The herald., 1898-10-17

The City Engineers Oepai nnontroll,np
All boards or deparlHieh''
public utilities;
prov,ded that the following shall be
exempt therefrom, to-wit:
All officers elected py tne peUp ppa ras and
All members or the oiileAeNe
commissions;
The Mayors Clerk: s.o,orv.
The Chief Of Police and his secretary
The chief Deputy of the Treasurer;
The Chief Deputy Of the Tax Collector;
The Chief Deputy OF the ASSESSOR
The Water Overseer; D
The City Engineer and MS ohiei Aep
The Chief Deputy of the Auditor;
The CITY Superintendent of Schools anu
his Deputies, and teachers;
The Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment;
The Street Superintendent,
The Superintendent OF ains Buiiainss, ord s,-
The General Manager. Cashier ana ou-
nerintcndent in the Water Works DEPART
ment;
All physicians appointed by or on the
Board of Health;
All officers of election;
And ali unskilled laborers employed by
the day.
Sec. Ses. The members of the police force
shall be subject to removal ana dlscnarse
as pTOVluGu Ill OcCllOll @io Va eAtS >-->~->
Sec. S24. The members of the fire force
shall be subject to removal and dlScnaree
as provided in Sections 2S5 and 23S of this
charter.
Sec. $685. No officer or employee in the
classified civil service Of the city, other
than those belonging to the police force,
and the fire force, who shall have been
appointed under said rules and after SAID
examination, shall be removed or gus,
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 by or pc
fore some officer or board appointed by
said commission to conduct such investi-
cation. The finding and decision or sucn
commission or investigating officer 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 the I,ny power
for a reasonable period, not exceeding
thirty days. In the course Of an investi-
cation of charges each member of the
commission and of any board SO appoint
ed by 1t 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 testifying
at such investigation for any cause. Moth
ing in this section shall be construed to
require such charges or investigation in
case of laborerS
Sec. 1896 Immediate notice in writing
shall be given by the appointing power.
to said commission, of all appointments.
permanent or temporary, made in such
classified civil service and of all trans
ferS, promotions. designations or vacan-
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 i'm
mediately report in writing to said COM
mission.
Sec. 1927. 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. 32S. 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
d Chief Examiner whose duty 1t shall be,
under the direction of the commission, to
euperintend 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-officio
secretary of said commission. Under the
direction of such commission he. as such
secretary, shall keep minutes of its pro-
ceedingS, preserve all reports made to it,
keep record of all examnat tons held
under its direction, and perform such
other duties as the commission shall pre-
scribe.
Sec. $3.50. 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 offices, 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 332 No officer or other person shall
wilfully and corruptly, by himself or In
cooperation with one or more other per-
sons defeat deceive or obstruct any per-
son in respect to his or her right of OK
animation. or corruptly or falsely mark.
grade, estimate or report upon the exam
ination or proper standing of any person
examined hereunder or aid in so doing
or wilfully or corruptly make any false
representations concerning the same; or
concerning the person examined: or will
fully or corruptly furnish to any person
any special or secret information for the
purpose of either improving or iniurinp
the prospects or chances of auy Derson
so examined or to be examined being an
pointed, employed or promoted.
Sec. 1873. No applicant for appointment
In said classified civil service, either III.
rectly or indirectly. shall pay or promise
to pay any money or other valuable thing
to any person whatever for or on accoInf
of his appointment or proposed annotntl
ment, and no other officer or empIorna
Shall pay, or prpmise to pay. eitber al
rectly or indirectly, any person anv
money or other valuable thing what go
Tor or on account Of his promotion.
Sec 334 The commission shall cer,;f,
to the Auditor all appointments to offices
and places in the classified civil serti,o
or vacancies occurring therein wbather
by dismissal, resignation or death. and ali
findings, made or approved bv tbe COW
mission under the provisions Of this arti-
Gle, that person shall be dfscbargoa
from the classified civil service. esu
Gee. sS5. The Auditor shall not. nor shall,