13-2421. Same; appointments to be on basis of merits; tenure of office.
13-2421
13-2421. Same; appointments to be on basis of merits; tenure of
office.
The waterworks board shall make all appointments and hire all officers,
agents, servants and employees in the waterworks plant and fix their
compensation and determine their qualification, and 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 their merits alone,
and no appointment shall ever be made on account of political services or
affiliations. Such officers, agents, servants and employees shall hold
their offices during the pleasure of the waterworks board.
History: L. 1937, ch. 143, § 8; March 16.