State Ex Rel. Cooper v. Roth

The demurrer to the petition raises the question of relator’s qualifications to continue in office and calls for the interpretation and application of Section 4207, General Code, the pertinent portion of which is as follows:

“Each member of council shall be an elector of the-city, shall not hold any other public office or employment, except that of notary public or member of the state militia, and shall not be interested in any contract, with the city. A member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications herein required, or removes from his ward, if elected from a ward, or from the city,…