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SECTION 24: VACANCIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Whel~ever a vaCancy in the Police Department, above the grade of patrolman and motorcycle officer, occurs, the Chief of the Police Department may assign a member of the Department from the next ,low,e.r,,r,an~ to fill .the vacancy until such time as the absent member shall return to duty, or the vacancy may ne llllen ny appoint- ment from the eligible llst furnished by the Civil Service Board. The member so assigned shall, during his in- cumbency, receive the salary attached to the grade or position thus temporarily filled. SECTION 25: No officer or member o£ the Fire Department or Police Department shall, without the consent of their re- spective Chief or the City Council, accept any money, gratuity or compensation for any service he may render in line of duty as a member of that department. SECTION 26: If any section, subsection, clause, or phrase o£ this ordinance is for any mason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections of this ordinance. SECTION 27: Any provisions or clauses of the several ordinances of the City of Santa Ana in conflict herewith are here- by expressly repealed. SECTION 28: Whenever in t.his ordinance the masculine gender is used it shall be deemed to include the feminine ~ender. SECTION 29:FALSE MARKING, GRADING, ETC., PROHIBITED No person shall, by himself or in cooperation with one or more persons, cheat, deceive, or obstruct any person in respect of his right of examination or registration according to the rules and regnlations of this ordi- nance~ or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination of proper standing of any person ex- amined, registered or certified pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, or aid in so doing, or make any false representation concerning the same, or concerning the person examined. SECTION 30:AMENDMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE The City Council may from time to time, by ordinance, add additional departments, appointive officers or employees of the City to the list originally designated in this ordinance creating a system of Civil Service. The City Council however, shall not have the authority or power to withdraw any department or departments, appoin- tive officers or employees from the operation of the system created by this ordinance, unless and until the with- drawal thereof shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Santa Aha at a special or regular municipal election held in said City, and shall have been approved by not less than a two-thirds vote o[ the elec- tors voting on such proposition. SECTION 31: VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE A MISDEMEANOR Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, end upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not not less then One Hundred ($100) Dollam or mere than Three Hundred ($300) Dollars; or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not longer than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.