Tests required by the Civil Service Commission shall be practical and shall relate to matters which fairly measure the relative fitness of the candidates to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek appointment. No question in any such test shall relate to political or religious opinion, affiliation or service; and no appointment, transfer, lay-off, promotion, reduction, suspension, or removal shall be affected or influenced by such opinion, affiliations or service.
(Effective November 9, 1931)