The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-30
LEGAL ADVERTISING

substance, nor shall any principal or surety be discharged from liability thereon because of any such defect: but each bond intended as an offi- cial bond, or an employees bond, 1n- der this section, shall hold and bind the parties to 1t to the full extent contemplated by law, charter code, ordinance or regulation. The city comptroller shall, not less fre- quently than once each year, ex- anime the sufficiency of amount and surety of all such bonds and report any deficiency to the city manager for presentation to the board of f- nance.
 Sec. 215. Officers and Employees not to engage in Other Occupations, When. No member of the city coun- cil or other officer or employe of the city shall act as counsel or attorney before the city council or any con- mittee thereof, before the city court, or before any board or department of the city except the corporation counsel or an assistant corporation counsel in the course of his official duty.
 Sec. 2l6. Automatic Vacancies. If any employe of the city shall be convicted of a felony or of a mis- demeanor involving malfeasance or misfeasance in office or any viola ton of this charter, or be adjudged insane, or become a candidate for nomination or election to any pub lie office, except in the case of the mayor or an alderman who becomes a candidate to succeed himself, his position shall immediately become ipso facto vacant, and on certifica- ton of the fact by the personnel di- rector to the comptroller, after ir- vestigation, the comptroller shall not approve any payroll or account for the payment of compensation to such officer or employe for any period after the date certified by the personnel director as that on which the vacancy occurred.
 Sec. 217. Power to administer Oaths and to subpoena Witnesses. Any employe and any board of the city shall have power to administer any oath required in the course of his or its official duties. Any per- son or persons making an investi- gation authorized or required by this charter, shall have power to subpoena and require the attend- ance of witnesses and the produc- tion of books and papers pertinent to the investigation. If a witness so subpoenaed shall fail or refuse to appear or to answer any question pertinent to the subject-matter un- der investigation or to produce any books or papers in his possession or control relative to such subject-mat- ter, the person or persons con- ducting such investigation may make application to the superior court or, If the superior court is not in session, to any judge thereof, for the arrest of the witness and forth with to have him brought before said court or such judge to answer such questions or to produce such books and papers and, upon his re- fusal so to do, to punish him for contempt
 Sec. 218. Favoritism in Contracts Forbidden. No officer or employe of the city shall aid or assist a bidder in securing contract at any high CT prices or rates than those pro- posed by other bidders, nor favor one bidder over another by giving or withholding information or other wise, nor wilfully mislead any bid- der in regard to the character of the services, material or supplies called for, nor knowingly accept services, work, materials or supplies of a quality inferior to that called for by the contract or order there for, nor knowingly certify to a greater amount or higher quality of goods received or services performed than has actually been received or performed.
 Sec. 219. Personal Interest of Off, ficials in Transactions with the City. No member of the council nor any other employe of the city nor any relative within the second degree of affinity or consanguinity, nor any business associate, of any of such member or employe, shall have a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the city, or be financially interested, directly or in- directly, in the sale to the city, or the purchase from the city, of any real or personal property or services, except on behalf of the city. Any violation of this section, with the knowledge, express or implied, of the person dealing with the city, shall render the contract or sale yoidable by the city manager or the city council. It shall not be deemed violation of this provision if the employe of the city concerned shall place on record with the city clerk the nature and extent of his interest therein or connection herewith and shall absain from doing any act, of- ficial or otherwise, in relation there- to.
 Sec. 220. Officials not to solicit or accept Favors. No employe of the city shall use his official position di- rectly or indirectly to procure for himself or for another, or shall &C., cept, any favor, advantage, money, pass, privilege or anything of value other than his regular compensa- ton and expenses duly payable by the city, upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public gen. erally.
 Sec. 221. Candidacy for Public Off, flee. No person elected to the city council shall, during the time for which elected or within one year thereafter, be appointed to any other office or position in the service of the city. No person in the service of the city shall become a candidate for nomination or election to any other public office, other than the mayor and aldermen as candidates to succeed themselves, except upon resigning forthwith from the service of the city.
 Sec. 222. Obstruction of Public Officer. No person shall hinder, ob- struct, resist or abuse the mayor, city manager, or any other employee of the city in the discharge of his