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aforesaid eligible list; and each pay roll prepared of said county 

 employees shall bear the certificate of at least one member of the 

 aforesaid commission. 



Section III. The members of the Civil Service Commission created 

 by this act, or a majority of them, shall have the power to secure such 

 clerical and other assistance as may be necessary to conduct the ex- 

 aminations and perform the duties hereby imposed upon them, and 

 to fix the compensation for any service so rendered; but no allowance 

 shall be made to any commissioner for any duties he may perform 

 as a member of the Civil Service Commission, except to the secre- 

 tary thereof, who shall be paid monthly at the rate of $1,500 per 

 annum, and excepting such incidental expenses as may be incurred 

 in the line of official duty. The said commission shall have its office 

 in the Court House of the County of Kings until some more suitable 

 place be provided or arranged for in connection with the offices that 

 are or may be occupied by the Commissioner of Parks of the County 

 of Kings. 



Section IV. This act shall not be construed as giving the afore- 

 said Civil Service Commission any jurisdiction, not herein expressed, 

 in conflict with those inherent in the officer at the head of said De- 

 partment of Parks of the County of Kings, to wit : Frank Squier, 

 who is hereby continued and confirmed, with Henry L. Palmer and 

 William A. Booth as Deputy Commissioner and Property and Labor 

 Clerk respectively, of the aforesaid Department of Parks of the 

 County of Kings, under which the aforesaid public works are to be 

 carried on, to execute to consummation in their entirety all the pro- 

 visions of law vesting in the aforesaid Commissioner of Parks con- 

 trol of certain public works of the county in relation to parks and 

 highways. Nor shall this act be construed as vesting any special 

 powers, other than those expressed in the title of office, in any or 

 either of the above officers of the Department of Parks, nor of ac- 

 cording to them any right to claim or receive any salary, or salaries, 

 other than at which the same are hereby fixed and shall remain re- 

 spectively, to wit, as follows: Frank Squier, Commissioner, $5,000 ; 

 Henry L. Palmer, Deputy Commissioner, $3,000 ; William A. Booth, 

 Property and Labor Clerk, $2,500, or to receive any other or extra 

 compensation from the county. 



Section V. The expenses incurred under the provisions of this 

 act are and shall be deemed to be for the lawful uses and purposes 

 of the County of Kings, as required by the constitution, and the 

 Treasurer of Kings County shall pay the same from the premium 

 account, from time to time, when no other appropriation is made 

 therefor, upon vouchers properly certified as required by this act. 

 before January the first, in the year one thousand eight hundred 

 and ninety-six, the said Civil Service Commission, after due consul- 

 tation with the Commissioner of Parks of the county, shall estimate 



