Section 33Sec./Art. 33

Administrative Jurisdiction for Disciplining Officers and Employees. The Commissioner may, for dishonestly, oppression, misconduct, neglect of duty, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, notoriously disgraceful or immoral conduct, improper or unauthorized solicitation of contributions from subordinate employees and by teachers or school officials from school children, violation of the existing Civil Service law and rules or of reasonable office regulations, or in the interest of the service, remove any subordinate officer or employee from the service, demote him in rank, suspend him for not more than one year without pay or fine him in an amount not exceeding six months' salary.

In meting out punishment, like penalties shall be imposed for like offenses and only one penalty shall be imposed in each case.