Sec. 128. Same—city officials not to be interested in.
No officer of the city, or member of the Council, shall, directly
or indirectly, contract with the city, or any of its boards or
committees, for furnishing it or any of its departments with
labor, supplies, machinery or other articles, or for doing any
work for the city, nor shall he be interested in the profits on any
such contract; but this section shall not be construed as to prevent
sales of goods to the city, or its boards or agents, by members
of the Council, in open market or in the usual course of
trade at their respective places of business; nor to prohibit a
member of the Council who is a physician to furnish professional
service to the city. (Code, § 823, as amended by Acts,
1908, p. 322.)
Any one violating this section shall be fined fifty dollars, and
shall, in addition, be deemed guilty of malfeasance in office, and
subject to removal therefrom.
