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§§ 4297-a7-4297-al2. CITY MANAGER BY POPULAR ELECTION. Tit. XIII, Ch. 40.
SEC. 4297-a7. Removal of commissioners.
1 The council may, by a majority vote remove any of said commis-
2 sioners during their term of office for cause, and shall fill any vacancy
3 that may occur in said commission for the unexpired term.
[39 G. A., ch. 216, § 1.]
SEC. 4297-a8. Power of council in case of no commission.
1 In all cases in which no civil service commissioners are appointed
2 by the council, the council shall have the same powers and exercise
3 and perform all the duties devolving upon such commissioners, as
4 provided for in the eleven following sections.
[39 G. A., ch. 216, § 1.]
SEC. 4297-a9. Examinations—nature—time.
1 Such commission shall hold examinations for the purpose of de-
2 termining the qualifications of applicants for positions in the fire and
3 police departments and such other departments as the city council
4 may, from time to time, by ordinance or resolution designate, which
5 examinations shall be held once a year and of tener if the same becomes
6 necessary and they shall be practical in their character and relate to
7 such matters as will fairly test the fitness of the person examined to
8 discharge the duties of the position to which he seeks to be appointed.
[39 G. A., ch. 216, § 3.]
SEC. 4297-alO. List of eligibles—ratings.
1 Such commission shall, as soon as possible after the examinations
2 are held, prepare a list of eligibles for each department, which lists
3 shall show the ratings of each person as determined from the exam-
4 ination and those persons having the highest rating shall appear first
5 upon said lists. Such lists of eligibles shall be preserved by the clerk
6 of the commission. New lists shall be prepared each year and ap-
7 pointments made therefrom, except that the appointing officer may
8 make appointments from names appearing upon previous lists if he
9 desires to do so.
[39 G. A., ch. 216, § 3.]
SEC. 4297-all. Appointments to office.
1 All vacancies occurring in positions under civil service shall be
2 filled from the eligible lists thus prepared. When a vacancy occurs
3 the city manager shall notify the clerk of the commission thereof.
4 Whereupon said clerk shall certify to said manager the names of three
5 persons whose rating appear the highest upon the eligible list, from
6 which list the manager shall fill the vacancy.
[39 G. A., ch. 216, § 3.]
SEC. 4297-al2. Dropping names from eligibility list—temporary
appointments.
1 No name shall be certified more than three times, and if the name
2 of a person is certified three times and he is not appointed, such name
3 shall be dropped from the eligible list. If the eligible list in any de-
4 partment shall be reduced to less than three, then the manager may
5 temporarily fill a vacancy until the next examination of the commis-