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  88 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  in 
  their 
  work 
  and 
  advising 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  their 
  cases; 
  

   much 
  of 
  his 
  time 
  being 
  spent 
  in 
  traveling 
  over 
  his 
  division. 
  While 
  

   the 
  position 
  of 
  Assistant 
  Chief, 
  under 
  the 
  old 
  conditions, 
  was 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  of 
  a 
  sinecure, 
  under 
  present 
  conditions 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  harder 
  

   worked 
  men 
  on 
  the 
  force 
  than 
  the 
  Division 
  Chiefs; 
  therefore, 
  I 
  

   believe 
  they 
  should 
  receive 
  the 
  same 
  pay 
  as 
  the 
  Fire 
  Superintend- 
  

   ents, 
  viz., 
  $1,500 
  per 
  annum. 
  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  

   efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  protectors, 
  each 
  protector 
  should 
  have 
  some 
  

   financial 
  incentive 
  to 
  spur 
  him 
  on 
  to 
  his 
  best 
  efforts. 
  His 
  work 
  

   is 
  hard 
  and 
  sometimes 
  dangerous. 
  The 
  plan 
  followed 
  in 
  some 
  

   police 
  departments 
  of 
  increased 
  pay 
  for 
  continued 
  service 
  might 
  

   be 
  adopted 
  with 
  advantage. 
  Each 
  protector 
  should 
  understand 
  

   that 
  if 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  attain 
  a 
  certain 
  percentage 
  based 
  upon 
  cases 
  

   and 
  faithful 
  service, 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  dropped 
  from 
  the 
  force. 
  On 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand, 
  he 
  should 
  be 
  paid 
  an 
  increased 
  salary 
  after 
  a 
  certain 
  

   period 
  of 
  service, 
  and 
  after 
  twenty 
  years 
  he 
  should 
  be 
  retired 
  on 
  

   half 
  pay, 
  just 
  as 
  is 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  police 
  force. 
  Protectors 
  

   are 
  now 
  paid 
  $900 
  salary 
  per 
  annum. 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  after 
  two 
  years' 
  

   service 
  they 
  should 
  receive 
  $1,000, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  raise 
  of 
  $100 
  every 
  

   other 
  year 
  thereafter 
  until 
  their 
  pay 
  is 
  $1,200. 
  Any 
  year 
  of 
  this 
  

   period 
  that 
  a 
  protector 
  failed 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  fixed 
  percentage, 
  even 
  

   though 
  he 
  qualified 
  to 
  remain 
  on 
  the 
  force, 
  should 
  be 
  disregarded 
  

   as 
  time 
  counting 
  for 
  increased 
  salary. 
  Under 
  this 
  system, 
  for 
  at 
  

   least 
  six 
  years 
  and 
  probably 
  for 
  a 
  longer 
  time 
  the 
  protector 
  would 
  

   be 
  nerved 
  to 
  additional 
  effort 
  by 
  the 
  incentive 
  of 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  his 
  

   salary. 
  Beyond 
  that 
  period 
  the 
  incentive 
  would 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  

   prospect 
  of 
  a 
  pension 
  after 
  twenty 
  years, 
  which 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  gain 
  

   provided 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  give 
  good 
  service. 
  

  

  The 
  bane 
  of 
  all 
  State 
  work 
  is 
  half-hearted 
  service. 
  A 
  State 
  em- 
  

   ployee 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  degenerate 
  into 
  a 
  mere 
  placeholder. 
  A 
  political 
  

   job 
  is 
  a 
  poor 
  one 
  at 
  best; 
  its 
  tenure 
  is 
  uncertain, 
  and 
  chances 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   motion 
  are 
  limited. 
  The 
  first 
  step 
  in 
  making 
  an 
  effective 
  game 
  

   protective 
  department 
  is 
  to 
  take 
  it 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  out 
  of 
  politics, 
  

   and 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  achieved 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  by 
  putting 
  the 
  protectors 
  

   under 
  competitive 
  Civil 
  Service. 
  The 
  second 
  step 
  should 
  be 
  to 
  

  

  