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(d) Seeking or accepting election or appointment to public office. (e) Seeking signatures to any initiative or referendum petition directly affecting his rates of pay, hours of work, retirement, civil service, or other working conditions. (f) Distributing badges, pamphlets, dodgers or handbills or other partici- pati3n in any campaign in connection with such petition, if the activity is not carried on during hours of work, or when he is dressed in the uniform required in any department of the City Government. As provided in Section 45032 of the Government Code of the State of California, the violation of any provision of this section is ground for discharge of any officer or employee. SECTION 17. DISCRIMINATION. No person in the competitive service, or seeking admission thereto, shall Be employed, promoted, demoted or discharged, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of race, religious beliefi or political opinions or affiliations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein however, the City Council or the authorized appointing authority may, when legally possible so to do, prevent any person from entering or remaining in the competitive service who shall be a member of any organization whose objective is the overthrow by f orce or violence of our present system of government. SECTION 18. SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. No officer, agent, clerk, or employee, under the government of the city, and no candidate for any city office, shall directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, contribution, or political ser- vice, whether voluntary or involuntary, for any political purpose whatsoever, from anyone on the employrnent lists or holding any position under the provisions of this ordinance. No officer or employee in the competitive service shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assess- ment, subscription or contribution, whether voluntary or involuntary, for any purpose affecting his working conditions, frorn any person other than an officer or employee in the competitive service. SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. The Council shall appropriate such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 20. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions 5f this oF:-':'5ia_nce shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500. 00 or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. , -7-