Sec. 2-181. Compensation fixed by council; traveling expenses;
officers in arrears or default.[84]
The salaries of all officers who shall receive stated
compensation for their services from the city shall be fixed by the
city council except as otherwise provided. They shall be paid their
reasonable traveling expenses when the duties of their offices
require their attendance out of the city. No payment shall be
made to any officer who is in arrears to the city or in default in
rendering any account or report required of him. (Code 1959, §
2-181.)