe fully the care which you would give to park lawns
during the (a) Spring; (b) Summer; (c) Autumn; (d) Winter.
13. What would you use to kill fungus in greenhouses? What
insecticides would you use to clean aquatics of injurious insects?
Special Subject
PART II.
14. Write a statement concerning the general quality of plants
that can be effectively and satisfactorily used in foliage or color beds
to secure a brilliant and defined splendor of color and form.
(Not over 75 words.)
15 Write a complete specification for the preparation and sowing
with grass seed of a 100-foot square plot.
(Not over 75 words.)
Special Subject
PART III.
(SHOW ALL WORK IN FULL.)
16. If a man, in eight working hours, plants 2,000 coleus at $2.00
per day, how much is the cost of planting 4,500 coleus?
17. lf potting earth cost $1.40 for hauling, 60 cents for benching,
pots at 7 cents per dozen and labor $2.00 per 2,000 plants, how much
will it cost to plant 10,000 in 2-inch pots?
18. A bed requires 67 plants, which cost 9% cents each to pro
duce, 4-5 cent to plant and $3.00 for care. How much is the total cost?
19. 500 plants cost $40.00 at wholesale but at a discount of 3% 96
on cash payment. How much will one plant cost?
JANITOR
Subject:Duties (Weight 5)
(Answer any eight of the following questions.)
1. How should wooden floors be cleaned 2
2. What is the best way to clean windows?
3. How would you remove an ink stain from a carpet?
4. What is the best method of dusting 2
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5. How would you care for and clean stone walks and steps?
6. Name the supplies you would keep on hand for cleaning pur
7. How would you take care of water closets and urinals?

8. Describe in detail the care that should be given a large law n.
9. Do you know of any tests for leaks in gas pipes or plumbing?
If so, what are they 2
10. How would you clean tiled floors?
(If you wish to get work as a janitor in any school building, you
must answer the following questions also.)
1. What should be the temperature of a school room ?
2. At what height in a room should a thermometer
be placed ?
3.When and how often should the windows of a school room
be thrown -open for a thorough airing 2
4. To what extent has a janitor the right to control the action
of pupils in a school?
5. If a 15-year-old boy struck you on the head with a book
that he threw at you, what would you do?
6. What is the cause of pounding in a radiator, and how may
it be prevented 2
Subject: Physical (See Standards)
LINEMAN
1. Give the definition of a volt. An ohm. An ampere.
2. Make a simple diagram showing the connections of two tele
phones and battery.
3. What is meant by a “common battery” in connection with
3. telephone, system?
4. How would you proceed to locate a “ground” on a telephone
Circuit?
5. What would cause a fire alarm street box to transmit “double
blows”?
6. State causes for the failure of a fire alarm box to transmit
an alarm when pulled. -
7. What would be the effect of two grounds at different points on
a fire alarm box circuit?
8. How would you proceed to locate an “open” in a fire alarm
pox circuit?
9. How would you, if necessary, close an open box circuit tem
porarily in -order to keep the line in service until the break could
be located and permanent repairs made 2
10. How deep in ordinary earth should a 45-foot pole be set? Same
for a 30-foot pole 2
11. Describe the proper method of attaching a cross arm to a
wood pole. Should lag screws be used for this purpose?
12. What is the object of a break insulator in a guy cable or wire?
Where should these be used ?
13. If telephone or signal wires are carried on the same pole
With lighting or power wires, should they be run above or below
such wires?
14. What is the reason for boxing or casing in a guy wire at
the ground end?
15. What would be the probable result if a fire alarm wire should
become crossed or in contact with a high potential electric light or.
power wire 2
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MACHINIST (FIRE DEPT.)
(November 9, 1914)
Special Subject: Machine Questions (Weight 5)

1. What is the standard" taper of a lathe center? How would
you turn a taper?
2. Why is a tool placed above the axis of the work when turning
iron or Steel?
3. What is the normal speed for turning and milling wrought
iron, mild and cast steel?
4. Suppose a wrought iron shaft is to be turned; the same is 6
ft. long and 4 in. in diameter, with 1-32 in. feed per revolution; what
time will it require to finish the cut?
5. Give example how to dress a lathe thread tool, to insure the
right amount of clearance on the sides of the same, for cutting a
square thread.
6. Give the size of a drill used to drill for a 13-16 inch stan
dard tap.
7. What is the normal cutting speed for a planer?
8. We will assume that we have a gear to make with 40 teeth
and 10 D. P. What will be the diameter of the blank? Also one to
cut 5 in. in diameter with 43 teeth; what will be the D. P. of the gear?
9. How would you line up an engine?
10. How would you scrape in a slide-valve on a slide-valve engine?
11. Give a brief description of the construction of a steam engine.
12. Mention the different types of pumps used for Fire Department
service and describe each.
Automobile Questions
1. What miss in motor when running on magneto on

