7-3-4367. Control of conflict of interest. (1) Commissioners and other officers and employees shall not be interested in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the municipality and shall not hold any partisan political office or employment. Any commissioner who shall cease to possess any of the qualifications herein required shall forthwith forfeit his office, and any such contract in which any member is or may be interested may be declared void by the commission.
     (2) No commissioner or other officer or employee of said city or town shall accept any frank, free ticket, pass, or service, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall also be sufficient cause for the summary removal or discharge of the offender. Such provisions for free service shall not apply to policemen or firefighters in uniform or wearing their official badges where the same is provided by ordinance or to any commissioner or to the city manager or to the city attorney upon official business, or to any other employee or official of said city on official business who exhibits written authority signed by the city manager.

     History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 152, L. 1917; re-en. Sec. 5413, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 31, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5413, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 327, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3214(part).