Rules.

For examination of appli

the rules so established, and they shall, on or before the fifteenth day of March in every year, report to the mayor their doings during the preceding year, including any rules adopted under the provisions of this section.

SECTION 3. The rules mentioned in section 2 of this act may be made from time to time:

1st. For open, competitive and other examincants for office. ations by which to test applicants for office or for employment as to their practical fitness to discharge the duties of the positions which they desire to fill, which examinations shall be public and free to all citizens of the United States, with proper limitations as to residence, age, health, sex, habits and moral character.

Filling vacancies.

For promotions in office.

For a period of probation.

Rules to be printed.

All appointments to be

made in conformity with

2d. For the filling of vacancies in offices and places of employment in accordance with the results of such examinations, and for the selec tion of persons for public employment in accordance with such results, or otherwise, as may seem most desirable to carry out the provisions of this act.

3rd. For promotions in office or position on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority in service and examination as may seem desirable. 4th. For a period of probation before an appointment or employment is made permanent. All rules made as provided in this act and all changes therein shall forthwith be printed for distribution by said board.

SECTION 4. From and after the adoption of such rules, all appointments to subordinate ofrules adopted. fices, positions and employments in the several departments of the service of such city which are subject to such rules, shall be made by the respective heads of such departments under and in conformity with the provisions of such rules, and such heads of departments shall respectively have power to remove or discharge at pleasure any person holding any subordinate office, position or employment in their respective departments.

All applicants shall be sub

SECTION 5. All applicants for offices, places ject to exami. or employments in the civil service of such city, except those mentioned in section 6, shall be

nation.

subject to examination under and in accordance with the rules so made by said commissioners. Such examinations shall be practical in their character and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the particular service to which they seek to be appointed, and shall include tests of physical qualifications and health, and, when appropriate, of manual skill. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations, and no appointment or selection to an office or for employment within the scope of the rules established as aforesaid, shall be in any manner affected or influenced by such opinions or affiliations.

others who are

the rules.

SECTION 6. Officers who are elected by the officers and people, or who by statute are required to be exempted from elected by the city council, inspectors and clerks of election, members of any board of education, the superintendents and teachers of schools, beads of any principal department of the city, all members of the law, fire and police depart ments, officers and clerks for the faithful discharge of whose duties a superior officer is required to give bond, one private secretary of the mayor, and any other officers, clerks or employes in the service of the city whose positions, in the judgment of the said city service commissioners cannot, for the time being, be subjected, with advantage to the public service, to the general rules prepared under this act, shall not be af fected as to their election, selection or appointment, by such rules made by said commissioners.

plication shall

SECTION 7. Every application, in order to en- What the ap title the applicant to appear for examination or contain. to be examined, must state the facts under oath on the following subjects: (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

Appointment of chief ex

duties.

shall be furnished by the applicant as may reasonably be required by the board touching the applicant's fitness for the public service.

SECTION 8. The said board shall appoint a aminer and his chief examiner whose duty it shall be, under their direction, to superintend any examinations held in such city under this act, and who shall perform such other duties as the board shall prescribe. Such chief examiner shall be ex-officio secretary of said board, and under the direction of such board he, as such secretary, shall keep minutes of its proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, keep a record of all examinations held under its direction, and perform such other duties as the board may from time to time prescribe. Such chief examiner shall receive a salary to be fixed by said board at a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars a year, which shall be paid monthly by the city on the certificate of the president of said board. He shall be subject to removal at any time by the board. The said board of commissioners may also incur such expenses, not exceeding five hundred dollars a year, as it may deem necessary, for printing and stationery and other incidental matters.

Board shall control all examinations.

SECTION 9. The board 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 services of the city, to be examiners, and it shall be the duty of such examiners, and, if in the service of the city, it shall be a part of their official duty, without extra compensation, to conduct examinations as the board may direct, and make return or report thereof to such board; and the board may at any time substitute any other person, whether or not in such service, in the place of any one so selected, and the board may themselves at any time act as such examiners and without appointing examiners. The examiners at any examination shall not all be members of the same political party, and no person shall serve in an examination of candidates for office under the provisions of this act in case

of a relative or connection by marriage within the degree of first cousin.

amination shall

publication.

SECTION 10. Notice of the time, place and Notice of exgeneral scope of every examination shall be be given by given by the board by publication for two weeks preceding such examination, in one or more daily newspapers of general circulation published in such city, and such notice shall also be posted by said board in a conspicuous place in their office two weeks before such examination. Such further notice of examinations may be given as the board shall prescribe.

each grade or

kept.

SECTION 11. From the returns or reports of Register of the examiners, or from the examinations made class to be by the board, the board shall prepare and keep a register for each grade or class of position in the service of such city, of the persons whose general average standing upon examination for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of such board, and who are otherwise eligible; and such person shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination, without reference to priority of time of examination.

notice of ap

shall be given.

SECTION 12. Immediate notice in writing Immediate shall be given by the appointing power to said pointment board of commissioners of all appointments, permanent or temporary, made in those branches or departments of the civil service of such city which are subject to this act and the rules of said board, and of all transfers, promotions, resignations or vacancies from any cause in such service, and of the date thereof; and a record of the same shall be kept by said board. When any office or place of employment subject to such rules is created or abolished, or the compensation attached thereto is altered, the officer or board making such change shall immediately report in writing to said board of commissioners.

annual report

SECTION 13. Said board of commissioners Board to make shall, on or before the fifteenth day of March to the mayor. in each year, make to the mayor for transmission to the city council, a report showing its

Officers of the city to aid the board in all proper ways.

Corrupt or unfair examinations prohibited.

No account to

be allowed un

curred.

own action, the rules in force, the practical ef fects thereof, and any suggestions it may ap prove for the more effectual accomplishment of the purposes of this act. The mayor may require a report from said board at any other time.

SECTION 14. All officers of any such city shall aid said board in all proper ways in carry ing out the provisions of this act, and, at any place where examinations are to be held, shall allow the reasonable use of the public buildings for holding such examinations. The mayor of each city shall cause suitable rooms to be provided for said board at the expense of such city; and a sufficient sum of money shall be appropriated each year by each city to carry out the provisions of this act in such city.

SECTION 15. No person or officer shall willfully and corruptly, by himself or in co-operation with one or more other persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of examination, or corruptly or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing or willfully or corruptly make any false representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or willfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, or to be examined, being appointed, employed or promoted.

SECTION 16. No accounting or auditing offiless lawfully in cer shall allow the claim of any public officer for services of any deputy or other person employed in the public service in violation of the provisions of this act.

Shall certify all appointments to the city comptroller.

SECTION 17. The board of city service commissioners shall certify to the comptroller all appointments to offices and places in the civil service of the city, subject to their rules, and all vacancies occurring therein, whether by dismissal, resignation or death. No comptroller of any such city shall approve the payment of or