The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05

| Pro,iied. Wrther that only the tWo
| candidates recalyinE the hiRnest number
Of votes Tor eny>particular office sheil be
| placed upon the general election ballot
ana no person or persons named ~ "
candidste for ofncs shall bs placed upou
shall have been duly and legally nomlna
J ted AZ the NorpartlrRn primary election
as herein provided for.
nrhrd ~ Commissioners of the city 81
Tulsa, Oklahoma. hereby submit 20 the
guailnsd electors Of special election 70
/ adoption or rejection OF the following
scmsndmsnt 20 the charter OF SAID c'y f
mitted to be designated as
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER
| FIVE.
| CtVff. SERVICE.
! That there shall 10 added TO the cher
/ tor ~ the city 81 TULSA an article TO he
known and desiEnated as ARTICLE 10.
CIVIL SERVICE coMMIssloN. creating
| COMMISSION and defining IN Eenofal
terms the rights. powers and duties OF
such commission,
Art. u. l. II IL hereby declared that
there shall be civil service In the Polcs
and Fire Departments Of the City Of
| ruisa, state OF Oklahoma.
srtRvifc"nr c6MMIssroN WHEN r'U shan c. con. "a
sens o. the clty Of TULSA, okahems. who
rlod of more than three tD years. ana all
cf whom shall be over the age OF thirty
| five tsb) years.
2. suoh commissioners shan bo nom
mated by tho mayor aud confirmed by
tho city commissioners Immediately aftar
such mayor and city commissioners are
! elected. qualified, and installed Into OF
flee. and the members Of such CfvtL
/ SERVICE COMMISSION shall serve With
out compensation, and their term OF Of
suVceasors are appointed and qualified
Any vacancy In said commission, caused
be filled by nomination by the mayor and
confirmed by the city commissioners for
the uneKpired term OF such vacancy
4 The CIvn. SERVICE COMMISSION,
with the approval Of the mayor and com
niHsioners, shall make ruCh rules OF reg
ulations for the proper conduct Of Its bus
mess as n shall find necessary and IS
pedlsnt, but all rules made by the Ctvfi.
Il RERNfCE COMMISSION may be changed
or amended by the mayor and commits
Eionerai provided that 20 rules or reku-
lationa shall ever be adopted which shall
permit the employment or appointment
% any person without good chstacter, or
unfit or Incompetent for the discharge of
the duties thereof or prevent the removal
OF dischargo of any appointee or employee
umpetency or tho failure or refusal to
properly discharge tho duties OF his ap-
pointment or employment.
| D. -
departments, who may at the t.5le OF IN.
appointment OF the first CIVIL SERVICE
MM!ssIoN, as hsr,la provided aa, he be, II IN
in ninety t'o) days thsrsattsr pass an
plscei upon the probation list and allowed
for period OF Six go months unless re
moved for cause, and shall then he placed
en- pioyeep afbr promotion on the basis OF
merit, experience. and record
All applicants for, employment IN the
fire and police depsrtments OF said ely Sity
CIviL SERVICE COMMISSION, and Y
such examination be satisfactory. such
waiting list. and when required by this
police or fire departments may be sm,
so'isn ,s. m prossson Si iss and slowsa 70 re-
main In the service OF said city m such
police or fire departments for period
! aud shat! tran % p!ssss aPsa the e!s==,
, field list Of Rppointees or employees. Al
employees or sppoinisss Of the firs anc
-. as herein provided. shall be eligible To-
promotion on the basis Of merit, exper,
, the time any employee shall bo on th'
r. probation list he may be removed by m
. hearing; provided, further, that en-
A ployees having been placed upon the elias
4 Sified list shall not be subject 90 remova
!. had before the CIVIL SERVICE COM
!. MISSION, whose decision shall DO final
n Any employee may be suspended by tn
I "a employed, and therenpon hts salhr!
. shall cease. The offlcsr making the or
: the cIvL SERVICE COMMISSION
{ statement OF the suspension and hts reN
! sons therefor; within ten Llol days sfte
n sERvIcE Commission who shall hol'
10 an Inquiry within ten (iol days there
. after, and said commission shall mako
decision within ten lol days after IN
hearing whether the employee shau o
| of tho city or reinstated IN his employ
hent, All such hearings shall be public
The decision " the commission shAll b
final.
In order for an employees to filo an sp
peal as hereinafter provided, " shall onll
be necessary for him 10 nls a Mri'te'
partment In which he was employed
when and for what suspended, dsnyinl
statement o. the otficer so suspendin
him, and that he desires an appeal from
= ssid order q suspens,loS' which ssa'emsh ~ y
/ the employee 80 suspended.
g. The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
with the approval OF the mayor and boar,
). times 10 make proper rules or regulation
for the goNernment 81 employees unde
sivi service SnS when such rSles
"a cause such rules 60 be published IN sem sem
y Newspaper In the CITY OF Tulsa provided
that no person under the Ags Of twenty
one can or over tho age OF onty-tv
!. ttl-years. unless az the adoption % thl
~ amendment he shall have served tn
city OF Tulsa In such department for
period OF five tO years, shall be eligibl
!. 20 appointment or employment under civ
~ service; and provided, further that n
rules or regulations shall ever be adopts
which shall permit the appointment
employment OF any person withot
good character or unfit or incompeter
20 FOR tho diaehargs OF the dpues thersc
or prevent the removal or discharge G
" any Rppoints9 OF employee for want
Q fitneaa moral character, or the failure &
=, refusal to properly Discharge tho dutis
" OF his appointment or employment
~ !, The mayor ana board Of commits
or sioners, Immediately after their election
H. qualification and installation into offici
~ shall appoint chief VI the fire depart
40 mOnt and chief OF the poliea m