A.
The office of City Solicitor as established by law is hereby continued
in force and effect and in all things ratified and confirmed, and
the duties of said office shall continue to be those established by
law.
B.
The City Solicitor shall be an attorney at law of New Jersey and
be admitted to the practice of law in the courts of New Jersey.
C.
The incumbent City Solicitor shall hold office until his full term
of one year shall have expired and until his successor shall have
been duly appointed and qualified. Every year thereafter, there shall
be appointed by Common Council a like person as City Solicitor, to
serve for a term of one year and until his successor shall have been
duly appointed and qualified.
[Amended 6-6-1991 by Ord.
No. 6-1991]
A.
It shall be the duty of the said City Solicitor to prosecute and
defend all actions which may be brought by or against Gloucester City,
the Mayor and Common Council thereof or by or against any City officer
or officers for or by reason of any matter or duty connected with
or growing out of their respective offices, or in which the City is
interested, in any court or tribunal in this state.
B.
He shall draw all the deeds, leases, conveyances, bonds, contracts,
agreements and other legal instruments of whatever nature necessary
in any matter relating to the business or interest of the City, and
all such ordinances as may be required of him by the Common Council
or any committee thereof.
C.
Said City Solicitor shall from time to time, when required, advise
the Mayor, the Common Council, any committee thereof or any City officer
upon all matters relating to the business or interest of the City
which may be submitted to him for his opinion, and when requested
so to do shall give his opinion in writing; when given to the Common
Council or any committee thereof, it shall be filed with the City
Clerk or in the office of the Mayor or other City officer requesting
the same, respectively.
The City Solicitor shall receive annually a retainer in an amount
to be fixed in the Salary Ordinance of the City of Gloucester City.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 4-21 through 4-25
were repealed 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 37-1997.
