City of Westminster, MD
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2023-11-27
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The Code
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 29 Officers and Employees
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Article IV City Attorney
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 10 Civil Emergencies
- Ch 14 Elections
- Ch 16 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 19 Finance, Department of
- Ch 20 Fiscal Matters
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 24 Intergovernmental Relations
- Ch 29 Officers and Employees
- Ch 29 Art IV City Attorney
- § 29-17 Appointment; qualifications; compensation.
- § 29-18 Powers and duties.
- § 29-19 Attendance at meetings of legislative body.
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 36 Procurement and Contracts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 48 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 56 Buildings
- Ch 58 Business Regulation
- Ch 61 Cable Television
- Ch 68 Disorderly House Nuisances
- Ch 73 Environmental Sustainability
- Ch 78 Fire Prevention
- Ch 80 Fishing
- Ch 83 Floodplain Management
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 94 Licenses
- Ch 100 Nuisances
- Ch 103 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 106 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 109 Picketing and Parades
- Ch 112 Plumbing
- Ch 119 Property Maintenance
- Ch 124 Sewers and Sewage
- Ch 130 Solid Waste
- Ch 133 Special Capital Benefit Assessment
- Ch 135 Storm Sewer Systems Environmental Management
- Ch 136 Stormwater Management
- Ch 139 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 143 Taxation
- Ch 145 Taxicabs
- Ch 148 Trees
- Ch 150 Urban Renewal
- Ch 155 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 160 Water
- Ch 164 Zoning and Subdivision of Land
- Appendix
- Ch A174 Distribution Table
- Ch A175 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Ch. 2, Art. III, Div. 4, of the
1972 Code; amended in its entirety 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 750]
A.
There shall be appointed as provided in § 29-3 from the members of the Maryland State Bar Association a counselor or attorney for the City to act as its Attorney, with whom the Mayor and Common Council and the officers and department heads may consult as occasion may require.
B.
Such counsellor or attorney shall be compensated in
such manner as the Mayor and Common Council shall from time to time
determine.
It shall be the duty of the counsellor or attorney
appointed by virtue of this article to perform such legal services
as may from time to time be assigned to or requested of said attorney.
The counsellor or attorney appointed pursuant
to this article shall attend regular and special meetings of the Mayor
and Common Council when the City Attorney’s presence is requested
by the Mayor or the Common Council.
