The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-13

Of votes for any particular office shall b,
placed upon the general election ballot
candidate for office shall he placed upor
! such general election ballot unless the)
shsil have been duty and legally nomina
| ted at the Nonpartisan primary election
as herein provided for.
FIFTH
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE.
CIVIL SERVICE.
| That there shall he added to the char.
ter of the city Of ruisa an article to ~
known and designated as Article 10
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION" creating
and establishing such CIVIL SERVICE d
COMMISSION; and defining in general
such commission. =.
Art 1s. |. II Is hereby declared thal
there shall be civil service In the Police
and Fire Departments Of tho City OF
Tulsa, state OF Oklahoma.
2. There is hereby established CIvIL
SERVICE COMMISSION which shall con-
ger, Gems o. the city Of Tulsa okiahomS. who who
shall have resided In said city for pc.
riod OF more than three t) years. and all
o. when shall be over the age OF thirty
five tab) years.
2. Sucn commissioners shall he nom
mated by the mayor and confirmed by
the city commissioners Immediately aft@s
such mayor and city commissioners are
elected, qualified. and installed Into OF.
flee, and the members of such CIVIL
SfhN ICE COMMISSION ahall serve with
out compensation. and their term OF Of
flee shall be two t2b years or until their
successors are appointed ana qualified
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 unexpirod term of such vacancy.
4, The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
with the approval OF the mayor and com.
misHioners. shall make such rules or reg.
ulstions Tor the proper conduct ~ Its bus
Ina 40 hu,h fI,..I
pedient. but all rules made by the CIV IL
SERVICE COMMISSION may be changed
or amended by the mayor ana commits.
latlons shah ever be adopted which shall
permit the employment or appointment
OF any person without good character. or
the duties thereof or prevent the removal
or discharge % any appnlntee or employee
Incompetence. or the failure or refusal to
properly discharge the duties OF his APP
pointment or employment.
8. All employees OF the fire and police
departments, who may at the time Of ths
appointment OF the first CIVIL sERvlCk,
OMMtSSlON, as herein provided, be In
the actual service OF the city, shall with
Examination. and Il satisfactory be
placed upon, the probation list and allowed
~ remain 10 The actual service Of the Guy
moved FOR cause, and shall then be placed
upon the classified list OF appointees or
employees for promotion on-lhe basis OF
merit. experience. nnd record.
All applicants ror employment In tho
fire and police departmSnts Of said city
shall pass en- examination before tho
civil SERVICE COMMISSION. and 4
person or persons hhsl be placed upon a
waiting list and when requtrod$ by the
police, or flIN departments may be EN-.
ployed In sucN departments and placed
on the probation list ana allowed to re-
main In the service OF said city m such
police or fire departments for a period
OF six months unless removed Tor cause
and shalt then be placed upon the olass'-
field list OF appointees or employees An
employees or sppointses Of the fire anu
police departments on the classified list,
AS herein provided shall be eligible for
promotion on the basis OF merit. expert,
the time any employee shall DO on the
probation list he may be removed by the
clvIl. SERVICE COMMISSION Without a
pioyess having been placed upon the cias-
sified list shall not be subject TO removal
except Upon shsIgssss nled ID, snd I'd heerins
MISSION. whose dou'slon shall be final
Any employee may be suspended by the
head OF the department. under which he
is empoy ed. and thereupon his salary
der OF suspension shall forthwith file With
the civil SERVICE COMMISSION a
statement Of the sqapension and his res-
such 'uspensiop the employee may. II he
desires file an appeal with the CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION. who shah hold
~ INQUIRY within ten u0l days there
after, and said commission shall make a
decision within ten 'iob days after the
hearing whether the employee shall 10
permanently dismissed from tho service
OF the oity or retnstated In hiA employ
ment. All such hearings shall be public
The decision OF the commission shall be
final
In order for an employees to file an ap-
peal as hsreinafter provided, u shall only
be necessary for him TO file a written
statement setting out therein the de-
partment in which no was employed
when and for what suspended, denying
tue ruth ot the matters charged IN the
him and that he desires an appeal from
said order OF suspension. whlch statement
OF appeal shall be filed and sworn to by
the employee so suspended
8. The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
with the approval OF the mayor and board
times to"mgke proper rules or regulations
for the gosernment of employees under
civt service, and when such rules or
regulations shall have neen hAds ~ shall
cause such rules to he published 10 some
newspaper IN the city OF Tulsa provided.
one (sl or over tue age OF torty-five
ttb) years, unless At the adoption Of this
amendment he shall have served the
City Of Tulsa M such department tor a
period OF five '6i years snail be eligible
20 appointment or employment under clyll
service; snd provided, further. thst 10
rules or regulations shall ever be adopted
whion shah permit the appointment ~
employment Of any person without
good character or unfit or incompetent
for the discharge OF the duties thereof