The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28

OF power plants. heating plants. telegram
or telephone systems. or other public serx :
Ice utilities within said city, must be al-
thoriZed or approved by a majority of
the electors voting thereon at a general
or saecial election. as provided in section
116 of the code.
Sec. l3. No officer or employe elected
or appointed IN any such city shall be
interested. directly or indirectly. in anv
contract or job for work or materials. or
the profits thereof, or services to be fur
f-ished or performed for the city: and 70
such officer or employe shall be interest
or job for work or materials, or the prof
Its thereof, or services to be furnished d.
performed for any person, firm or corp ,
ration operating lnterurban railway, street
railway, gasworks. Waterworks electric
light or power plant heating plant tele
graph line. telephone exchange. or other
public utility within the territorial limits
of said city. No such officer or empIova
shall accept or receive. directly or indi
Fectly, from any person. firm or corpora
ton operating within the territorial linn
its of said city. any lnterurban railway
street railway, gasworks, wlterworks.
electric light or power plant, heating
liant. telegraph line or telephone ex-
hanse. or other business using or operaJ-
lg under a public franchise, anV frank
rec ticket or free service or accept or
eceiVe, directly or indirectly. from any
fuch person. firm or corporation. any 9TH
ar service upon terms more favorable than
Violat ton of the provisions of this sec
ticn shall be a misdemeanOr, and every
such contract or agreement shall be
void.
Such prohibition of free transportation
hall not apply TO policemen or firemeE
in uniform; nor shall any free service TO
city officials heretofore provided by any
franchise or ordinance be affected by this
section. Any officer or employee of such
citv who by solicitation or otherwise
shall exert his influence, directly or indi-
rectly. 10 influence other officers or en-
ployes of such city TO adopt his politics !
views or to favor any particular person
or candidate for office, or who shall in
eny manner contribute money. labor OF
ether valuable thing to any person for
election purposes shall be guilty of a
.niSdeme3nor. ana upon conviction shall
be punished by fine not exceeding three
hundred dollars 5000 or by Imprisonment
in the county jail not exceeding thirty 800
days.
Civil Service Operations.
Sec. IT, Immediately after organizing
TIE council shall by ordinance appoint
three civil service commissioners. wno
shall hold office, one Until the first Mon
appointment: one until the first Monda '
in April of the fourth year after his ap-
ointment and one until the first Mon
day in April of the sixth year after his
appointment. Each succeeding council
shall, as soon as practicable after organ
izing, appoint one commissioner for six
years. who shall take the place of the
commissioner whose term of office eX-
pires The chairman of the commission
for each biennial period shall be the mem
Der whose term expires first Nc person
while CD the said commission shall hold
or be candidate for any office of pub
liz trust. Two of said members shall con-
stitute quorum to transact business. The
commissioners must be citizens of Iow1
and residents of the city for more than
three years next preceding their appoint
ment.
The council may remove any of said
commissioners during their term of office
for cause. four coIncilmen voting in ia
vor of such removal and shall fill anv
vacancy thar may occur in said commits
sion for the unexpired term. The city
council shall provide suitable rooms in
which the said civil service commission.
may hold its meetings. They shall have
clerk. who shall keep a record of all its
meetings, such city TO supply the said
commission with all necessary equipment
to properly attend to such business
Ia Before entering upon the dutics of
their office each of said commissioners
shall take and subscribe an oath. which
shall be filed and kept in the office of
the city clerk. to support the constitution
of the United States and the state of
Iowa, and TO obey the laws, and to aim 60
secure and maintain an honest and eff
Gent force. free from partisan dstinc-
ton or control. and to perform the du-
ties of his office TO the best of his ability.
Cb) Said commission shall on the first
Monday Of April al October OF each
year or oftcner if it shall be deemed nee
essary. under such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the council. hoi1
examination for the purpose of determin-
ing the qualifications of applicants for po-
sitions. which examination shall be prac-
teal and shall fairly test the fitness of
the persona examined 10 discharge the
duties of the position to which they seek
to be appointed. Said commission shall
as soon as possible after such examina-
ton certify to the council double the num-
Der of persons necessary to fill vacancies
who. according to its records have the
highest standing for the position they
seek to fill as result OF such examina .