People ex rel. Fleming v. Dalton

Chapter 186 of the Laws of 1898, is in terms an amendment of the Laws of 1883, which was, and is recognized as, the statutory origin of what has come to be known as the .Civil Service Law of the State.,

Section 3, of the Law of 1898, provides that “ if a person holding a position subject to competitive examination, in the civil service of the state or of a city shall be removed or reduced the reasons therefor shall be stated in writing and filed with the head of the department or other appointing officer, and the "person so re*89moved or reduced shall have an opportunity to make an explanation.”…