7-3-4254. Selection and supervision of officers and employees. (1) In cities having a mayor and two councilmen, the mayor shall be superintendent of the department of accounts, finance, and public property, and in cities having a mayor and four aldermen, the mayor shall be superintendent over the department of public affairs, and the mayor shall have general supervision over all departments of the city and over all matters connected with said city, and the council shall, at its first regular meeting after the election of its members, designate by majority vote one councilman to be superintendent over each department of the city, but such designation may be changed whenever it appears that the public service would be benefited thereby.
     (2) The council shall, at its first regular meeting after the election of its members or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect by majority vote the following officers: a city clerk, a city treasurer, a city attorney, a city auditor, a city engineer, a city physician, a chief of the fire department, a chief of the police department, a commissioner of weights and measures, a street commissioner, library trustees, cemetery trustees, and such other officers and assistants as shall be provided for by ordinance and which may be necessary to the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the city. The council may by ordinance consolidate any of the offices the election to which is made by the council and may require any officer elected by the council to perform the duties of any other officer and shall appoint a city judge with the authority now conferred by existing laws. The tenure in office of a chief of the fire department and other officers of the fire department shall be governed by the provisions of 7-33-4106 and 7-33-4122 through 7-33-4124. Any officer or assistant elected or appointed by the council may be removed from office at any time by a majority vote of the members of the council, except as otherwise provided in this part.
     (3) The council shall have power from time to time to create, fill, and discontinue offices and employment other than herein prescribed, according to their judgment of the needs of the city, and by majority vote of all the members to remove any such officer or employee, except as otherwise provided for in this part, and may by resolution or otherwise prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers or employees.

     History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 19, Ch. 57, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 5384, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5384, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 73, L. 1943; Sec. 11-3121, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 20, Ch. 57, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 5385, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5385, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 11-3122, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3121, 11-3122.