[Ord. No. 10 §§1 —
3, 7-8-1896]
A.
The
City Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent and
approval of a majority of the members elected to the Board of Aldermen,
and shall hold his/her office for a term of one (1) year, unless sooner
removed by the Board for cause. He/she shall prosecute and defend
in the proper courts, and before the proper officers, in any and all
actions and cases where his/her appearance is made necessary in behalf
of the City for the recovery of any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or
general or special tax, and in all causes in which the City may be
interested, as well as in the Circuit and Supreme Courts, as before
inferior tribunals. Also in all actions against any officer, servant
or agent of the City, on account of official acts as a City Officer,
and to give legal advice, whenever requested so to do, to the Board
of Aldermen of the City, its standing or special committees or any
of its elected officers, in relation to his/her other duties in connection
with the City Government, or the laws of the State, or the ordinances
of the City as applicable thereto.
B.
It
shall be the duty of the City Attorney, in all proper cases, to prepare
all necessary complaints for the violation of the ordinances of the
City.
C.
If
the City Attorney shall be interested, or shall be related to the
defendant on any prosecution before the Mayor or Municipal Judge either
by blood or marriage, or if he/she be sick or absent, the Mayor or
Board of Aldermen may appoint some attorney to prosecute the cause,
and the party so appointed shall possess the same power and receive
the same fees as the City Attorney for like services, which said appointment
may be for any special case, or definite period of time, as the emergency
herein provided for may require.
