§ 24. Oath of officers; how and within what time officers must qualify; failure to qualify vacates office.

After each election, and on or before the date their term begins as specified in Section 35 of this act [this Charter], all officers elected and appointed shall take an oath, before someone authorized to administer oaths, that they will support the Constitution of the United States, the constitution of this state, and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their respective offices to the best of their skill and judgment; that they are not and will not during their term of office, in any way or manner become pecuniarily interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the city, in any franchise granted by it, or in the purchase of supplies therefor. When the officer shall have made such oath in writing and filed the same with the city clerk and shall have given the bond required of him, he shall be considered as having qualified for the office to which he was elected or appointed; provided that if any person so elected or appointed shall not qualify for said office as herein prescribed, within seventy-five days after he shall have been officially declared elected or appointed thereto, said office shall ipso facto become vacant, and said vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as other vacancies therein are provided for in this act [this Charter].

(Ord. No. 7597, 10-21-2013)

State law reference

Oath of municipal officers, W. Va. Code § 8-5-8.