No officer shall be directly or indirectly interested in any
contract under the City, or in any work done by the City, or in furnishing
supplies for the City, or any of its institutions; and any appointed
officer becoming so interested shall be dismissed from office immediately
by the Mayor; and upon the Mayor becoming satisfied that any elective
officer is so interested, he shall immediately suspend such officer
and report the facts to the Council, whereupon the Council, as soon
as practicable, shall be convened to hear and determine the same;
and if, by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Council, he be found so interested,
he shall be immediately dismissed from such office.
No action shall be maintained against the City for or on account
of any injury growing out of alleged negligence of the City unless
notice shall first have been given in writing to the Mayor within
ninety (90) days of the occurrence for which said damage is claimed,
stating the place, time, character and circumstances of the injury
and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from the
City.
All officers and employees of the City who receive, disburse,
or are responsible for City funds, and such other officers and employees
as the Council by ordinance may designate, shall, within such time
after election or appointment as may be fixed by ordinance, and before
entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond to the City
in such sums and with such sureties as shall be prescribed by ordinance,
and subject to approval by the Council conditioned upon the faithful
and proper performance of their duties and for the prompt accounting
for and paying over to the City of all monies belonging to the City
that may come into their hands. The City shall pay the premiums on
all such bonds.
Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to the
electors by a commission in the manner provided by law and the Constitution
for framing and submitting a complete Charter. Amendments may also
be proposed by the Council or by petition of not less than ten percent
(10%) of the registered qualified electors of the City, filed with
the City Clerk, setting forth the proposed amendment. The Council
shall at once provide by ordinance that any amendment so proposed
shall be submitted to the electors at the next election held in the
City not less than sixty (60) days after its passage, or at a special
election held as provided by law and the Constitution for a Charter.
Any amendment approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting
thereon shall become a part of the Charter at the time and under the
conditions fixed in the amendment. Sections or Articles may be submitted
separately or in the alternative and determined as provided by law
and the Constitution for a complete Charter.
Any ordinance may be proved by a copy thereof certified by the
City Clerk under the Seal of the City; or, when printed and published
by authority of the City, it shall be received in evidence in all
courts, or other places, without further proof of authenticity.
If any provision of this Charter is held invalid, the other
provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application
of the Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances
is held invalid, the application of the Charter and its provisions
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.