The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-04

Provided. further that only the two
candidates receiving the highest number
Of vptes FOR any particular office shall b.
r'acSd upon tho general election ballot
and no person or persons named as y
candidate for office shall be placed upon
such general election ballot unless the'
shel have been duy and Legally nomin'
ted at the Nonpartlsan primary election
as herein provided for.
SItriON B. That the Mayor and
" ,7rd NJ Commissioners of the city o.
Tulsa, Oklahoma. hereby submit 90 tho
qualified electors et n special election G.
adoption or rejection OF the following
amendment 10 the Charter Of said city ~
Tulsa, oklahoma, said question as sub
mitted to be designated as
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE
CTVIr. sTRvICE.
That there shall he added to the char
Ter ~ the CITY ~ Tuiso an article 20 ~
known and designated aH Article Is
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION" creatinE &
comMissroN i0G and s''a dealnF IN SEHHtT seSer.
terms the rights, powers. and duties of
such commission.
Art -. I. II Is hereby declared tha
here shall be civil service In the Police
and Fire Departments OF the city
ulsP, state OF Oklahoma.
z, There In hereby established a CIVIL
0NICE COMMISSION which shall con
sist Of three ca persons resident olti
shuli have resided In said city for n pc
riod OF more than three tsl years. and al
whom SHAH be over the age OF thirty
i've t35) years.
g. Such commissioners shall be nom
mated by the mayor and confirmed by
The city commissioners Immediately afta
such mayor and city commissioners are
''ected. qualified. and installed into OF
| flee, and the members OF such ClVli
PvIcr COMMISSION shall serve with
out compensation, and their term OF OF
flee shall be two (2) years or until theiI
| rr, ,Cess - nre Appoluie ''l qua ~"
Any vacancy In said commission. causet
| be filled by nomination by the mayor and
confirmed by the city commissioners fol
the uneSpired term Of such vacancy,
4. The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
nth the approval OF the mayor and com
missioners shall make such rules or reg
| ulatlons for the proper conduct OF It's bus
mess as IL shall find necessary and ex
| pedient, but all rules made by the CIvu
RNICE COMMISSION may be change
| or amended by the mayor and commits
sioners. provided that no rules or regu
'stions shall ever be adopted which shal
permit the Employment or nppointmen
OF any person without good character. OF
unfit or incompetent for the discharge OF
the duties thereof or prevent the removal
or discharge Of any appointee or cmployee
rOperly discharge the duties OF his ap
ointment or employ yment.
5. All employees Of the fire ana polio.
apartments. who may Ht the time OF IN
ppointmeut OF tho tirst CIVIL SERNiCr
MISSION. as herein provided. be f.
he actual service OF the city, shall with
~, mutation. and II satisfactory
placed upon the probation list and allowed
,elnain AZ 'ue aosusl service o. tue cit
mnved for cause. and shall then be place
upon the classified list Of appointees OF
employees for promotion on the basis oI
merit. experience, and record.
All applicants for employment I'm tho
fire and police departments OF said city
civil sERvicE COMMISSION, and 4
such examination. be satisfactory, sucf
| person or persons shall be placed upon O
waiting list. anc when required by the
police or fire departments may be EN-
ployed ia such departments. and placed
| on the probation list and allowed TO re-
| main In the service OF said city IN suct
police or fire departments for petloa
of six months unless removed Tor cause
and shall then be placed upon the eldsal
field list Of appointees or employees ~
| employees or appointees Of the fire ant
| police departments on the classified list
az herein provided, shall be eligible fo
| promotion on the basis Of merit. expert
ence, and record; provided. that durinI
the time any employees shall be on M
| ctvIl. SERVICE COMMISSION without 4
hearing; provided, further. that EN-
/ ployees having been placed upon the elias
sfied list shall not be subject to remova
except upon charges filed and hearini
had befores the CIVIL SERVICE COM
| MISSION. whose decision shall be final
Any employee may be suspended by IN
head Of the department under which n
! shall cease. The officer making the ~
| der OF suspension shall forthwith file witt
| the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
statement Of the suspension and his rea
sons therefor. within ten uOJ days afte
such suspension the employee may. u h
SERVICE coMMissioN' " Who shall hol,
| an inquiry within ten tlOl days there
after, and said commission shall make
| hearing whether tho employee shall b.
| permanently dismissed from the seryic
OF the city or relnststed In his employ
mont All such hearings shall be public
| The decision OF the commission shall b.
| final.
In order for an employee TO file an ap
peal as hereinafter provided, II shall onll
| statement setting out therein the de
| psrtment In which he was employed
| when and for what suspended, denytnl
the truth OF the matters charged IN tn
| statement OF the officer 80 suspendini
him, and that he desires an appeal frou
| said order OF suspension. which statemen
of appeal shall DO filed and sworn to b.
| the employee so suspended.
| 6. The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
| with the approval Of the mayor and boar,
OF commissioners, shall have power at al
| times TO make proper rules or regulation
| for NE. government Of employees unde
civif service, and when such rules 0
| regulations shall have been made It shal
cause such rules to be published In SOM
| hewspa per IN the CITY OF Tulsa, provided
| NJ (2l) or over the age of Ofrty-fiv
go years, unless at the adoption of thi
| amendment he shall have served tn
| city OF Tulsa IN such department for
| period OF five 90 years shall be eligib
| TO appointment or employment under ciyi
| service. and provided. further that n
'ules or regulations shall ever be adopte
| which shall permit the appointment
| employment OF any person withou
' good character or unfit or incompeten
for the discharge Of fthe duties therso
or prevent the removal or discharge o