Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND

THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL HAD BEEN GIVEN.

111-3. EXAMINATIONS.

A. PREPARATION AND FORM; POSITIONS EXEMPTED FROM
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION. PROMPTLY UPON THE FILING OF THE LIST
OF POSITIONS AND SALARIES UNDER THE MERIT SYSTEM WITH THE
STATE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL, THE DISTRICT SHALL PREPARE
AND HOLD EXAMINATIONS TO ESTABLISH A LIST OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE
FOR APPOINTMENT TO VACANCIES IN THE VARIOUS POSITIONS.
EXAMINATIONS MAY BE HELD BY THE DISTRICT WHENEVER IT DEEMS IT
NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE PERSONS
FOR ANY POSITION IN THE CLASSIFIED LIST. THE EXAMINATIONS MAY
BE ORAL OR WRITTEN OR IN THE FORM OF A DEMONSTRATION OF SKILL
OR ANY COMBINATION OF THESE AND SHALL BE OF A CHARACTER TEST
TO FAIRLY DETERMINE THE RELATIVE ABILITY OF THE CANDIDATE
ACTUALLY TO PERFORM THE DUTY OF THE CLASSIFICATION TO WHICH
HE SEEKS TO BE APPOINTED. ALL EXAMINATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED
TO THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL FOR HIS APPROVAL
BEFORE BEING GIVEN. EXAMINATIONS SHALL BE COMPETITIVE, FREE
AND OPEN TO ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE LAWFULLY APPOINTED TO
ANY POSITION WITHIN THE CLASS FOR WHICH THE EXAMINATION IS
HELD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DISTRICT FROM TIME TO TIME
MAY PROVIDE FOR GENERAL RULES EXEMPTING FROM COMPETITIVE
EXAMINATION POSITIONS TO BE FILLED BY SEMISKILLED OR UNSKILLED
MANUAL LABORERS AND MAY, AS IT SEES FIT, PROVIDE, IN LIEU OF SAID
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, SUCH SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION FOR
SAID LABORERS OR OTHERWISE AS, IN ITS JUDGMENT, WILL BEST
PROVIDE FOR SUCH POSITIONS.

B. PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS; CONTENTS OF NOTICE.
NOTICE OF THE TIME, PLACE AND GENERAL SCOPE OF EVERY
EXAMINATION AND OF THE DUTIES, PAY AND EXPERIENCE
ADVANTAGEOUS OR REQUISITE FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE CLASS FOR
WHICH THE EXAMINATION IS TO BE HELD SHALL BE GIVEN BY THE
DISTRICT BY PUBLICATION AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK FOR AT LEAST TWO
(2) SUCCESSIVE WEEKS PRECEDING THE EXAMINATION IN A NEWSPAPER
OR NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN CHARLES COUNTY.

111-4. ELIGIBILITY LISTS; APPLICANT APPEALS; APPOINTMENTS.

A. PREPARATION OF LISTS; DURATION OF ELIGIBILITY;
EXTENSION. THE DISTRICT SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF ELIGIBLES
CONSISTING OF THE NAMES OF PERSONS WHOSE GENERAL AVERAGE
AND MARKS ON ANY PART OF AN EXAMINATION EXCEED THE MINIMUM
AS SET BY THE RULES OF THE DISTRICT AND SHALL SEND A COPY OF
THE LIST TO THE STATE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL. ELIGIBLE LISTS
SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE FOR ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE DATE OF
PREPARING THE LIST AND MAY BE EXTENDED BY THE DISTRICT BY

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