Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-06-12
has been boldly and denantly violated
from the start.

has been boldly and denantly violated
from the start.
Section 8 also provides that
THE commission shall control all
examinations, and may, whenever an
examination Is to take place, desig.
nate a suitable number Of persons,
either in or not in the oflicial service
of the city, to be examiners, and 1t
shall be the duty Of such examiners,
and, II in the ofiicial service, 1t shall
be part Of their ofiicial duty, without
extra compensation, to conduct such
examination as the commission may
direct, and to make return or report
thereof to said commission, and the
commission may at any time substi.
tute any other person, whether or not
In such service. in the place of any
one so selected; and the commission
may themselves at any time act as
such examiners, and without appoint.
ing examiners. The examiners at any
examination shall not all be mem.
bers Of the same political party"
The examiners at any examina.
ton shall not be members Of the same
political party.
What a Joke.
Many examinations are conducted
by one examiner"
There Is Jail In sight for some Of
the gang.
Section "a Of the law says:
Sec. 81. Penalties. Any person who
shall wilfully, or through culpable
negligence, violate any of the provis.
ions of this act, or any rule promul.
gated In accordance with the provis.
ions thereof, shall be guilty Of mis-.
demeanor, and shall. on conviction
thereof, be punished by q fine Of not
less than fifty dollars and not exceed.
ing one thousand dollars, or by i'm.
prisonment In the county jail for a
term not exceeding six months, or
both such fine and imprisonment In
the discretion of the court.
Section 3s, provides that before this
act can go into effect the votes of the
city must approve Of 1t at an election.
The voters Of Chicago have approved
Of It. No amendment passed by the
legislature can go into effect until
that amendment Is also approved at
an election by the legal voters Of
Chicago.
The City Council has no right to
appropriate one cent for the Civil
Service expenses outside of the
amount provided for by the law It.
SELF Section 10 of the law provides:
Sec. 10. Appropriations. A sum.
cient sum Of money shall be appro.
prlated each year by each city which
shall adopt this act, to carry out the
provisions Of this act In such city.
In such cities as shall have already
made the annual appropriation for
municipal purposes for the current
fiscal year. the mayor ia authorized
and required to pay the salaries and
expenses as herein provided for such
fiscal year out Of the moneys appro.
priated for contingent purposes by
such municipality, or out of any
moneys not otherwise appropriated.
The provision OF the act Section
Is. limiting salaries and expenses is
quoted above.
The city Council has detied the law
by voting money In defiance OF the
law to a commission which violated
the law.
Daniel Herlihy. who has been slsct.
ed to the state senate. will make Q ans
record In that body. Hs 10 honest and
able. ,.N'I
Judge James @. Martin OF the Mu.
nicipal court has made Q dignined
ana honest public record.
| Judge Adelor ]. Petit has made q
good record on the Circuit bench.
william H. Weber always made q
good public record.
Collector emietanka 10 making q
good record In the Internal Revenue
once. p
49,
John 2. VoSelsanS ID the dean Of
Chicago restaurant men.
The iS.00G railroad employees ol
Chicago ere worth listening to In thu
matter Of terminal elsetrincation
They are oil against II. Are the fsw
cranks who favor liberalization d
railroads more important than thssl
men. who spend 100000 . month IL
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