Title of city extinguished. Commencement of Act. south forty-five degrees thirty-two minutes east astronomical three hundred and eighteen feet, and south forty-four degrees twenty-eight minutes west astronomical one hundred and thirty feet, from the south-east corner of Montreal Street and Dallas Road; thence north forty-four degrees twenty-eight minutes east astronomical sixty-four feet; thence north forty-five degrees thirty-two minutes west astronomical and parallel sixty-six feet with the northerly boundary of Dallas Road three hundred and forty feet; thence north eleven degrees five minutes west astronomical and parallel sixty-six feet with the easterly boundary of Dallas Road eight hundred and fiftyseven feet; thence north thirty-five degrees fifty-one minutes east astronomical and parallel sixty-six feet with the southerly boundary of St. Lawrence Street eighty-seven feet; thence north twelve degrees twenty-nine minutes west astronomical and parallel sixty-six feet with the easterly boundary of said Dallas Road eight hundred and fifty-three feet; thence south thirty-five degrees fifty-one minutes west astronomical to high-water mark; thence in a south-easterly direction and following high-water mark to the point of commencement; and containing, including the adjacent islands, eighteen and eighty-seven hundredths acres, more or less, as coloured red upon a certain plan dated June, 1912, prepared by D. R. Harris, C.E., B.C.L.S., and deposited in the Land Registry Office at Victoria by the Dominion Government pursuant to the provisions of the " Expropriation Act." 3. From and after the date of such Order in Council, the Corporation of the City of Victoria shall cease to hold, in trust or otherwise howsoever, the said parcel of land particularly described in the next preceding section, or to have any right, title, or interest therein or thereto; and the registration of a certified copy of the said Order in Council in the Land Registry Office at the City of Victoria shall vest the title to the said parcel of land in His Majesty in right of his Dominion of Canada, to the extinguishment of the title of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, and its successor, to the said parcel of land. 4. This Act shall come into force upon Proclamation by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1913. H' CHAPTER 9. An Act to amend the "Civil Service Act." [21st February, 1913.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: R.S.B.C. 1911, c. 37. 1. This Act may be cited as the "Civil Service Act Amendment Short title. Act, 1913." of s. 2. 2. Subsection (2) of section 2 of the "Civil Service Act," being Amends subsec. (2) chapter 37 of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is hereby amended by inserting after the word " Officers," in the second line thereof, the following: "(including all those members of the Civil Service who, before the passage of this Act, were graded as such by the Civil Service Commissioners)"; by striking out the word "Agents" in the second and the word "Permanent" in the third lines of said subsection; and by adding at the end of said subsection the words "upon his obtaining a certificate from the Civil Service Commission that he possesses the requisite knowledge and ability and is duly qualified as to health, character, and habits." 3. The definition of the word " Officer" in section 3 of said chapter "Officer." 37 is hereby amended by striking out all the words after the word "character," and substituting the following: "Provided that no Officer shall be considered technical where the skill required for the performance of his duties may s. 3. 4. Said section 3 is hereby further amended by striking out Further amends the definition of the word "Agent" in lines twenty to twenty-three; by inserting the word "female" between every " and " member 66 Amends s. 4. Grading of staff. "Junior class." Clerks and stenographers. Vacancies. Probation. Temporary appointees at passing of Act. in the definition of "stenographer "; and by striking out the word "Permanent" before "Employee" in the thirtieth line of said section. 5. Section 4 of said chapter 37 is hereby amended by striking out the words" and Examiners" wherever they occur. 6. Clerks shall be graded into four or more classes, according to skill, training, competency, and length of service. The lowest or initial class shall be known as the "junior class": (a.) Application for admission as clerks and stenographers into the Civil Service shall be in writing on such form as may be approved by the Civil Service Commission, and shall be accompanied by a certificate as to health, age, and character. The Civil Service Commission may, by notice inserted in the Gazette and in any newspaper published and circulating in the Province, invite applications for admission into the Civil Service of clerks and stenographers before or after any vacancies occur. Such notice shall state the class of clerk or stenographer required. The Commission shall keep a register of all such applications showing the disposal of each individual application: (b.) Upon vacancies occurring for permanent clerks and stenographers in any branch of the Civil Service, or when from any cause additional permanent clerks or stenographers are required, it shall be the duty of the Deputy Head or clerk in charge of the office concerned to apply to the Civil Service Commission, stating his requirements. The Commission shall then recommend a suitable person to fill such vacancy from the permanent service by way of transfer or promotion or from the list of applicants already in its possession, in