[Approved 10-17-1967 by Ch. No. 1135 as Secs. 2-29 through 2-31 of the 1966 Code]
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Editor's Note: See also the following sections of the Charter which pertain to the City Solicitor and the Law Department: Secs. 3-100, 3-101, 3-301 and 4-300 et seq.
In all cases when his or her attendance out of the City may be required of the City Solicitor, his or her reasonable expenses shall be allowed. In all suits or prosecutions, the City Solicitor shall receive and retain such portions of the legal taxable costs recovered of the adverse party as according to the practice and usage in this state are received and retained by the attorney or solicitor in similar suits or prosecutions.
The City Solicitor shall annually, at the first meeting of the City Council in September, submit to the City Council a report of all suits or actions in which the City has been a party plaintiff or defendant during the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall state the names of the parties plaintiff or defendant in each suit or action, the date commenced, a brief statement of the grounds of action, of the proceedings had, of the decision of the court and the amount of the judgment, if any there be, or the status of the suit or action at the date of the report.
[Amended 4-26-1968 by Ch. No. 1158]
The City Solicitor is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint two assistants to be known as Assistant City Solicitors, whose powers and duties shall be similar to those empowered upon the City Solicitor by law, and shall be performed under and by the advice and the direction of the City Solicitor.