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istrative head or person found guilty of such violation by the said Com-
mission. The Commission shall make an annual report to the Mayor.

CLASSIFIED CITY SERVICE.

1918, Home Rule Charter.

203D. The Commissioners shall classify all the municipal offices and
positions in the City of Baltimore to which appointments are made by
any person or persons (other than the Mayor or the City Council) who
are, or may be, clothed by this Charter or any law or ordinance relating
to Baltimore City with the power of making appointments, excepting posi-
tions involving duties in teaching or supervisory capacity which are to
be filled by the Board of School Commissioners, as provided in Sections
100 and 101 of this Charter. Such classification shall be made, with
reference to the examinations hereinafter provided for, as Exempt, Com-
petitive, Non-Competitive and of the Labor Class. The offices and places
so classified by the Commission shall constitute the Classified City Service
of Baltimore, and no appointment to any of such offices or places shall
be made except under and according to the rules herein mentioned after
the promulgation thereof.

Said power of classification, however, is not to be taken as applying
to any appointments except those made in the exercise of the powers here-
tofore granted, or which may hereafter be granted, to the City of Balti-
more, as provided in Article XI-A of the Constitution of Maryland.

EXEMPT CLASS.

1918, Home Rule Charter.

203E. The Exempt Class of the Classified City Service shall include
all offices or positions, except those of laborers, for the filling of which
competitive or non-competitive examinations shall be decided by the City
Service Commission to be impracticable. But no office or position shall
be deemed to be in the Exempt Class unless it is specifically named in
said class in said rules, and the reasons for each such exemption shall be
stated separately in the annual report of the Commission. Appointments
in the Exempt Class may be made without examination but every ap-
pointing officer shall have the right, in his discretion, to require any appli-
cant for such appointment by him to be examined by the Commission,
or otherwise, in such manner and to such extent as he shall deem expe-
dient, in order to ascertain his fitness and capacity for the position he
is seeking.

COMPETITIVE CLASS.

1918, Home Rule Charter.

203F. The Competitive Class of the Classified City Service shall in-
clude all the other positions in the said service for which it is practicable,