Section 23493.1 - Appointments and promotions; top of list; oral examination; review of examination papers; service credit; filling vacancy; veterans' credits(a) Both original appointments and promotions to any position in the competitive class in any bureau of fire in any city of the second class shall be made only from the top of the competitive list: Provided, however, That the appointing officer may pass over the person on the top of the competitive list for just cause in writing. Any person so passed over shall, upon written request, be granted a public hearing before the Civil Service Commission.(b) No oral examination shall be conducted as a means of determining the mental qualifications of any applicant for appointment or promotion in the competitive class in the bureau of fire.(c) Any person taking a competitive examination for appointment or promotion in the competitive class in the bureau of fire shall, if he so requests within five days after receiving notice of the results of such examination, be permitted to see his examination papers and to review his answers with those who conducted the examination. Any person who is refused such review or who is dissatisfied with the results of such review shall, upon written request, be granted a public hearing before the Civil Service Commission.(d) Any person taking a competitive examination for promotion within the competitive class in the bureau of fire shall be entitled to have added to the grade obtained in such examination, provided such grade is over the passing grade of seventy-five, a credit of one-half point for each year of service which such person has had in the bureau of fire, but in no case shall more than ten points be so added.(e) Any vacancy which may occur within the competitive class in the bureau of fire shall be filled from the next lowest rank.(f) Any person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during any war or armed conflict in which the United States engaged and who has an honorable discharge from such service and who shall successfully pass a civil service examination for the position of hoseman in the bureau of fire shall be marked or graded an additional ten points above the mark or grade he received on the examination and the total mark or grade thus obtained shall represent the final mark or grade of such person and shall determine his standing on the competitive list, but otherwise the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to such person.1939, June 27, P.L. 1207, § 3.1, added 1963, July 3, P.L. 186, § 2, effective in 60 days.