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Oath of Office.
Interest in Contract or Supplies.
Section 121. No officer or employee of the city shall have a personal interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the city or be personally interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale to the city of any supplies, material, service or land, except on behalf of the city as an officer or employee. Any willful violation of this section shall constitute malfeasance in office, and any officer or employee found guilty thereof shall thereby forfeit his office.
Continuance of Contracts.
Section 122. All contracts entered into by the city or for its benefit prior to the taking effect of this charter shall continue in full force and effect. All public work begun prior to the taking effect of this charter shall be continued and perfected hereunder. Public improvements for which legislative steps shall have been taken under laws in force at the time this charter takes effect may be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such laws.
Amendments.
Section 123. Amendments to this charter may be submitted to the electors of the city by a two-thirds vote of the council, or when a petition signed by ten per cent (10%) of the electors of the city, setting forth any such proposed amendment has been filed with the election authorities in the manner and form prescribed herein for the submission of ordinances by an initiative petition.
The ordinance providing for the submission of any such amendment shall be submitted to the electors at the next regular municipal election if one shall occur not less than sixty (60) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after its passage; otherwise it shall provide for the submission of the amendment at a special election to be called and held within the time aforesaid.
Not less than thirty (30) days prior to such election the director of finance and public record shall provide notice of proposed amendments in a newspaper of general circulation advertising the proposed amendments in accordance with State law.
If such proposed amendment be approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon it shall become a part of the charter at the time fixed therein.
(Amended 6-9-1981)
When Charter Takes Effect.
Section 124. For the purpose of electing officers and exercising the powers of the city as provided herein, this charter shall take effect from the time of its approval by the electors of the city. For the purpose of establishing departments, divisions and offices and distributing the functions thereof, and for all other purposes it shall take effect on the first day of January, 1922.