HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 10.08.1906 - Officer MisconductAN 0-DINANCE PRESCRIBING THE N?�JW,!,R AND ]�TKOD OF
TRYING 0 7FICERS OF THIS CITY FOR MIS +'ABOANCE, INC OLPETENCY9
CORRUPTION OR MISCONDUCT AND OF -REMOVING THEM s571OM OFFICE.
BE IT OR'�AINBD by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas, that:
Section 1. 'Whenever charges in writing shall be made
by the Mayor or any two aldermen against any officer of this
City for misfaesance, incompetency, corruption or misconduct,
the charges shall be presented to the City Council, and after
being read and discussed, shall be voted upon, and if a maj-
ority of the aldermen elected shall vote in favor of the suf-
ficiency of the charges, then said officer shall be furnished
with a copy of the charges and cited to appear at next regular
meeting of the Council and answer thereto.
Section 2. If after the charges have been presented and
acted upon as provided in the next foregoing section, the
officer shall fail or refuse to appear and answer at the time
set to hear and dtermine the matter, the said charges shall
be considered as proven and said officer be declared guilty
as charged and be removed from office.
Section 3. After any officer against whom charges have
been preferred in accor.,ance with Section 19 shall appear and
answer thereto, and after all the necessary evidence in the
case has been heard, a vote shall be taken as to whether the
charges are sustained, and upon which the ayes and noes shall
be called, and if it shall appear that a majority of the
aldermen elected have voted aye, the said charges shall be de-
clared by the Mayor to be sustained, and the said officer
shall be removed from office.
Section 4.. The Council may remove any officer appointed
by them by resolution declaring its want of confidence in said
officer, provided a majority of all the aldermen elected shall
vote in favor thereof.
PAS sD AND APPROVED This 8th day of October A.D. 1906.
R. E. Ward,
layor.
ATTE3Ts Geo. Keahey,
Secretary.
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