No officer or employee of the Municipality shall accept or receive,
directly or indirectly from any public or private utility operating
within the territiorial limits of the Municipality, or other business
using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass,
free ticket or free service or accept or receive, directly or indirectly
from any person or corporation any other service upon terms more favorable
than is granted to the public generally.
No candidate for office, appointment or employment and no officer,
appointee or employee in the Municipality shall, directly or indirectly,
give or promise any person any office, position, employment, or anything
of substantial value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the
political support, aid or vote of any person, under the penalty of
being disqualified to hold the office or employment to which such
candidate was elected or appointed.
Any person hereafter elected or appointed to any office or position
in a Municipal government under this Charter who, after lawful notice
or process, shall willfully refuse or fail to appear before any court,
any legislative committee, or the Governor, or having appeared shall
refuse to testify or to answer any question regarding the property,
government or affairs of the Municipality, or regarding that person's
nomination, election, appointment or official conduct on the ground
that the answer would tend to incriminate him/her, or shall refuse
to waive immunity from prosecution on account of any such matter in
relation to which that person may be asked to testify, may be removed
from office by the Council of the Municipality in its discretion.
It is the intent of the electors of this Municipality that if
this Charter cannot take effect in its entirety because of the judgment
of any court of competent jurisdiction holding invalid any part or
parts hereof, the remaining provisions of the Charter shall be given
full force and effect as completely as if the part or parts held invalid
had not been included herein.
