The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-03
Names 81 Qualified Number Street
Electors

Pro.i'ci. further. that only the two
candidates receiving the hiRhest uunber
Of votes for any particular office shall be
n'sCoi upon the general election ballot
and no person W persons named as %
candidate for office shan be placed upor
such general election ballot unless tho'
shall have been duly ana legally nomina
ted at the Noupariiaun primary election
rs herein provided Tor.
=. SECTION g. That the. Mayor and
Tulsa, Oklahoma. hereby submit 60 the
qualified electors nt u special election to
te held In said city, the question Of the
amendment to tho charter Of ssid City "
Tulsa, oklahoma, snid question Hs sui.
mittcd 70 be dc.iErated As ....
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER
FIVE
civil sFRV1CE.
Thet there shall 10 added 10 tho char
known and DESIGNATED a. Article 10
CIVIL SERVICE COMMisslON' creating
md e., i.gius SUE. -, WI sENNl,
terms the tlrhts, powers. ana duties of
such commission
Art ~. ! 1t Is hereby declared tina,
hcrc shall he ViNll service In the Police
and Fire Departments ~ tho city
ulsa, state ~ oklahoma.
? There is hereby established a ClvIt
VNlCE COMMISSION which shall con
sist ~ three Cl parsons. resident ciu
~cua ~ the city OF rulsa. Oklahoma, VIII
shall have resided iu said city Tor a pe
Rod ~ more than three tab years, and ul
u whom shan be over the ago OF thirty
i've t2D years
g. such commissioners shall be nom
mated by the mayor ana confirmed by
the city commissioners Immediately att
such mayor and city commissioners ar
elected, qualified, nni Installed into ~
a. 4
bNiCF COMMISSION shan serve with
out compensation. and their term q Of
flee shall be two t2) years or until their
Any vacancy In said commission. caused
by death, resignation, or otherwise, shah
be filled by nomination by the mayor and
confirmed by the city commissioners Tor
the uncNplred term of such vacancy
I, the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
with the approval of the mayor and com
missioners. shall make such rules or req
ulations for the proper conduct Of It's bus
mess ns II shall tind necessary. and ex
RNTtE Commission may be changei
or amended by the mayor and commits
sinners; provided that no rules or regu.
iations shall ever be adopted which Hhul
permit the employment ur appointment
of any person without good character. or
unfit or incompetent for the discharge Of
the duties Whereof or prevent the removal
or discharge OF any appolntee or employee
or want o4 fitness or moral character o.
lncomprtvncy or the failure or refusal t.
pointmcnt or employ ymcnt
s. All employees OF the fire and polr.
departments, who may nt the time Of IN
ppointmcnt % the first CIVIL SEHNlCt
NMlRSipN, as herein provided, be In
he actual service of the city, shall with
In ninety tgoD days thereafter pasa an
"Nnmiuation, and " satisfactory b.
placed upon the probation list and allowed
for period Of ak 90 months unless 70
moved for cause, aud shall then be placei
HHa NI...N alaF
employees for promotion on the basis Of
merit, experience, and record,
All applicants for employment ip the
fire and police departments Of said city
civil SERVICE COMMISSION, and Y
such examination be satisfactory such
person OF persons shall be placed upon a
police or fpo departments may be en-
ployed In such departments, and placed
on the probation l.st and allowed to 70.
police or fire departments for a period
OF six months unless removed for cause
and shall then be placed upon the classl.
field list " appoinleeS or employees. All
employees or appointees OF the fire ana
police departments on the classified list
az herein provided, shall be eligible for
promotion on the basis Of merit, expert
ence, nhd record provided, that during
the tnc any employee shall be on the
CIVIl. SERVICE COMMISSION without n
hearing; provided. further that en-
ployeos having been placed upon the olas-
slfied list shall not be subject 70 removal
except upon charges filed and hearing
had before the CIVIL SERVICE CON
MISSION, whose decision Bhali be final.
Any employee may be suspended by the
head of the department undor which he
is employed, and thereupon his salUr@
der OF suspension shall forthwith file with
the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION a
statement of the suspension and his reh-
sons therefor. within ten O0) days after
such HuapeuslOU 0fuulUgga II he
desires file an appeal with the CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION who shall hold
an inquiry within ten GOl days there.
after and said commission shall mako .
decision within ten tlOl days after the
hearing whether no employee shall bo
of the CITY or relnstated IN his employ
ment. All such hesrinEa shall be public
The deoislon OF the commission shall b.
final
In order for an employee to file an ap.
peal as hereinafter provided, II shall only
be neeoRsary for him 10 file written
statement, setting out therein the de-
partment In which he was employed
when and for what suspended, denying
the truth OF the matters charged In the
statement of the officer 30 suspendins
him, and that he desires an appeal from
said order Of suspension. which statement
OF appeal shall be filed and sworn to by
the employee no suspended
6, The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,
with the approval Of the mayor and board
OF commissioners. shall have power at all
for the government Of employees under
civl service and when such rules or
regulations shall have been made it shan
cause such rules to he published In some
newspaper In tho City Of Tulsa provided
that no person under the age Of twenty
one (2l) ur over the Hg" uf Otrty-flye
tb) years, unless at the adoption Of this
amendment he shall have served the
city OF Tulsa IN such department for n
period OF five t5) years shall he eligible
to appointment or employment under civil
service and provided, further that no
rules or regulations shall ever ho Hdoptoi
which sha. permit the appointment Ir
employment Of any person without
good character or unit or Incompetent
for the discharge Of the duties thereof
or prevent the removal or discharge OF
any appuintee or employee for want OF
fitness moral character, or the failure or
refusal TO properly discharge the duties
Of his appointment or employment.
7. Tho mayor ana board of commits.
sioners, Immediately after their election.
uaIiflcutiOn and Installation into office.
shall appoint a chief VI the fire depart.
ment ana chief Of the police department
ana such appOlntcHa shall be subject 10
mayor ana board Of commissioner. whose
decision shall be final
The ciyil service herein provided shan
not be construed TO apply to any other
department other than the police and
fire departments.
:. Immediately upon the appointment
Of such CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
the mayor and board u commissioners
shall provide rgi'ah'e place properly
furnished for the meetings Of such CiViL
SERVICE COMMISSION. and shall man
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