The herald., 1898-10-28
ARTICLE XVII.
CIVIL SERVICE.

ARTICLE XVII.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Sec s12 Immediately upon the. taking
effect of this charter. the Mayor shall ap-
point five persons known by him to be de-
voted to the principles 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 ana without bw lot that
one of them shall go out OF oihce az INC
end of one year: one at the end OF two
years. one one at ths END Of three hTee years ca. ana
missioners shall constitute, quorum. All
appointments to said commission. poth
original and to fill vacancies, shall pe 50
made that no more than three members
shall at the time of any appointmenl pc
members of the same political party. SAID
commissioners shall hold no other public
Office or public employment.
Sec. 313 Tho Mayor with tho consent
OF the Council may remove any commls-
sioncr for incompetency. neglect OF duty
CT nalfeasance In office.
Sec, 314. Said commission shall classify
all the Offices and places of employment
mentioned In Section 322 of this article
t. the as ana ssTen
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 NAV. from
| time to time. make changes In such rules.
provided, and all changes therein. shall
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
licaHon shall be specified the date, not
les less than thirty days subsequent to the
shall go into operation.
Sec. SIT. All applicants for offices, places
or cmployments 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 az to
residence, age. SEX health. habits and
moral character. Such examinations shall
be practical In their character and snail
relate to those matters which Will 1a1rly
examined to discharge the duties OF the
position to which they seek to be ap-
pointed, and when appropriate shall In
slude tests Of physical si, Gualae,a,ton,s !.
any examination shall relate to political
or religious opinions OF affiliations. Tho
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, ana II
shall be the duty of such examiner or ex-
aminers land If in the service 1t shall be
part of their official duty, without extra
tions. as the commission may direct. and
make return or report thereof to said
commission. and the commission may at
any time substitute any other person.
whether or not in such service, In tho
| place of any one so selected; and tho
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 tho time, place ami
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-
fon In ana 60 sber oce PLACE to at the City
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fore such examination. Such further mo-
| tice of examination shall be given as they
| may prescribe.
| Sec. $40. 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-
fled civil service of the city, of the per-
| xyb
upon examination for such grade or class
| is not less than the minimum fixed by the
rule of said commission. and who are
take rank upon the register as candidate
| in the order of their relative excellence
as determined by examination, without
r1dt5enGe to Prrority 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 office of the commission and
| constitute public records open to the i'm
spection OF any citizen.
| Bee. 800. The commission shall by its
rules provide for promotion in such classi-
fled civil service on the basis Of ascsr-
tanned merit and seniority In service and
examination. and shall provide In all
cases where 1t is practicable that vacan-
cies shall be filled by promotion. All ex-
aminations for promotion shall be com.
petitive among such members of tho next
lower rank as desire to submit themselves
to such examinations; and it shall be the
duty Of the commission to submit to tho
appointing power the names of not mora
| than three applicants for each promotion
having the highest rating; but in fixing
said rating uniform allowance of cred
its to be stated at the time OF the an
made for each year of past service The
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 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 exceeding three, standing
grade to which said position belongs eS-
cept that in cases where a choice by com.
petition Is impracticable said comnoiesjo,,
may provide by Its rules that the sciec.
ton shall be made by lot from amnnr
those candidates proved At by examina.
selected by lot: In making such certifi-
when some statute, the rules Of said coy,s
mission, or the appointing power specirv
sex. Said appointing officer or depart-
ment shall notify said commission Of each
fill such place from the names certified
to him by said commission therefor. one
of the candidates thus certified shaii
thereupon be appointed by said head az
such department or officer and EMPLOYED
on probation for period to be fixed by