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The purchasing agent and every officer and employee of the city is expressly prohibited from accepting, directly or indirectly, from any person, to which any purchase order or contract is or might be awarded, any rebate, gift or money. The offer of any such gratuity to an official or employee by any vendor or contractor, or prospective vendor or contractor, shall be cause for declaring such individual to be an irresponsible bidder and to disqualify him from future bidding pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 202 § 12, 1974).