[Code 1975, § 2-61]
The City Solicitor shall be an attorney licensed to practice
law in this state and a counsellor-at-law of the supreme judicial
court of this state.
[Code 1975, § 2-62]
It shall be the duty of the City Solicitor to:
(1)
Commence and prosecute any suit for a breach of the bylaws or ordinances
of the City.
(2)
Commence and prosecute suits by order of the Mayor, in writing, or
by direction of the Council on account of any of the estate, rights,
privileges, claims or demands of the City.
(3)
Defend all actions and suits brought against the City or any officer
thereof wherein any of the estate, rights, privileges, ordinances,
orders or acts of the City or any branch thereof may be brought in
question before any court in this state.
[Code 1975, § 2-63]
It shall be the duty of the City Solicitor to draft all bonds,
deeds, proposed legislative enactments and other legal instruments
of whatever nature which may be required of him by any ordinance or
by order of the Mayor or Council of the City.
[Code 1975, § 2-64]
The City Solicitor shall, when required, furnish the Mayor and
Council, or any committee thereof, or any board and commission established
by ordinance, with his opinion on any legal subject which may be submitted
to him.
[Code 1975, § 2-65]
The City Solicitor shall render professional advice to any officers
of the City government or any members of any board or commission of
the City who may require his opinion on any subject touching on the
duties of their respective offices.
[Code 1975, § 2-66]
It shall be the duty of the City Solicitor to account for and
pay over to the Treasurer all moneys received by him for costs in
prosecution of any suit.
[Code 1975, § 2-67]
The City Solicitor shall, annually before the close of the municipal
year, make a report in writing to the Council of the unfinished business
in his department, including the names, grounds and stages of progress
of all suits pending in which the City is party or is interested with
the names and results of such suits affecting the City as may have
been decided or adjusted during the year and such other information
as to the business of his department as he may think important or
the Council may direct. Such report shall be published with the other
annual reports made to the Council.
[Code 1975, § 2-68]
The City Solicitor shall receive for services rendered such
sums of money as approved by the Mayor and Finance Committee on bills
submitted and a retainer in such sum as the City Council shall determine.
[Code 1975, § 2-5]
When in the opinion of the City Council it becomes necessary
to have the aid of legal counsel in addition to the City Solicitor,
such counsel may be engaged at the expense of the City.
