§ 77. Status of appointive officers and employees when this charter became effective.

All appointive officers and employees in the service of the city, other than the officers and employees excepted from the classified civil service, whose offices or employments have not been abolished by this Charter, or whose offices or employments are not inconsistent with this Charter, and who have served continuously in their respective offices or employments for six months prior to January 1, 1952, shall be, on and after that date, subject in all respects to the classified civil service provisions of this Charter and shall continue in their respective offices or employments without preliminary or probationary tests.