The provisions of sections 419.01 to 419.18 with reference to the abolition of civil service commission shall not apply and shall have no force or effect in any city in this state where a commission has already been created.
Minn. Stat. § 419.18
(1933-63d) 1929 c 299; 1933 c 197 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7