Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-16
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CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

OONNa - A<C AllE<S AOANo.
Sec. 70. All contested ele sSivas
shall be heard and decided by the
board of affairs for the time be ny.
and the contest shall be made and
conducted in the same manner as
provided for in such contests for
county and district offices; and the
board Of affairs shall conduct its
proceedings In such cases as nearly
as pract cable I'm conformity of the
preceding OF the county court I'm
srch cases, except that for the frs.
election hereunder the council shall
hear tuch contest.
OATH OF OFFICERS.
Sec. &c. All officers. elective, and
al'pointive, shall make oath, before
some authorized to administer oaths
that they will support the const tn :
ton of this state, and will faithful
ly and Impartial ly discharge the du-
ties OF their respective offices To the
best of thcr skill and judgment;
that they will not administer their
respective offices with the aim 20
benefit or infuse any political party;
ard, In the case members of the
board of ana RS they shall add in
their oath that they are not, or viii
not, during their term OF office be-
come pecuniarily interested directly
or indirectly, in any contract Will.
the dty, or any franchise, or any
iGUor license granted by il, or the
purchase of supplies therefor. When
the officer shall have made such oath
in writing and filed the same witt.
the recorder, and shall have given
bend required of and accepted from
him, he shall be considered as hav-
ing qualified for tle office to which
he was elected or appointed; Pro
viaed, that II any person elected as
member OF the beard or affairs shall
not qualify for said Office as herein
prescribed within ten days after he
thall have been offlcia 'ly declares
elected thereto, said office shall ipso
facto become vacant, and said vacan
CT shall be filled in the manner pro
vided for In this act.
BOND OF OFFICERS.
Sec. 81. Each member of the
beard of affairs, and the recorder
treasurer, auditor, city solicitor,
health commissioner, chief of police
chief of fire department, shall, be,
fore entering upon the discharge OF
their duties, give an official bond,
conditioned for the faithful perfor
nance of their respective duties as
prescribed in this act or any ordi-
nance now or hereafter passed, In
amounts as follows: Each member
of the board of affairs FIVE thous
and dollars; the treasurer, forty
thousand dollars; the auditor two
thousand dollars; the recorder ana
city solicitor, three thousand dollar
each; health commissioner, chief of
police, and the chief of the fire de-
parIhlent, each one Thousand dol
airs.
The board OF affairs may requirs
additional bond from any of said
aDpointive officers, and may like =.
wise require bond, in whatever sum
they may fix, OF any other appoint
i've officer. All bonds of appointive
officers shall, before their accept
ance, be approved by the board Of
affairs; and the bonds OF the mem
bers of the board of affairs shall be
approved by the retiring board OF
affairs, except that bondb OF the first
beard of affairs shall be approved
bT the present council. ALL other
bends of whatsoever Kind shall not
be accepted until first approved b.
tie board OF affairs. The minutes