7-3-4257. Appointment of civil service commission. (1) Immediately after organizing, the council shall by ordinance appoint three civil service commissioners, who shall hold office, one until the first Monday in April in the second year, one until the first Monday in April of the fourth year, and one until the first Monday in April of the sixth year after his appointment. Each succeeding council shall, as soon as practicable after organizing, appoint one commissioner for 6 years, who shall take the place of a commissioner whose term of office expires. The chairman of the commission for each biennial period shall be the member whose term first expires. No person while on the said commission shall hold or be a candidate for any office of public trust. Two of said members shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The commissioners must be citizens of Montana and residents of the city for more than 3 years next preceding their appointment.
     (2) Before entering upon the duties of his office, each of said commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath, which shall be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk, to support the constitution of the United States and of the state of Montana, to obey the laws, to aid to secure and maintain an honest and efficient force free from partisan distinction or control, and to perform the duties of his office to the best of his ability.
     (3) The council may remove any of said commissioners during their term of office for cause, a majority of councilmen voting in favor of such removal, and shall fill any vacancy that shall occur in said commission for the unexpired term. The city council shall provide suitable rooms in which the said civil service commission shall hold its meetings; it shall have a clerk, who shall keep a record of all its meetings, such city to supply the said commission with all necessary equipment to properly attend to such business.

     History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 57, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 5390, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5390, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3128(1) thru (3).