No officer or employee of the city shall ever accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, favor, privilege or employment from any public utility corporation enjoying a grant of any franchise, privilege or easement from the city during the term of office of such officer, or during such employment of such employee, except as may be authorized by law or ordinance. Any officer or employee of the city who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by any fine that may be prescribed by ordinance for this offense, and shall forthwith be removed from office.
It shall not be necessary in any action, suit or proceeding in which the city or any of its appointive boards or commissions is a party, for any bond, undertaking or security to be executed in behalf of the city, but all such actions, suits, appeals or proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner as if such bond, undertaking or security had been given, and the city shall be liable as if such obligation had been duly given and executed.
The property, real and personal, belonging to the city shall not be liable to be sold or appropriated under any writ of execution or cost bill, nor shall the funds belonging to the city, in the hands of any person, be liable to garnishment on account of any debt it may owe or funds it may have on hand due any person, nor shall the city or any of its officers or agents be required to answer any writ of garnishment on any account whatsoever. Any attempted assignment of wages shall be absolutely void so far as the city is concerned unless authorized by state law and approved by resolution of the city council. This section shall also apply to the property, funds and personnel of appointive boards and commissions of the city council.
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