causes a
advanced spark and not when retarded ?
2. What causes back-firing in carburetor?
3. What are the causes which make the motor knock or pound?
4. What causes carbon deposit in cylinders?
5. What causes the motor to overheat?
6. How would you time the magneto with the engine?
7. How would you install new wiring on cars?
Electrical Questions
1. What is the neutral or non-Sparking point of a commutator?
2. State some of the more common causes of sparking.
3. What is one of the worst causes of sparking?
4. What care should a generator or motor have to keep it in
good condition?
5. How would you figure the horsepower a generator was deliv
ering or a motor was using?
6. How would you fit a new set of brushes to a commutator?
7. Why are carbon brushes used in preference to copper on gen
erators and motors?

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ELEVATOR OPERATOR
1. What should be the duty of an elevator
Operator toward women
and children passengers?
2. How many people should be carried in an elevator at one time?
Give reasons for your answer.
3. How would you go about cleaning the overhead work on
elevator? -
4. If a passenger thought you didn't treat him right and then
began to abuse you what would you do?
5. What is meant by (a) “air cushion,” (b) a “safety clutch,”
(c) “bumper springs?”
6. Mention a type of safety clutch that you think- is desirable for
passenger elevators.
7. How should a good type of safety clutch act?
8. If your car should stop between two floors, what would you do?
9. If you were appointed as an elevator operator what informa
tion would you try to get to make you more valuable as an operator
for the place to which you were appointed 2
Subject: Experience (weight 3)
PAINTER
1. What combination of colors will produce (a) olive green (b)
French gray ?
2. Describe the best method of staining and finishing a floor.
3. What proportion of oil and turpentine should be used in (a)
priming (b) second coating (c) third coating (d) outside new work?
4. How many square yards of surface in a wall 20 feet high, 72
feet long containing 6 windows, size 5 feet wide by 8 feet high?
5. Give several reasons why paint cracks, chips, flakes or chalks.
6. How should new woodwork containing knots be treated before
applying the first coat of paint?
7. What is meant by sizing 2 How is it prepared 2 When is it used?
8. When would you use boiled linseed oil in mixing paint in
preference to raw linseed oil?
9. What is shellac 2 How do you mix it? What is used to thin
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it down 2
10. (a) If you were ordered to paint some new structural iron
or steel work, what special preparation would you make? (b) What
kind of paint should be used for the first coat, and how long should
it be allowed to stand before putting on the second 2
11. What is the best way of removing old paint from woodwork?
12. How should a set of paint brushes be cared for, if they are
not going to be used again for a week?
13. Color test.

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UTILITY MAN (BUREAU OF WATER)
(The candidate is permitted to select any two of the following
four practical tests.) The candidate is rated on the skill shown in
doing his work, the quality of the finished work, and the oral quiz.
Subject: Plumbing Practical Test
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Wipe a solder joint on a corporation cock.
Oral Quiz on Practical Test
Whatis a corporation cock?
What is its purpose ?
How is it inserted in the water main 2
:. How would you repair a leak in a lead service pipe made
by a nail or pick being driven through the pipe?
5. Describe the operation of wiping the joint, naming tools and
materials used and name each step in the operation.
Subject: . Steamfitting Practical Test
Cut from a piece of 34” pipe a nipple 17” long and thread on both
ends, make on a tee on one end and an elbow on the other.

What is the difference between black pipe and galvanized pipe?
Which will last longer in the earth and why?
What do we mean when we say 1” pipe?
:.
Name the different pipe fittings you can for $4" pipe.
Describe the tools used and step by step the operation
ting and threading pipe.
of cut
Subject: Carpenter Practical Test

With the material given you make a table with top 2’ 3” x 4' 3",
the top to be 2' 6" above the floor; no drawer.
Oral Quiz on the Practical Test

1. Name the kinds of lumber known as hard woods, soft woods.
2. Give the names of samples of wood, numbered as follows:
3. Describe as many of the different grades of lumber as you can

as they are commercially known.
4. Describe how you would fill and finish a maple, oak or
birch floor.
5. How should a pine window sash and casing be finished natural 2
Subject: Meter Repair, Testing and Setting

Practical Test
Take a 5%" Worthington Disc Meter apart and put it together
again; set it in box instead of nipple.

