THEODORE K. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1613

ranged in the order of the relative standing of applicants
as determined by the personnel officer.

(d) The personnel officer, upon the request of the ap-
pointing officer, shall certify to him the five persons stand-
ing highest on the appropriate eligible list, and the appoint-
ment shall be made from among these persons.

PROBATION AND REMOVAL

134. All appointees to the classified service shall serve
on probation for a period of six months after their appoint-
ment. During the probationary period the appointing
officer may remove any appointee at his discretion. If an
appointee is not removed within six months after his ap-
pointment, his appointment shall be deemed complete. No
employee in the classified service whose appointment is
complete shall be removed, except in cases of reduction of
staff, until he has received a written copy of the charges
against him and has had a hearing before the personnel
board. After the hearing, the personnel board shall rec-
ommended whether or not the employee should be suspend-
ed, demoted, or removed, but this recommendation shall be
advisory only, and the appointing officer shall have final
authority to suspend, demote, or remove the employee. The
personnel officer may, in his discretion, permit the ap-
pointing officer to suspend with pay any unsatisfactory
employee until a hearing can be held before the personnel
board.

CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY PLANS

185. The personnel officer shall prepare a classification
plan based on the duties, authority, and responsibility of
positions and shall prepare a schedule of uniform compen-
sation rates for like services, with maximum and minimum
rates for each class of position. These plans shall be ap-
proved in the same manner as all other personnel rules are
approved under this charter. After approval they shall be
enforced and maintained by the personnel officer.

PAYROLL CERTIFICATION

136. The personnel officer shall certify all payrolls for
persons in the classified service. No payment for personal
service to any person in the classified service of the city
shall be made unless the payroll vouchers bear the certifi-
cation of the personnel officer that the persons mentioned
therein have been appointed and employed in accordance
with the provisions of this article.