§ 33. Same—Suspension and removal of officers and employees.

The council shall have power to suspend and remove all officers and employees, whether elected or appointed, for misfeasance, malfeasance, inefficiency, or neglect of duty, to be specified in the order of suspension or removal, but no such removal shall be made without reasonable notice given to the person so suspended, or removed, and an opportunity afforded for a defense thereto; and no removal of any town officer, agent, or employee, other than an officer appointed by the mayor, shall be final until the same shall be ratified by a two-thirds vote of the town council.