§ 17. Selection of mayor pro tem and other officers and employees; salaries and oath of officers and employees.

Be it further enacted, that at the first regular meeting of the city council of Cumming on the first 2nd Monday in January of each year, they shall elect one of their number mayor pro tempore for a term of one year, who shall, in the absence or disqualification of the mayor, or during a vacancy in said office, be vested with all the authority of the mayor and as such perform all the duties of the mayor. The city council may also at said meetings elect for said city a chief of police and as many policemen as they deem necessary, a municipal judge, clerk and treasurer; a city attorney, and city physician, and may elect such other officers and employees of said city as they may deem necessary; and they shall have power to fix and provide for the salaries or compensation of the officers or employees so elected. All of said officers shall be elected for terms of one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, unless sooner discharged and removed from office. Each of said officers shall take such oath of office, give such bonds and perform such duties as shall be fixed by ordinance; and the city council of Cumming shall have power and authority to suspend and remove such officers from office, or impose fines on said officers for gross neglect or malfeasance, after a fair and impartial trial.