EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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trol, of any of the duties required of him by this Article,

whether expressed to be personal to himself or not, excepting

only such duties as pertain to his character as a member of the

Board of Estimates or of the Board of Awards. In case any

To fill vacan-

vacancy shall occur in the office of the City Solicitor, whether

cies.

by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Deputy City Solicitor

shall perform all the duties appertaining to said office until the

appointment and qualification of the new City Solicitor. In

addition to such other duties as the City Solicitor may assign

to him, one of the Assistant City Solicitors shall have charge,

subject to the direction and control of the City Solicitor of the

examination of all titles on behalf of the city, and in doing such

work shall be aided by such persons as the City Solicitor shall

employ for the purpose out of the funds appropriated by the

annual Ordinance of Estimates to his department for general

expenses.

65. The City Solicitor is authorized to employ, in addition to

the assistants to one of the Assistant City Solicitors mentioned

Employment
of clerk, sten-

in Section 62 of this Article at a total cost not exceeding thirty-

ographer, etc.

five hundred dollars per annum, a clerk, stenographer and type-

writer, and such other assistants as he may require, who shall

at all times be subject to his orders. The said clerk shall, sub-

ject to the direction of the City Solicitor, have charge and cus-

tody of the office and papers of the Law Department, which

shall be arranged and indexed by him in such convenient and

orderly manner as to be at all times readily assessible. He shall

Duties of clerk

also keep in said office a complete docket and duplicate plead-

ings of all suits, actions or proceedings in which the city, or

any department or official thereof is interested, pending in any

court or tribunal, upon which docket such appropriate entries

shall be made as to show at all times the condition of each one

of such cases. He shall also keep and record in a book to be

provided for that purpose the original or duplicate copies of all

written opinions furnished by the Law Department to the city,

or to any department or official thereof, and also of all abstracts

of title furnished to the city by the Law Department. He shall

also procure as far as possible, all legal opinions and abstracts

Legal opinions

of title which hav.e heretofore been furnished to the city, or

and abstracts

of title to be

any department or official thereof, and shall file and arrange

filed.

such opinions and abstracts in such manner and order as to be

at all times readily accessible and shall make and preserve an

index thereof. He shall also procure all law books heretofore

purchased by the city and in the possession of any law officer

or ex-law officer of the city, and arrange them in a proper book

case.