The herald., 1898-10-27
ARTICLE XVII.
CIVIL SERVICE.

CIVIL SERVICE.
Sec 312 Immediately upon the. taking
effect of this charter. the Mayor shail ap-
point five persons known by MIN TO De ue-
voted to the prncip.es of civil service re-
form who shall constitute and be known
as the Board of Civil Service Commis-
sioners.
They shall serve for the term Of four
years and without compensation. They
shall so classify themselves by lot, tnat
one Of them shall go out OF ofhce at INC
end Of one year; one at the end of two
years; one at the end of three years. and
two at the end of four years Three com:
missioners shall constitute quorum Al
appointments to said commission. both
original and to fill vacancies. shall pc SO
| made that no more than three members
shall at the TING OF any appolntmenss s1d pd
commissioners shall hold no other public
office or public employment.
Sec. 31S. The Mayor with the consent
of the Council may remove any commits
sioner for incompetency. neglect of duty
| or malfeasance in office.
| Sec. S14. Said commission shall classify
all the offices and places of employment
| mentioned in Section 1922 of this article
| with reference to the examination herein
provided for. The offices and places SO
classified by the commission, shall con-
stitute the classified civil service of said
| city; and no appointment to any such Of
| fees or places shall be made, except un-
der and according to the rules herein
| after mentioned.
| Sec. 315. Said commission shall make
rules to carry out the purposes Of this
article and for the examinations and ap-
pointments in accordance with its pro-
| visions, and the commission may, from
| time to time, make changes in such rules.
Sec. 316. All rules made as hereinbefore
| md oil ho
be printed for distribution by said COM
mission. The commission shall give no.
tice by publication in the official paper
of the place or places where said rules
| may be obtained, and in each said pub
| lication shall be specified the date, not
less than thirty days subsequent, to the
date of sucA publication, when said rules
| Shall go into operation.
Sec. 317. All applicants for offices, places
or employments in said classified civil
service, shall be subjected to examina-
ton, which shall be public, competitive
and free to all citizens of the United
States, with specified limitations as to
residence, age, sex, health, habits and
moral character Such examinations shall
be practical in their character and shall
relate. to those matters WHICH VIII iairly
| test the relative capacity of the persons
examined to discharge the duties OF the
position to which they seek to ne ap-
| pointed, and when appropriate Snaii III
clude tests of physical qualifications,
health, and manual Skill. No question in
any examination shall relate to POLITICAL
or religious opinions or affiiatons II, me
tions, and may, whenever an examination
IS to take place, designate suitable per-
son or number of persons, either IN or
not in the official service of the city, to
be an examiner or examiners, and II
shall be the duty of such examiner or ex-
aminers land If in the service It shall be
M ri nf hn
compensatory, to conduct such examina-
tions, as the commission may direct, and
make return OF. report thereof to said
commission. and the commission may at
any time substitute any other person,
whether or not in such service, in the
place of any one. so selected; and the
| commission may themselves at any time
| act as such examiners, and without ap-
pointing examiners. Such examiners shall
not all be of the same political party.
Sec. 31S. Notice of the time, place and
general scope of every examination shall
be given by the commission by publica-
tion, for two weeks preceding such exam
ination, in the official paper, and such no.
| tice shall also be posted by said commits
sion in conspicuous place at the City
Hall sane and in their Office two weeks be
tice of examination shall be given as they
may prescribe.
Sec. 319 From the returns or reports
of the examiners or from the examina-
tions made by the commission, the com.
mission shall prepare a register of each
grade or class of position in the classi-
fed civil service of the city, of the per-
sons whose general average standing
upon examination for such grade or class
is not less than the minimum fixed by the
rule of said commission, and who are
otherwise eligible and such persons shall
| for ~
in the order of their relative excellence
as. determined by examination. without
rsfft1snies nee to Prority of the date of ex-
oral they. must be open to the. public, and.
when written, the examination papers Of
each applicant shall be placed on file and
kept In the ofnce of the commission and
constitute public records open to the in
spection of any citizen.
| Sec 320 The commission shall by its
rules provide for promotion in such classi-
fled civil service on the basis of ascer-
tained merit and seniority in service and
examination, and shall provide in all
cases where it is practicable that vacan-
cies shall be Allied by promotion. All ex-
aminations for promotion shall be COM
petitive among such members of the next
lower rank as desire TO submit themselves
to such examination; and it shall be the
|
appointing power the names of not more
than three applicants for each promotion
having the highest rating; but in fixing
said rating a uniform allowance of cred
| it's to be stated at the time of the an
nouncement Of said examination shall be
made for each year of past service Tho
method of examination and the rules gov
| erning the same, and the method of GER
| tfyng, shall be the same as provided for
applicants for original appointment.
Sec. 321. The head of the department
or board in which position classified nm
der this article is to be filled shall notify
said commission of the fact, and said
commission shall certify to such officer
the name and address of one or more
| candidates not eXceeuing three standinr.
| highest upon the register for the class nT
| grade to which said position belongs ex
| cept that in cases where a choice bv com.
petition Is impractical BILE, said mm,ssinn
may provide by its rules that the selec-
ton shall be made by lot from among
those candidates proved fit by examinns
| tion; and in all cases laborers shall ha
selected by lot. In making such certiH'
cation sex shall be, disregarded except
when some statute, the rules of said COM
mission. or the appointing power specifv
SEX Said appointing officer or denarf
ment shall notify said commission Of eacb
position to be filled separately. and shall
| fill such place from the names cerfIfed
to him by said commission therefor. Ono
| of the candidates thus certiied shall