The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-09

OF votes for any particular office shall b,
and no pcrson or persons named as
| candidate for office shalt be placed upuI
such general election ballot unless the,
| shall have been duly and legally noniina
| ted at the Nonpsrtisan primary election
| as herein provided for.
FIFTH;
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER
CIVIL SERVICE.
That there shall Re added to the thar
ter or the city Of Tulsa an article TO M
known and designated as Article 10
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION" creating
and eslablishing such CIVIL SERNlC a
COMMISSION and defining In general
terms the rights. powers. and duties OF
such comniEsion.
there shall be civil service In the Police
and Fire Departments OF the city OF
Iulsa. state OF Oklahoma,
2. There Is hereby estab blished a CIvtL
SERVICE COMMISSION which shall con-
sIst ot three t2) persons resilient oitl.
gems Of the city Of Tulsa, Oklahoma whu
shall have resided in said city for pc.
riod OF more than three ~ years, and ali
o. whom shall be over the age OF thirty,
a. such Commissioners shall be nom
the city commissioners Immediately afta,
such mayor and city commissioners are
elected. qualified. and installed into OF
flee, and the members OF such civil
SFRVICE COMMISSION shall serve with.
out compensation, and their term OF Of
i,n,o f,ee shah DO two tal years or until % their
Any vacancy In said commission, caused
by death resignation, or otherwise. shall
be filled by nomination by the mayor and
confirmed by the city commissioners for
the iunexpired term Of such vacancy
with the approval of the mayor and com.
mlssoners. shall make such rules or reg
ulations for the proper conduct OF Its bus
mess "a It shall find necessary. and ex-
ned al nj FtI1 1aa n Ia hN ha
SERVICE COMMISSION may be changed
or amended by the mayor and commits
lations shall ever be adopted which shall
permit the employment or appointment
OF any person without good character. or
unfit or incompetent for the discharge OF
or discharge of any appointee or emplo oyee
Tor want OF fitness or moral character OF
incompetency or the failure or refusal to
properly discharge the duties Of his ap-
polntment or employment,
6, All employees OF tho fire and police
departments, who may at tina time Of the
appointment Of the first ClNH. SERVICE
pMMiSSlON, as herein provided be IN
the actual service OF the city, shall with
in ninety t90) days thereafter pass an
examination and II satisfactory be
placed upon the probation Nat and allowed
for period uf six te) months unless re-
moved for cause and shah then be placed
upon the classified list OF appointees OF
employees for promotion on the basis OF
merit, experience, and record.
All applicants FOR employment In the
fire and police departments Of said city
civil SERVICE COMMISSION. and Il
such examination be satisfactory. such
person or persons shall be placed upon a
waiting list, and when required by the
police or fire departments may be en-
ploysd In such departments and placed
on the probation LIST and allowed TO re-
main In the service of said city IN such
police or fire departments for period
OF six months unless removed tor cause
Held list OF sppointees or employees, All
employees or appointees of the fire anu
police departments on the classified list,
as herein provided, shall be eligible for
promotion on the basis OF merit, expert
ence, aud record, provided. that during
the time any employee shall be on the
CiVIlI SERVICE COMMISSION without a
hearing. provided, further. that em-
ployees having been placed upon the clas-
sifed list shall not be subject TO removal
except upon charges Hled and hearing
had before the civil SERVICE CON
~ lSSIONs whose de itsi6n shall be finaL
head Of the department under which h
Is employed, and thereupon his salar:
shall cease, Tho officer, making the Or
der OF suspension shall forthwith file with
the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION a
statement OF the suspension and his res-
sons therefor. within ton tlOl days after
such suspension the employees may u he
desires file an appeal with the CIVIL
after, and said commission shall make 4
decision within ten t1Ol days after the
hearing whether the employee shall be
permanently dismissed from the service
OF the city or reinstated In his employ
ment, Au such hearings shall DO public.
| The decision OF the commission shall bs
final
In order for an employee to file an ap-
peal as hereinafter provided. It shall only
hs necessary for him To file written
s6tement setting out therein tha de-
partment In which he was employ ed.
when ana for what suspended. denying
the Truth Of the matters charged In the
statement Of the officer 50 suspending
him, and that he desires an appeal from
satd order OF suspension. which statement
OF appeal shall be filed and sworn to by
the employee 50 suspended
g. The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
with the approval OF the mayor and board
Of commissioners, shalt have power at all
times to make proper rules or rvgula tlouS
for the government Of employ yses uude er
civil service, and when such rules or
regulations shall have been made 3 shall
cause such rules 10 be published IN some
newspaper In the city OF Tulsa; provided,
hat no person under the age Of twenty
one (2) or over the age OF forty five
tND years, unless at the adoption OF this
amendment he shall have served the
city OF Tulsa IN such department FOR a
period OF five 90 years shall he eligible
to appointment or employment under civil
service; and provided, further that no
rules or regulations shall ever be adopted
which shan permit the appointment ~
good character or unfit or incompetent
for the discharge Of the duties hereof
o. prevent the removal or discharge OF
any appointeo or employee tor want Of