The herald., 1898-10-22
ARTICLE XVII.
CIVIL SERVICE.

CIVIL SERVICE.
| Sec. 312. Immediately upon the taxing
effect of this charter, the Mayor shail ap-
point five persons known by him 10 oe ae-
voted to the princip.es of civil service re-
| form who shall constitute and be known
as the Board of Civil Service Commis-
sloners.
! 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 office at the
| end of one year; one at the end OF TWO
two at the end of four years. Three com,
missioners shall constitute quorum, All
appointments to said commission. both
original and to fill vacancies, shall be SO
made that no more than three members
| shall at the time Of any appointment be
members of the same political party. SAID
| commissioners shall hold no otner PUBIC
| Office public employment.
Sec. 313. The Mayor with the consent
Of the Council may remove any commits
| soner for incompetency. neglect OF duty
| or malfeasance in office.
| Sec 314. Said commission shall classify
all the offices and places of employment
mentioned in Section s22 Of this article
provided for. The offices and places so
classified by. the commission. shall con.
stitute the classified civil service of said
|
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
pointments in accordance with its pro-
visions, and the commission may. from
time to time. make changes in such rules.
Sec 3l6 All rules made as hereinbefore
provided. and all changes therein. shall
be printed for distribution by said COM
mission. The commission shall give no.
4 tce 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 sucH 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-
tion. 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 theiI characesr an, and ,adr,n snan
test the relative capacity Of the persons
examined to discharge the duties OF the
position to which they seek to sb1, oe ap-
clude tests of physical qualhcations,
health. and manual skill. No question in
any examination. shall relate to POLITICAL
or religious opinions or affiliations. The
commission shall control all examina-
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 1t
shall be the duty Of such examiner or ex-
part of their official duty, without extra
compensatory, to conduct such examina-
tions as the commission may direct, and
commission and the commission may at
any time substitute any other person,
whether or not in such service. in 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 commis-
sion In conspicuous place at the City
ana n she1 two frsss
tice of examinati ton 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 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 examina ton for such grade or class
Is not less than the minimum fixed by the
rule OF said commission. and who arc
otherwise eligible and such persons shall
take rank upon the register as candidate
In the order of their relative excellence
as determined by examination, without
reference to priority Of the date of ex-
oral they. must be open to the, public. and.
when written, the examination papers Of
each each applicant shall be placed on file and
constitute public records open to the in In
spection of any citizen.
Sec. 800. The commission shall by its
rules provide for promotion In such classi-
fed civil service on the basis of ascer.
tained merit and seniority in service and
examination. and shall provide in all
cases where 1t 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 1t shall be the
duty of the commission to submit to the
appointing power the names Of not more
than three applicants for each promotion
having the highest rating: but in fixing
said rating 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
tifying, shall be the same as provided for
applicants for original appointment.
Sec. s21 The head of the department.
or board in which position classified un-
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 exceeong three, standinr
highest upon the register for the class or.
grade to which said position belongs. ex-
cept that In cases where a choice bv corn.
petition Is impracticable. said conirnission
may provide by its rules that the seIec-
tion shall be made by lot from amon1
those candidates proved fit by examinn
tion and in all cases laborers shall ha
selected by lot. In making such cart,s1s
cation sex shall be dsregarded exccnf
when some statute, the rules Of said cn,,,s :
mission, or the appointing power specifv
sex. Said appointing officer or denarf.
ment shall notify said commission of earh
position to be filled separately, and shall
fill such place from the names cerfified
to him by said commission therefor. One
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