The Council shall appoint the salaried members of the Fire Department; said Fire Department shall be under the supervision and subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Council. The Council shall fix their salaries from time to time.
The Council shall appoint a Civil Service Commission, consisting of three members, none of whom shall be members of the Council, or of the paid or volunteer Fire Department, and not more than two of whom shall be the same political party. One shall be appointed for two years, one for four, and the other for six years; every two years one member of the Commission shall be appointed, and all members shall be eligible to succeed themselves.
This Commission shall have power to conduct examinations as to the fitness of all salaried members of the Fire Department, and to recommend suitable men for appointment by the Council. The Council shall make no appointments except from those recommended by said Commission. The Council shall adopt by proper ordinance, rules and regulations governing the activities of said Commission. (Acts 1915, Municipal Charters, ch. 6, Sec. 57; Acts 1933, ch. 125)