Beggs v. Kern

This petition is by thirty-seven persons employed under the civil service title of “ Social Investigator ” in the board of child welfare. They entered the city service under that title through competitive examination, and they are receiving various salaries, ranging from $1,800 per annum up to $2,640 per annum. They have been in the service of the city from various dates, the earliest date of entrance being May 1,1917, and the latest December 8,1936. They seek to compel the municipal civil service commission to transfer their positions from the ungraded service known as Part I of the civil…