by him as such officer. The council may at any time require any officer, whether elected or appointed, to execute and file with the clerk of the city, a new official bond in the same or in such further sums and with new or such further sureties as the council may deem requisite for the best interests of the city.

Entry Upon Duties of Office:

Sec. 6. Officers who are elected at regular city elections shall enter upon their official duties as herein provided. Appointive officers and officers who are elected at special elections or appointed to fill the unexpired portion of a term shall enter upon their duties within ten days next ensuing after notice of their election or appointment. If any officer shall neglect to take and subscribe his oath of office, or to file his required official bond within the time prescribed, or if any officer required to execute and file a new official bond, as herein provided, shall not comply with such requirement within ten days after notice thereof from the city clerk, the common council may declare the office in such case vacant, and such vacancy may be filled as provided in this charter. Discontinuance of Certain Offices:

Sec. 7. Any office hereby authorized, but not specifically named, may at any time be discontinued by the common council, and if there be an incumbent in such office, such discontinuance shall, on notice thereof, discharge him from the office and a further execution of its duties, and his office shall be deemed vacant.

Recall and Removal of Officers:

Sec. 8. Any elective officer provided for in this charter, except judges of courts of record and courts of like jurisdiction, may be recalled by the legal voters of the city or ward in the manner provided by the constitution and laws of this state. Such elective officers and any appointive officers may be removed from office as herein provided. Resignations:

Sec. 9. Resignations from office shall be made in writing, as follows: By the mayor to the common council, by the councilmen to the president of the common council, by all other elective officers to the mayor, who shall report the same to the council for acceptance, and by all appointive officers to the mayor or other officer or board whose duty it is to fill the vacancy.

Vacancies in Office:

Sec. 10. In the case of the expulsion or removal from office, death, resignation, or permanent disability of any officer, his office shall thereby become vacant, and may be so declared by the common council.

Delivery Over of Books, Papers, Money and Effects:

Sec. 11. Whenever any officer shall resign or be removed from office, or the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall expire, he shall, on demand, deliver over to his successor in office all

the books, papers, moneys and effects in his custody as such officer, and in any way appertaining to his office. Every person violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished accordingly. Every officer appointed or elected under this charter shall be deemed an officer within the meaning hereof.

Additional Powers and Duties:

Sec. 12. In addition to the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of officers prescribed in this charter all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall have such other rights, powers, duties and liabilities, subject to and consistent with the provisions hereof, as the common council may deem expedient and shall prescribe by ordinance.

Commission Created:

CHAPTER II.

Civil Service Commission.

Section 1. There shall be a Civil Service Commission consisting of four members.

Appointment; Qualifications:

Sec. 2. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor. No person shall be eligible to appointment who is not a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city. Not more than two members of the commission shall be members of, or adherents to the same political party. The members of the commission shall hold no

other public office or employment, except that of notary public.

Term of Office; Compensation:

Sec. 3. The term of office of each member of the commission shall, subject to the provisions hereof relative to removal, be four years. One member shall be appointed to serve for such term from and after the third day of June, 1919, and one member shall be appointed thereafter for a like term beginning on such date in each year. The compensation of the president of the commission shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum and of each of the other members thereof two thousand dollars.

Removals from Office; Vacancies:

Sec. 4. Members of the commission shall be subject to removal from office by the mayor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. No member of the commission shall be removed from office until charges shall have been preferred in writing, due notice given and a full hearing had. The mayor shall within ten days report in writing any such removal to the common council with his reasons therefor. Any vacancy in office shall be filled by the mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Officers and Employes:

Sec. 5. The member of the commission whose term of office shall first expire shall be president thereof, and the member whose term shall

next expire shall be vice-president. The commission shall choose by competitive examination a secretary and such other assistants and employes as may be necessary. The compensation of the secretary and other assistants and employes shall be fixed by the commission subject to the approval of the council.

Meetings, Records, Quorum:

Sec. 6. The commission shall hold meetings regularly, and shall designate the time and place thereof. It shall adopt its own rules of procedure and shall keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings and records of the commission shall be public. Three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

General Powers and Duties:

Sec. 7. The powers and duties of the commission shall be as follows:

(a) It shall classify all the offices and positions of employment with reference to the examinations herein provided for, excepting as herein otherwise provided;

(b) Shall from time to time make, in accordance with the provisions hereof, rules adapted to carry out the purposes of this chapter and not inconsistent with its provisions for the examination and selection of persons to fill the offices and positions in the classified service, which are required to be filled by appointment and for the selection of persons to be employed in the service of the city;

(c) Shall supervise the administration of the civil service rules, hold examinations thereunder from time to time, giving due notice thereof, prepare and keep an eligible list of persons passing such examinations and certify the names of persons thereon to appointing officers of the several departments;

(d) Shall, by itself or otherwise, investigate the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, of its own rules and of the action of appointees in the classified service. In the course of such investigation the commission or its authorized representative, shall have power to administer oaths, and the commission shall have power to secure by its subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigation;

(e) Shall provide, through the purchasing department of the city, all needed supplies for the use of the commission; and

(f) Shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out the provisions hereof.

