§ 18. Appointment of marshal, clerk and treasurer; punishment for malpractice in office.

The mayor and aldermen shall, at their first meeting, after being duly qualified, proceed to elect by ballot a marshal and a clerk and treasurer, each of whom, unless removed from office, shall remain in office until a new election and qualification of mayor and aldermen, and said mayor and aldermen shall have full power to remove from office, or punish by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), either of said officers elected by them for any neglect, malpractice in, or abuse of, said office, and the mayor shall have full power to suspend either of said officers from exercising the several duties of their office until the next regular meeting of the council, when said body may take such action in reference to said suspension as they may deem proper.