§ 7. Fraud and collusion.

Any member of the council or any officer or employee of the city who shall aid or assist a bidder in securing a contract to furnish labor, materials, equipment, supplies or services at a higher price than proposed by any other bidder, or who shall favor one bidder over another by giving or withholding information or who shall willfully mislead any bidder in regard to the character of the labor, material, equipment, supplies or services called for or the conditions under which the proposed work is to be done, or who shall knowingly accept materials, supplies or equipment of a quality inferior to those called for by any contract, or who shall knowingly certify to a greater amount of labor or service performed than has been actually performed, or to receipt of a greater amount or different kind of material, supplies or equipment than has been actually received, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be removed from office.