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Council may require that the specifications of a contract for the construction of any public work or the installation of any street or sewer provide that the person with whom such contract is entered into shall employ as laborers or personnel thereon persons who reside in the City if such laborers or personnel of the requisite skill be available within the City at the customary and prevailing scale of wages in the City for like or similar work.
Before entering upon the duties of their employment, the Mayor, Municipal Judge, City Treasurer, City Clerk, and such other personnel of the City as Council may require so to do, shall give bond for the faithful performance of their duties, payable to the State of West Virginia in such amount and with such corporate surety as may be approved by Council. Council may provide for obtaining a blanket bond covering all City employees, designating specific employees whose bond shall be in excess of the amount of the blanket bond. The premiums on such bond or bonds shall be paid by the City after it has been ascertained that the premiums are not in excess of the premium scheduled filed by the bonding company with the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia. All bonds shall be subject to approval of the City Attorney as to form and substance, and, when so approved, shall be endorsed with his signature.
Each elective and appointive officer shall, before entering upon his duties, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the City Clerk:
"I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States of America and of the State of West Virginia, and that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the Charter, ordinances, resolutions, regulations and rules of the City of South Charleston, and will faithfully discharge the duties of to the best of my skill and judgment."
When an officer or employee of the City shall have filed such oath with the City Clerk and shall have given bond as required by law, he shall be considered having qualified for the position to which he was elected or appointed; provided, however, that if any person so elected or appointed shall not qualify in the manner herein prescribed within twenty days after he shall have been officially declared elected or appointed thereto, said position shall by reason thereof become vacant.
The article and section titles or headings in this Charter are intended for convenience only and shall be construed as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the article or section and shall not be deemed or taken to be a part of the article or section.