Clements v. Commission of City of Birmingham

Under the Civil Service Act of 1923 (Gen. Acts 1923, p. 647), the police and fire departments of the city of Birmingham were placed under the regulations therein prescribed, to be administered by the civil service board created and empowered for that purpose.

After placing all “officers and members’’ of these departments under civil service regulations, and specifically defining who are to be included within those terms, the act (page 648) further includes:

“In addition to those specifically named here-inbefore as members of said departments, such others as such boards may find and designate to…