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.