Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-23

ART XXI. HOSPITALS. LIBRA.
RIES. ETC.

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ART. XXI HOSPITALS, LIBRA
RIES. ETC.
Sec. &c. The boa.d OF affairs shail
have the authority TO erect. buy, SIT
and leaae al buildings necessary fos
the use OF the city government. AMI
20 provide for and regulate tho rane
and to establish and ina ntcin hospit
abs. libraries and reading rooms and
to purchase books. papers and man
uscriptl therefor, and TO receive do
nataona gifts. or equesss for n
tame in trust or otherwise.
ART. XXI. CIVIL SERVICE
BOARD.
Sec. II. For the purpose OF max
ing examinations of persons for off,
ces or positions In the police ard fro
department. and prescribing ru'es
for their conduct. the NIX nbers II
the board CT affairs shall act and be
known as a civ1 ervice board. fhc
mayor being the presiding officer,
and the record>r OK officio clerk OF
said board
The civil service board shall aiop;
rules for its government, and ca -
she minutes of it's meeting to be
recorded TN a Look especially for
that purpose. which shall be kept by
the recorder ut his Office, and open
10 pubic inspection. The chill se..-
wee board shall at least every SIX
month"; in each year and oftener IL 4
deems t. necessary, after .J<en days
notice TO the publ C, pub ished In
two daily papers OF opposite poriti, s,
giving the time and place OF aieyt-
ing hold examinations for the pur-
pose OF deternk ming the fitness and
qualifications of applicants for -
hces and positions in the police de-
partment and fire department, which
examinations shall be practical and
shall fairly test the fitness OF the
persons examined to dbcharge he
duties OF the position to which they
seek appointment: and be made
with the aim TO secure and maintain
an honest and efficient police force
and fire department force. free from
partisan distinction or control. Sale
board shall a. once after each Of
such examinations place on record in
tho Journal of the civil service boa cd
the results of SAID examin alton, Civ
the names OF the applicants and their
poltMcs. and the position sought by
them, and their respective percen :
age based on one hundred. In MAX
ing such examinations the size, in
teTigence. health. physical appear
ance. habits and moral uIrrodnJ
ings shat be taken into consid r.
aupn.
Sec. rs. The members Of the fire
department and the police depart
ment now in office in the city OF
Blueield shall remain in office dur
ms good behaviour.
All persons examined by said civil
service board receiving a genera,
average of seventy per cent. shall
be placed upon an eligible lis. IA
der separate columns of opposite
politics; and hereafter and until
such time as not more than one hair
OF the members of either depar.-
ment shall belong to one political
party, all appointments, whether
original or to fill vacanci - .hereil
from time to- time shall be filled
from the party eating the next
highest number OF votes for it's can
didate for mayor at the election hello
on the first Tuesday in May, 1908
and the board shall continue TO make
such original appointments and -
all ouch vacancies from the engiblo
applicants belonging to said minority
party, until the number of men in