The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-16

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Provided. further. that only the tive
candidates receiving the highest number
of votes Tor any particular office shall b,
| placed upon the general election ballot
candldpte Tor office shail bo placed upor
such general election ballot unless thcN
shan have been duty and legally nominH
ted a. the Nonp,rtisnn primary election
FIFTH;
PROPOSED AMEN pMENT NUMBER
FIVE.
CIVIL SERVICE,
That there shall be added TO tho Char
tor of the city of 'rrlrn an article to ~
civil SERVICE coMMIssioN," croat,hs
md cstlhliahtng such CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSIONS; and nefiuug In genera
terms tho rights. powers. and duties Of
Art. ~. /. II is hereby declared that
there shall be civil service In the Police
and Fire Departments Of the City oI
Tulsa, state Of Oklahoma,
:. There is hereby established n civil
go RVlCE COMMISSION which shall con-
nist OF three ts) persons, resident citi
shall have resided In said city for n pc
rloi OF more than three tD years. and al
| of whom shall bo over the age Of thirty
| five t35D years
,, sucn commissioners shall be nom
! mated ty the mayor and confirmed by
the city commissioners Immediately afts
such mayor and city commissioners are
elected. qualified. and Installed into or
lS'RNICE COMMISSION shall serve with
out compensation, and their term OF Of
flee shall be two tO years or until their
Hurcesrors are hpunlntei ava qua 100"
Any vacancy in said commission. caused
by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall
be Ulled by nomination by the mayor and
confirmed by the city commissioners for
the unexplred term OF such vacancy.
T. Tho CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
with the approval of the mayor and com.
missloners, shall mako such rules or reg.
ulations for the proper conduct Of Its bus.
mess as II shall lind necessary and ex
pedient, but all rules made by the CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION may be changed
or amended by the mayor and commits
sioncrs; provided that no rules or regu'
lRtions shall ever be adopted which shall
permit tho employment or appointment
OF any persontwlthout good character. or
unfit or Incompetent for the discharge OF
the duties thereof or prevent the removal
or discharge Of any appnintee or employee
for want OF fitness or moral character or
incompetency, or tho failure or refusal Ia
properly discharge the duties OF his ap'
pointment OF employment.
8. All employees OF the fire and police
departments, who may at the time Of the
appointment OF the first CIVIL SERVICE
pMMlSSlON, as herein provided, be In
tho actual service OF the city, shall with
In ninety t90) days thereafter pass an
examination, and II satisfactory be
placed upon the probation list and allowed
for n period OF six t6) months unless 70.
moved tot cause, and shall then be placed
upon the classified list OF appointees OF
employees for promotion on tho basis OF
merit experience. ana record.
l All applicants ror employment IN the
fire and police departments OF said city
shall pass an examination before the
civil SERVICE COMMISSION, and
such examination be satisfactory. such
person or persons shall be placed upon a
police or fire departments may be EN-.
ployed 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 Tor period
OF six months unless removed tor causa
and shall then be placed upon the ciass-
field list Of appointees or employees. All
employees or nppointees Of the fire ana
police departments on the classified list
as herein provided, shall be eligible for
promotiOn on the basis OF merit. expert
encc. aud record, provided, that during
the time any employee SHAH be on the
CIVli SERVICE COMMISSION without q
hearing. provided. further. that en-.
pioyees having been placed upon the clas-
sified list shall not be subject 10 removal
except upon charges filed and hearing
had before the civil SERVICE COM
MISSION whose degtsion shall be final
mead OF the department under which he
ia employed and thereupon his salary
shall cease The officer makIng the or
der OF suspenslon shall forthwith Tile WITH
statement OF the suspension and his res-
sons therefor Within ten tlOl days after
such suspension the employee may II ne
desires file an appeal with the civil
SERVICE COMMlSSl who shall hold
an inquiry within ten ti0l days there.
after and said commission shall make a
decision within ten tl0l days after the
hearing whether the employee shall he
permanently dismissed from the service
OF the city or relnstated 10 his employ.
ment, All sucp hearings shan DO public.
The decision OF the commission shall be
final
In order for an employee TO file an ap-
peal as hereinafter provided, IL shall only
be necessary for him TO file written
statement setting out therein the de-
partment In which 20 was employed.
when and for what suspended denying
the truth OF the matters charged IN the
statement OF tho officer 80 susperding
him and that he desires an appeal from
said order Of suspension which statement
OF appeal shall be filed and swoTo to b.
the employee so suspended
with the appTuval Of the mayor and board
OF commissioners, shall nave power at all
times TO make proper rules OF reEuiat tions
for the government Of employees Indef
civi service, and when such rules or
regulations shall have naeh HAde 70 shall
cause such rules to be published 10 some
newspaper In the CITY OF Tulsa. provided
that 10 person under the Sc Of twenty
one ts) or over the age OF forty. five
ta5l wears unless At the adoption Of this
amendment he shan have served the
city OF Tulsa In such department TOT a
period OF i've lbl years nhau be ollgibla