Secretary and Chief Examiner:

Sec. 8. The secretary of the commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings and preserve all reports, applications and other documents. The secretary shall ex-officio be the chief examiner of the commission and shall hold office for and during merit and fitness. He shall not be removed except for cause, which cause shall be spread upon the minutes of

the commission. It shall be his duty under the direction of said commission, to superintend any examinations held under this chapter, and to perform such other duties as the commission shall prescribe.

Classified Service:

Sec. 9. The offices and positions classified by the commission shall constitute the classified civil service of the city, and all appointments to any such offices or positions shall be made under and according to the civil service rules.

Rules:

Sec. 10. The rules made hereunder by the commission and the system of markings in examinations thereunder shall not be changed for a period of thirty days prior to or after such examinations, and such system of markings shall be published in advance of such examinations and copies furnished to all applicants. No credits shall be allowed for experience until the applicant taking the examination has at least attained the percentage fixed as a minimum.

Examinations:

Sec. 11. All applicants for offices or positions in said classified service, except those herein otherwise specified, shall pass an examination which shall be made public, competitive and free to all citizens of the United States, with specific limitations as to residence, age, health, habits and moral character, which shall be uniform as to each kind of work or occupation: Provided, That such limitations shall not operate to exclude soldiers, sailors, marines or others in the military or naval service of the United States, or those formerly in such service. Such examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed and may include tests of physical qualifications and health and, when appropriate, of manual skill. The commission shall control all examinations and may, whenever an examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of persons, either in or not in the official service of the city, to be the examiners. It shall be the duty of such examiners to conduct such examination as the commission may direct and to make return or report thereof to the commission, and the commissioners may themselves at any time act as examiners without appointing others. If said examiners are not in the official service of the city, they shall receive such compensation as the commission may determine, subject to the approval of the common council, but if they are in the official service it shall be part of their duty without extra compensation.

Notices:

Sec. 12. Notice of the time and place and purpose of every examination shall be given by the commission by publication for two weeks preceding such examination in the official paper of the city, and such notice shall be posted by the commission in a conspicuous place in

the office and on the city hall bulletin boards for two weeks before such examination. Such further notice of examinations may be given as the commission shall prescribe.

Applications:

Sec. 13. Every person desiring to appear for examination, in order to entitle him thereto, shall file with the commission a statement subscribed by him and made under oath, in which he shall state the facts in relation to the following:

(1) Full name, residence and postoffice address; (2) citizenship; (3) age; (4) place of birth; (5) health and physical capacity for the public service; (6) previous employment in the public service; (7) business or employment and residence for the previous five years; (8) education.

Such other information shall be furnished by the applicant as may reasonably be required by the commission, touching the applicant's fitness for the public service.

Eligible List:

Sec. 14. From the returns of the examination held by the commission, it shall prepare an eligible list for each grade or class of positions in the competitive classified service of the city, of persons whose general average standing upon examinations for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the commission, and who are otherwise eligible, and such persons shall take rank upon the eligible list as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination without reference to priority or time of examination. In the event of more than one applicant receiving the same mark at an examination, priority in time of filing application shall determine the order in which their names shall be placed on the eligible list. The commission may strike off names of candidates from the eligible list after they have remained thereon one year. But any list may be extended by the commission for a period of not exceeding one year. The commission may, upon the written request of any person who has previously been in the classified service for a continuous period of not less than one year, and who shall not have been out of the service for more than two years, and who shall have resigned from the service in good standing, reinstate said person in the service in the same kind and grade of work he was performing when his resignation took effect, or place him at the foot of the eligible list applicable to such kind and grade of service, when in the judgment of the commission it would be for the good of the service.

Certifying Names; Appointments:

Sec. 15. The head of any department or office in which a position classified under this chapter is to be filled shall notify the commission of that fact and the commission shall certify to the appointing officer the name and address of the candidate standing highest upon the eligible list for the class or grade to which such position belongs. The appoint