which latter case the vacancy shall be filled on probation: (c.) On and after the first day of April, 1913, all such appointments, excepting those made from the permanent service, and except in the case of clerks or stenographers who shall have been more than four months on the temporary staff, shall be probationary during four months from the date of appointment by the Civil Service Commission. At the end of that period it shall be the duty of the Deputy Head or clerk in charge of the office concerned to report to the Civil Service Commission upon the desirability or otherwise of making such appointment permanent. The Commission shall thereupon either recommend the appointment or give notice to the applicant that his services are no longer required: (d.) All temporary appointees at the passing of this Act may, where the work justifies their permanent appoint ary clerk. ment, be admitted to the service upon satisfying the Civil (e.) All Deputy Heads and clerks in charge of any department Monthly report. 7. Section 7 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the follow- Repeals s. 7. ing is substituted in lieu thereof: "7. (1.) Every clerk hereafter appointed shall, except as hereinafter Age of junior clerk when appointed. provided, be appointed as a junior clerk after attaining his sixteenth birthday and before reaching his twenty-first birthday: Provided always that where, in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission, the position to be filled requires the services of a clerk possessing greater skill and competency than may be necessary for a junior clerk, a clerk may be appointed to the grade of a clerk of the third, second, or first class; and provided also that he has not passed his thirty-fifth birthday. "(2.) Stenographers may be appointed after attaining the age of Age of stenographers. sixteen years, but without reference to age limit, and may be paid the same salary as provided for junior clerks in section 8." 8. Section 8 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the follow- Repeals s. 8. ing is substituted in lieu thereof: clerk. "8. For and during the first year of service the salary of a junior Salary of junior clerk shall not exceed the sum of sixty dollars per month; thereafter and in respect of each succeeding year of service such clerk shall be eligible, subject always to efficient performance of duties, to receive an annual increase of salary equal to five dollars per month, until the sum of eighty dollars per month is reached, which shall be the maximum salary for a junior clerk." 9. Section 9 of said chapter 37 is hereby amended by striking out Amends s. 9. all the words after the figures "18" in the tenth line thereof. 10. Section 10 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the Repeals s. 10. following is substituted in lieu thereof: Promotion of junior clerk. Repeals s. 11. Salary of third-class clerk. Repeals s. 12. Promotion of thirdclass clerk. Repeals s. 13. Salary of secondclass clerk. Repeals s. 14. Promotion of secondclass clerk. Repeals s. 15. Salary of first-class clerk. "10. A junior clerk or stenographer may be promoted to be a clerk of the third class upon receiving a certificate from the Civil Service Commission that he or she is of suitable age and that he or she is fit for such promotion." 11. Section 11 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: "11. For and during the first year of service the salary of a clerk of the third class shall not exceed the sum of ninety dollars per month; thereafter, and in respect of each succeeding year of service, such clerk shall be eligible, subject always to efficient performance of duties, to receive an annual increase of salary equal to six dollars per month until the sum of one hundred and fourteen dollars per month is reached, which shall be the maximum salary of a clerk of the third class." 12. Section 12 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: "12. A clerk of the third class may be promoted to be a clerk of the second or first class upon receiving a certificate from the Civil Service Commission as to his fitness for such promotion." 13. Section 13 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: "13. For and during the first year of service the salary of a clerk of the second class shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars per month; thereafter, and in respect of each succeeding year of service, such clerk shall be eligible, subject always to efficient performance of duties, to receive an annual increase of salary equal to seven dollars per month until the sum of one hundred and forty-eight dollars per month is reached, which shall be the maximum salary for a clerk of the second class." 14. Section 14 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: "14. A clerk of the second class may be promoted to be a clerk of the first class, or a Chief Clerk, upon receiving a certificate from the Civil Service Commission as to his fitness for such promotion." 15. Section 15 of said chapter 37 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: "15. For and during the first year of service the salary of a clerk of the first class shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty-five dollars per month; thereafter, and in respect of each succeeding year of service, such clerk shall be eligible, subject always to efficient performance of duties, to receive an annual increase of salary equal to eight and one-third dollars per month, until the sum of two hundred dollars per month is reached, which shall be the maximum salary of a clerk of the first class." |