Petitions - City of Somerville

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Thursday. March 15, 1930
as constables;
Peter Hanson
Arthur W. Repetto
Charles A. Harrington
Thomas P. Bullock
Raymond A..Temple
Frank Foley
. Harold S. Lord
Fred A. Derby
Charles W. Grund
George ,W, Henson
Joseph Farris
Ralph H. Cook
Louis M. Cope
John R. Littlefield
Andrew A. Mahoney
Frank M. Rogers
John Caldwell
' Harold J. Dickie
Ellie H. Glover
Allan M. Headley
William E. Knight
Charles McCarthy
Joseph W. Molan
Lott Mulqueeney
Allan B. McKim
Frank H. Smith
Guy C. Strahan
Salvatore Cavicchio
as special police;
Referred to Committe.e on Public Safety.
To the Honorable the Board of Aldermen:
City of Sconerville, Massachusetts
Executive Department
March 13, 1930
On February 19th, the writer requested Governor Frank G. Allen
to suspend the Civil Service Regulations affecting the employment of laborers
for a period of 6 months because of the unprecented unemployment situation.
Today the Civil Service Committee on the Legislature, acting
on House Bill #1137 at the recommendation of the Governor, considered the
following bill:
"Until May fifteenth in the current year, the' Commissioners
of civil service, on receipt of a request
from the head of any department, board or
commission of a city or town for laborers in the
classified labor service, shall., in certifying
eligible applicants for positions in such service,
give preference to persons so eligible who have
one or more persons dependent upon them for support;
provided, that in giving such preference
veterans having such dependents shall be preferred
over other persons, so eligible for employment
and having such dependents".
As you are aware, we are in the midst of an unparalleled industrial
depression, with its consequent drain on the Public Welfare funds
No one knows when this depression will end, therefore it is respectfully
recommended that your Honorable Boar(3_gg_qn_reGord as favoring this legislation,
and also further requesting that the Committee give"the Governor a
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his Council the authority to suspend these regulations for 60 day periods
until in their judgment the emergency has terminated.
Yours very truly,
John J. Murphy
Referred to Committee on Public Works.
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Mayor.