...weights and measures, or shall prevent the creation of any office for such purposes hereafter. § 6- Appointments and promotions in the civil service of...the civil divisions thereof, including cities and viliageSj 8hall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by...

...State and of all the civil divisions thereof. Including towns and villages, shall be made according t<> merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable,...practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that soldiers and Bailors of the late Civil War shall be entitled to preference In appointment and promotion,...

...provides that "appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State . . . shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained so far as...which so far as practicable shall be competitive." The Court holds that the Legislature is required to provide the methods for the enforcement of this...

...for it was as direct and simple and comprehensive as it was possible to make it. It read as follows: "Appointments and promotions in the Civil Service...fitness, to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examination, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive." The experience of the past six years,...

...promotions in the civil service of the State, and of any of its civil divisions " shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained so far as practicable...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive," has been construed very broadly by the Court of Appeals. It has been held in effect that the amendment...

...eligible list. That this was a violation of article V, section 9 of the constitution, which provides: "Appointments and promotions in the civil service...fitness, to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examination, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive." 8 That the motive of the police commissioners...

...this State. Article V, section 9, of the Constitution of the State of New York provides as follows: "Appointments and promotions in the civil service...according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so fur as practicable, by examina tions, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive." R ㎡ ０...

...restricts competition for promotion. Section 9 of article 5 of the state Constitution provides that: "Appointments and promotions In the civil service...which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive. * • • Law shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section." The existing civil service...

..."Ap|K>iiitments and promotions in the civil service of the state, and of all the civil divisions thproof. including cities and villages, shall be made according...honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late Civil War, who are citizens and residents of the state,...

...from said eligible list. Article 5, § 9, of the state Constitution, provides in part: "Appointment and promotions in the civil service of the state,...ascertained so far as practicable, by examinations. * * * " In pursuance of this section of the Constitution the Civil Service Law was enacted, and it...