Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-03-30


moval of officers, and discharge of EN-
ployees, for misconduct or neglect OF
duty.
SECTION L.
Be It ordained by the mayor and
tiesburg, That the following acts and
omissions or either of them, done or
suffered by any officer or employee of
said city, shall work forfeiture of the
Office or employment of the offending
party, and subject him to removal from
Office or discharge from employment,
as the case may be, towit;
Article l. When any officer of said
city, whether elected by the people or
by this board, shall be guilty Of mis-
conduct or misdemeanor in Office or OF
any felony or other Infamous crime. or
of corruption in office, or speculation
therein, or gambling or dealing in
futures with money coming to his hands
by virtue of his Office or employment;
Article 2. When the mayor, police
justice, the marshal, an alderman. or
any police officer or employee Of said
city shall wilfully. neglect or refuse to
return any person committing an of
fence against said city, committed In
his view or knowledge, or of which he
has notice, or when he shall wilfully
absent himself when such offence is
being Committed or is about to be com
mitted, for the purpose of avoiding
knowledge thereof;
Article 8. When any officer of said
city shall be interested, directly or In
directly. in any contract with said city,
made persuant to any ordinance or
order passed or adopted by the mayor
and board of aldermen thereof, Of which
he may be or may have been, a member,
during the term for which he shall have
been chosen or within one year after
the expiration of such term;
Article A.. When any officer of said
city or any employee thereof shall be
guilty of habitual drunkenness, or be
drunk while In the actual discharge of
official duty.
Article s. When any officer buys, or
in any way, directly. or indirectly be-
comes the owner of, or interested in any
warrant, certificate, claim, Or demand
payable ont of the city treasury, without
paying therefor the full face value OF
such warrant, certificate, claim or de-
mand, or interest in it;
Article 8. When any officer of said
city, or any employee thereof, fails or
refuses 10 obey or to execute, as the
case may be, go far as his duty requires,
any lawful order or ordinance of the
mayor and board Of aldermen.
| Article Z. When any officer or en-
ployee Of said city fails or refuses to
perform any clerical, ministerial, OF
other official duty, enioined upon him
by law, or by lawful order or ordinance
of the mayor and board Of aldermen
Article 8 When any officer or en-
ployee Of said city usurps or unlawfully
exercises the functions of any office OF
employment pertaining to the city
service, other than that to which he
was elected or employed, or exercise:
the functions of any Office without frs
having qualified as required by law. Of
by any lawful ordinance or order OF the
mayor and board of aldermen.
Article 8. When any officer or EN-
ployee of the city shall refuse or fail K
collect any money due the city which i
Is his duty to collect, or shall fail or re
fuse to pay account for money of the eity
which he has collected, or shall fail 0,
refuse to pay out any money of the cit.
which he holds and which it Is his dut,
to pay out; or shall pay out any none.
belonging to the city in his hands with
out authority of law therefor;
Article 10. When any officer or EN-
ployee Of said city shall, without an
tnority of law. rarole any city prisene
city prisoner to escape, or shall inhu
manly treat any city prisoner;
SECTIoN2.
. Be it further ordained, That when
ever affidavit shall be lodged with th
city clerk, or with the mayor, or wit
the police justice, charging any Office
or employee of said city with miscon
duct or neglect of duty under the frs
section of this ordinance, such office
shall issue 4 summons to the accused
: and cause it to be served upon him, re
turnable at the next regular or ad
e journed meeting, or any special meet
f ing, of the mayor and board OF alder
men. On the return day il the caus
be not ready for hearing it may be con
S tinued from.time to time as justice ma
8 require When the cause shall b
ready for trial the mayor and board
aldermen shall hear the testimony an
: determine the matter. If the affidav
e be not sustained by the proof the jude
}. ment shall be that he retain his Office {
= employment as the case may be. If ii
y ofidavit be sustained by the proof til
9 Judgment shaIl.be that he be remove
" lin case he bean officer )or that he be di
4 charged (if he be an employee).
.. SECTION 8.
" Be it further ordained, That whepev
u an officer shall be removed, or an en-
'r ployee discharged, for misconduct
e neglect of duty. as aforesaid, and sha
hereafter continue TO exercise the fun
!. tiens of his Office or employment
II defiance Of the judgment against bin
= he shall be deemed to be guilty. OF
4 misdemeanor, and each day that he shs
!. so continue to exercise the functions
% such Office or employment shall cons
tute separate offence so committed
: shall, on conviction before the poll
"a justice, be fined not more than O
=. hundred dollars, or be imprisoned long
'o than one month, or both.
~ This March! 8, 1903.
Vetoed by G W. Rich, Mayor
, A. FARLEY, Clerk.
- - NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT.