Matter of Glassman v. Fries

In December, 1926, the Board of Supervisors of the county of Erie, at the request of the then Auditor of the county, adopted a resolution “ that the position of Chief Clerk in the Auditor’s Department be abolished and that the position of Secretary be created at the same salary allowance.” Thereupon the State Civil Service Commission transferred the position to the exempt class pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 13 of the Civil Service Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 7), on the representation that the employment was primarily that of “ secretary to the auditor ” and so “in a sense of a confidential…