14-205. Qualifications of officers; appointment of nonresidents; removal of officer, effect; oaths and bonds.
14-205
14-205. Qualifications of officers; appointment of nonresidents;
removal of officer, effect; oaths and bonds.
All officers elected or appointed shall be qualified electors of said
city, except that the city may appoint nonresidents as city attorney,
municipal judge and as law enforcement officers when deemed necessary,
including the appointment of nonresidents who also serve as city attorney,
municipal judge or law enforcement officers of another municipality or
public agency: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize the
appointment of nonresidents of this state. The city attorney shall be a
qualified elector of the county in which said city is located or of an
adjoining county. The removal from such city of any officer required to be
a qualified elector shall occasion a vacancy in such office. The clerk
shall enter every appointment to office, and the date thereof, on the
journal of proceedings. The council may require all city officers, elected
or appointed, to take and subscribe an oath and give bonds and security for
the faithful performances of their duties.
History: L. 1872, ch. 100, § 16; R.S. 1923, § 14-205; L. 1967,
ch. 90, § 6; L. 1968, ch. 274, § 34; April 30.