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Correspondence, minutes, salary schedules, and job descriptions related to "properly" classifying the positions in Seattle's civil service system. The commission met for nearly three years before submitting its final report.

Scope and Contents note Records are in chronological order. The records are mostly appeals made by City employees to the Civil Service Commission for reinstatement; investigations into suspensions; appeals of civil service exam results; questions of pay grade, pay status, classification; protests of order of hiring or firing based on seniority, and appeals for dismissals. Almost all City departments are represented, with the bulk of the collection being Police and Fire. The collection...

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Correspondence, reports, charts and tables, minutes, organization charts, salary surveys, and salary schedules of the commission appointed by Mayor Frank Edwards to study and make recommendations regarding municipal salaries.