166 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 117

For the adoption and amendment of rules only after
public notice and hearings.

The Director shall adopt such other rules, not inconsist-
ent with the foregoing provisions of this section, as may
be necessary for the enforcement of this Charter.

47. All examinations shall be impartial and shall deal
with the duties and requirements of the positions to be
filled. When oral tests are used a record of questions and
answers shall be made. The Director may call on other
persons to draw up, conduct, or mark examinations and
when such persons are connected with the city service it
shall be deemed a part of their official duty to act as exam-
iners without extra compensation.

48. All persons in the service of the City of Hagers-
town holding positions in the classified service as estab-
lished by this Charter at the time it takes effect, shall re-
tain their positions until discharged, reduced, promoted or
transferred in accordance therewith^ The Director shall
maintain a civil list of all persons in the city service, show-
ing in connection with each name the position held, the date
and character of every appointment and of every subse-
quent change in status. Each appointing officer shall
promptly transmit to the Director all information required
for the establishment and maintenance of said civil list.

49. No public disbursing officer of the City of Hagers-
town shall pay any salary or compensation for service to
any person holding a position in the classified service, un-
less the payroll or account for such salary or compensa-
tion shall bear the certificate of the Personnel Director that
the persons named therein have been appointed or em-
ployed and are performing service in accordance with the
provisions of this Charter and of the rules established
hereunder. Any taxpayer of the said City of Hagerstown
may maintain an action in the Circuit Court of Washing-
ton County to recover for the City treasury from the per-
son or persons authorizing such payment any sums paid
contrary to the provisions of this section, or to enjoin the
Personnel Director from attaching his certificate to a pay-
roll or account for services rendered in violation of the
provisions of this Charter or of the rules established there-
under, or to restrain the payment of salary to any person
employed in violation of law.

50. In any investigation conducted by the Personnel
Director, he shall have the power to subpoena and require
the attendance of witnesses and the production thereby of