1328 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 467
eligibility which may be provided therein, for granting

like credits to the wives of such veterans as have them-
selves been unable because of disability to qualify for ap-
pointment to the Classified City Service and for like credits
to the widows of deceased veterans who shall not have

remarried.

(e) Classified Service—Appointments. When a va-

cancy occurs or a new position is created in the Classified

Service, the appointing officer shall fill such position provi-
sionally by the appointment of one of the persons certified

to him by the Commission, as above provided, which
appointment shall be on probation for a period of one (1)
year. At or before the expiration of the period of proba-

tion such appointing officer, in the exercise of his discre-

tion, may suspend or discharge the said probationer; such
cases shall be reported to the Commission within three (3)

days after said suspension or discharge has taken place

and said report shall contain full details of the conditions.

it shall be within the power of the Commission to call a

hearing in the case, and if the details brought out justify,

the suspension or discharge may be voided or the punish-

ment may changed. In no case, however, shall the pro-
bationer have a right of appeal from the decision of the
appointing officer. Unless so removed during the proba-
tionary period, the appointment shall be deemed complete.

At least fifteen days (15) prior to the completion of an

employee's probationary period, the appointing authority
or other officer whom he may designate shall notify the
Commission, whereupon the Commission shall conduct ex-
aminations of all persons hereafter appointed, and shall
report to the proper appointing authority for his recom-

mendation to the Mayor and City Council, as to their fit

ness for appointment to a permanent position in the Classi-

fied Service. The said examination shall be more rigid in

character than the original examinations of the applicants.
If any emergency arises or if the services are to be

rendered only for a period, not exceeding ninety (90)

days, the appointing officer, with the approval of the Com-

mission, may make a temporary appointment to remain
in force not exceeding ninety (90) days; provided, how-

ever, that where war or other great emergency adversely
affecting employment shall exist, the Commission, if it
shall so find after thorough investigation, that due to such

emergency it is necessary to fill positions (either gener-

ally or in particular instances) by temporary appoint-
ments for periods in excess of ninety (90) days, may
authorize positions to be held by temporary appointments
for the duration of such emergency and not exceeding six