is the difference between a disc and a rotary type meter?
* What
What are the principal causes of a meter stopping 2
Explain what is meant by testing a meter and how it is done.
: . What effect does hot water have on a water meter? freezing 2
How are repairs from these causes made?
5. When taking the meter apart, name the principal parts and
their purposes, use or operation.
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UTILITY MAN–WORKHOUSE
1. What kind of wood makes the best fence posts? Give reasons
for your answer.
2. Describe the building of a woven-wire fence, stating all the
tools necessary and the methods employed.
Did you ever put up a fence? If so, when, where and what kind?
3. Make a sketch showing the construction of a tool house 10 ft.
by 12 ft., set on a brick foundation, with a gable roof, shingled,
clap-boarded sides, and a cement floor. Tell how you would build this,
giving all the steps in detail from the time you begin work until you
have it finished.
Did you ever do any carpentry work? If so, when, where and to
What extent?
4. Describe in detail the mixing and placing of the concrete floor
of the tool house mentioned in question 3, assuming that the floor
is to have a sidewalk finish.
Did you ever do any cement work? If so, when, where and to
what extent?
5. If it were required to build a foot path along a rather steep,
wet, and wooded hillside, what work would have to be done as a
preliminary, and how would you insure a solid, safe, and dry pathway?
6. You are asked to make a fence around a lot 40 x 60, putting
posts 10 ft. apart. How many posts would you need around the
whole lot?
7. (a) What care should cows receive? Map out a day’s program
for the proper care of cows. (b) Do the same for horses.
8. (a) What experience have you had in taking care of horses?
in driving horses?
~ (b) What experience have you had in milking cows?
9. What experience have you had in vegetable gardening? How
would you prepare the ground for seeding 2 How and at what time of
the year would you seed lettuce, potatoes, carrots? About how long
would these take to ripen? and how would you take them from the soil 7
10. (a) How would you sharpen a lawn mower? (b) How would
you replace a broken pane of glass in a window? (c) How would
you paint new woodwork? How would you re-varnish a nardwood
floor?
Subject: Physical Test (2)
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CIVIL SERVICE MANUAL

CIVIL SERVICE BURE AU

STANDARDS AND TYPES OF EXAMINATIONS

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Examinations, Information regarding Special Examiners 10, 11

Standard for marking experience... 11,

Final averages of competitors’ rat Subjects

examinations. .8, 10, 11

ings . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - 10, 15 Supervising service examinations. 80

Fire service examinations. . . . . . 16, 18, 53

Height and weight tables. . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Teamsters

8 Temporary appointments 13, 14

Identification of Competitors. . . . . . . .9, 15 Transfers -- --------- --- -- 13

Information as to examination papers 14 Types of examinations. 20, 21

Inspection service examinations . . . . . 68

Labor Service examinations. . . . . . . . . . 19

Markings in examinations. . . . . . . 9, 10, 15 Waivers 13

Medical examinations. . . . . .9, 15, 16, 17 Weight, Height and 17

Clerk, Special Assessment.

Clerk to License Inspector.

Detective, 2d Grade. 43 Painter 98

T)etectives, Captain of 45 Patrolman 49

Draftsman, Civil Engineering 62 54

Driver, Fire Dept. 53 Plumbing unspector .

Electrician’s Helper 91 Refreshment Manager 82

Examiner, Asst.—Civil Service 30

Examiner, Chief—Civil Service Skilled Trades 18, 89

Fireman—Fire Dept. 54 Street Repair Foreman. 93

Foreman of Asphalt Paving. 91 Superintendent of Asphalt Plant. 84

Foreman Of Carpenters. 92 Superintendent of Building Construc

Foreman of Street Repairs. 93 tion 86

Foreman—Water Bureau 93 Superintendent of Playgrounds and

Forester, City 80 Public Recreation 87

Food Inspector 72 Surgeon, Police 58

Gardener, Head 94 Telephone Operator 40

Guard (Police service) 49 Timekeeper 40

Head Gardener 94 Utilityman, Water Bureau 99

Inspector, Asst. Electrical. 71 Utilityman, Workhouse 100

Inspector, Building 68 Veterinarian 59

Inspector, Chief Plumbing.

Inspector, Dairy 70 Water Works Designing and Con

Inspector, Food 72 struction Engineer 65

The following positions are by the Charter placed in the exempt, or

CLASS B. POLICE SERVICE. Positions in the uniformed or de

CLASS D. MEDICAL SERVICE. Positions the duties of which re

CLASS E. ENGINEERING SERVICE. Positions the duties of which

CLASS G. INSPECTION SERVICE. Positions the duties of which

CLASS H. LIBRARY SERVICE. Positions connected with the ad

CLASS I. SUPERVISING SERVICE. Positions the duties of which

CLASS J. SRILLED LABOR SERVICE. Positions requiring

CLASS K. LABOR SERVICE. Positions of persons rendering labor

How To MAKE APPLICATION

If you wish to obtain a position in the city service, write to the

How the examinations must be conducted, what subjects may be in