(A) The Council shall consist of the Mayor and 2 Aldermen from each ward. The Council shall be judge of the election and qualification of its own members, and in case any vacancy shall occur in the office of Aldermen, by death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by an election.
(1963 Code, § 1-7-1)
(B) No person shall be eligible to the office of Alderman unless he or she shall be a qualified elector and reside within the ward for which he or she was elected, nor shall he or she be eligible if he or she is in arrears in the payment of tax or any other liability due to the city; nor shall he or she be directly or indirectly interested in any contract whatever to which the city is a party; nor shall he or she be eligible if he or she shall have been convicted of malfeasance, bribery or corrupt practices or crime; nor shall he or she be eligible to any office the salary of which is payable out of the city treasury, if at the time of appointment he or she shall be a member of the Council; nor shall any member of the Council at the same time hold any other office under the city government; nor shall he or she be, either directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a firm, engaged in any business transaction with the city, through its Mayor or any of its authorized boards, agents or attorney, whereby any money is to be paid, directly or indirectly, out of the city treasury to such member or firms; nor shall any member of the Council sign any bond in any case wherein the city is interested.
(1963 Code, § 1-7-2)