All applicants for office, places or employment in the classified civil service of said city, shall be subject to examinations which shall be public, competitive and free to all United States citizens, subject to reasonable regulations and limitations of the civil service commission which are not in conflict with Federal or State law. Such examinations shall be practical in character, and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of physical qualifications, health and manual skill. Appropriate notice of all examinations, according to rule adopted by said civil service commission, shall be given.
Editor's note: This section was amended as approved by the voters of the city at a general municipal election held November 4, 1986.