The herald., 1898-10-29

The water Works Department.
The Public Library;
The Park Department: .
The City Engineers Department;
All boards or departments coh'ioii''-s
public utilities;
Provided, that the following SHAH oe
exempt therefrom to-wlt; o,,s.
All officers elected by the peopie;
All members of the different boaros anu
commissions
The Mayors Clerk; rro+,rv.
The Chief of Police and his secre.ai'
The Chief Deputy OF the n SSni,ac,tor.
The Chief Deputy of the TAX ooIiee'oi'
The he Chief Deputy Of the ASSESSOR
The Water Overseer; ,-.. c,;a, Don.
The City Engineer and his Chle1 Dep-
The Chief Deputy of the Auditor;
The CITY Superintendent of Schools anu
his Deputies, and teachers; soo-
srE Tha Shief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment;
The Street Superintendent,
The Superintendent of Buildings
The General Manager. Cashier ana gu
perintendent in the Water Works Depart
ment;
All physicians appointed by or on the
Board of Health;
All officers of election;
And all unskilled laborers employed py
the day.
shall be subject to removal and discharge
as provided in Section 2l9 OF this charter'
Sec. 324 The members of the fire force
shall be subject to removal and discharge
as provided in Sections 235 and 2SS of this
charter.
Sec. s25. No officer or employee in the
classified civil service of the city, other
than those belonging to the police force,
he force
appointed under said rules and after said
examination shall be removed or dls-
charged except for cause upon written
charges, and after an opportunity to be
heard In his own defense. Such charges
shall be publicly investigated by or before
the Civil Service Commission or 9y or be,
said commission to conduct such investi-
CATION The finding and decision OF such
commission or investigating ofhcer or
board, when approved by such commits
sion. shall be final and shall be certified
to the appointing, officer, and shall be
forthwith enforced by such officer. Moth
ing in this article shall limit the power
of any officer. to suspend subordinate
for a reasonable period. not exceeding
thirty days In the course of an inyesti-
cation of charges each member of the
commission and of any board so appoint
ed by it and any officer so appointed, shall
have the power to administer. oaths. and
shall have power to secure by its sub
poena both the attendance and testimony
of witnesses and the production of books
and papers relevant to such investigation.
No one shall be excused from testifyng
a such Investigation for any cause. Moth
ing in this sectian shall be construed to
require such charges or investigation in
case of laborers.
Scc 1926. Immediate notice in writing
shall be given by the appointing power
to said commission, Of all appoin tments,
permanent or temporary. made in such
classified civil service and of all trans
Co. ~ ions Gisrp,D Inn aan7
cies from any cause in such service and
of the date thereof and a record of the
same shall be kept by said commission.
When any Office or place of employment
Is created or abolished, or the compensa-
ton attached thereto. altered, the officer
or board making such change shall inn
medately report in writing to said COM
mission.
Sec. 327 The commission shall investi-
gate the enforcement of this article and
its rules. and the action of the examiners
herein provided for, and the conduct and
action of the appointees in the classified
civil service in the city. and may inquire
as to the nature. tenure and compensation
of all offices of the public service thereof
Sec 1923. Said commission shall make
its annual report to the Mayor for trans
mission to the Council as provided in Sec
tion 3S6 of this charter. The Mayor may
require a report from said commission at
any time
Sec. 800. Said commission shall employ
a Chief Examiner whose duty it shall be,
under the direction of the commission, to
superntend any examination held in the
city under this article, and who shall per-
form such other duties as the commits
sion shall prescribe.
The Chief Examiner shall be ex-offlc,o
secretary of said commission. Under the
direction of such commission he, as such
secretary, shall keep minutes of it's pro-
ceedinSs, preserve all reports made to it,
keep a record of all EXAMINATIONS held
under its direction, and perform such
other duties as the commission shall pre-
scribe.
Sec. $50. All officers of said city shall
aid the commissioners in all proper ways
in carrying out the provisions Of this
charter.
Sec. .331. The Council shall furnish said
commissioners with suitable onicce and
shall provide furniture, books stationery
blanks, heat and light, and are author
lied and required to pay such other ex-
penses as may be necessarily incurred by
said commissioners in carrying out the
provisions of this article.
Sec. 800. No officer or other person shall
Wilfully and corruptly by himself or in
cooperation with one or more other per-
son in respect to his or her right of y
animation. or corrupuy or falsely mark
grade, estimate or report upon tho exam
examined hereunder, or aid in so doing
or Wlliully or cOrruptly make any false
representations concerning the same; or
concerning the person examined; or viii
fully or corruptly furnish TO any person
any special or secret information for the
purpost of either improving or iniurfng
the prospects or chances of any porson
so examined or to be examined being an
pointed employed or promoted
Sec. 93S. No applicant for appointment
In said CLASSIFIED civil service. either d.
rectly or indirc city, shall pay or promise
10 pay any money or other valuable thin g
to any person whatever for or on accnun9
or ms appointment or proposed appoint
ment' and no other officer or employee
shali pay, or promise TO pay either dt-
rectly or indirectly, any person anv
money or other valuable thing whatevay
Tor or on account Of his promotion.
Sec. 3% Tho commission shall ccrtifv
to the Auditor an appointments 70 ofticns
ana places III the classified civl service
or vacancies occurring therein whatbo or
BY dismissal, resignation or death ana all
findings, made or approved by the cor, ~,
mission under the provisions of fhis arti-
Gle, that a person shall be Gischa %a ri,aG :,
from the classified civil service. s'N
SeC. 331. The Auditor shall not =,