The fixing of the rate of compensation of every employee coming under the provisions of Sections 21-31-51 through 21-31-75 shall remain vested in those public officials authorized by law to fix the rate of such compensation, and nothing contained in said sections shall infringe upon the power and authority of any such public officials to so fix the rate of such compensation.
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Civil Service System in Certain Other Municipalities
§ 21-31-55. Election of officers and meetings of commission; secretary; board of examiners
§ 21-31-57. Duties of the commission
§ 21-31-59. Accommodations, supplies and clerical aid to be furnished to commission
§ 21-31-61. Coverage afforded by civil service system
§ 21-31-63. Qualifications of applicants seeking civil service position
§ 21-31-65. Adoption and induction of incumbents into civil service
§ 21-31-67. Appointments and lay-offs
§ 21-31-69. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline
§ 21-31-71. Removal, suspension, demotion, and discharge