13-2404. Appointment of officers and employees; merit basis.
13-2404
13-2404. Appointment of officers and employees; merit basis.
In making all appointments and hiring all officers, agents and servants
in the waterworks department, the board of commissioners shall have regard
alone to relative capacity of applicants, their moral, physical and health
qualifications, and, when appropriate, their qualifications for manual
labor. All appointments shall be made on the basis of merit alone, and no
appointment shall ever be made in such department on account of political
services or affiliations.
History: L. 1907, ch. 114, § 102; May 27; R.S. 1923, § 13-2404.