The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-03
CHAPTER XII.
Miscellaneous,

oecIlon lO2 Charter A Public Act. This charter
of the City of Sank Centre shall be public act and need
not be pleaded proved any It shall take effect
thirty days from and after it's adoption by the voters of
the City.
Section 103. Oath OF Office. Every elected or ap-
pointed officer of the City SHALL before assuming his
fetal duties appear before the city clerk or judge of
the municipal court and take and subscribe the oath of
office prescribed by law and file the with the city
clerk every officer OF the City shall hold over until his
has been elected appointed and duly quail
fed.
Section 1O4. Official Bonds. The city clerk and the
city treasurer shall each furnish before assuming the u
ties of their respective Offices good and sufficient bond
IN sum to be annually fixed by the council and suf-
formance Of their respective duties Such official bonds
shall be approved by the council and the mayor and shall
be furnished either by persons of good financial standing
or by surety companies authorized do BUSINESS in this
state whose books at all times open inspection by
any properly authorized person officer of the City,
All such official bonds shall be approved by the city at
torney to FORM and filed in the office of the city clerk
the cost of such bonds shall be paid by the City.
Section 1o5 City Officers Not to Accept Favors or
Contracts. No officer employee of the Ctv shall
solicit or receive pay commission money or thing of
value or derive any benefit profit advantage directly
or nalrecty 1ro or by reason Of Improvement al
teraon or repair required by authority of the City, or
any contract which the City shall be party except his
lawful compensation or salary such officer or en-
poyee No officer employee of the City, exceopt as
therwise provided in this charter by law shall solicit
accept receive directly indirectly from any public
utility corporation the of any public utility or
franchise any pass, frank ticket free service or
any other favor upon terms favorable than those
granted the public generally violation of any of the
provisions of this section shall disquafy the offender to
continue in office employment of the City, and he shall
be removed therefrom.
Any contract with the City in which any officer or
employee of the City is becomes, directly indirectly
interested, personally, member of firm, an
officer director of corporation shall be and become
void and any money which shall have been paid such
contract by the City may be recovered from any all
the interested therein by joint several action
Section 1O6 Contracts-How Let In all cases of
work to be done by or OF the purchase of
erty of any kind when the amount involved is than
five hundred dollars unless the council by emergency
resolution shall provide otherwise it shall advertise for
bids in the official paper of the City, Contracts shall be
let the lowest responsible bidder who offers to furnish
the article desired for the lowest sum- The council may
however reject any and all bids; and nothing contained
herein shall prevent the City from contracting for the
doing work with patented processes from purchas
ing patented appliances The council shall regulate the
making of bids and letting of contracts by ordinance
Section lot. Contracts-How Executed All writ
contracts bonds and instruments of every kind and
description which the City shall be party except as
herein otherwise provided shall be executed in the name
of the City by the mayor, and shall be atesed by the
city clerk.
Section 1903. Official Publication The council shall
annually provide by resolution, for the publication Of all
matters required to be published shall annually des
ignate newspaper of general circulation in the City as
the official paper in which all such publications shall be
made, or in lieu thereof the council may establish a
municipal publication, which shall then be the official
newspaper.
Section 100. Statutes not Affected by Charter All
acts now existing hereafter enacted relating to the