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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 206	the Public Local Laws of Maryland, as the same were amended by Chapter 112 of the Acts of the General Assem- bly of Maryland for the year 1904. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That Sections 62 and 65 of Article 4, entitled " City
	Repeal and re-enact	of Baltimore," of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, as amended by Chapter 112 of the Acts of the General Assem- bly of Maryland for the year 1904, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows : 62. The City Solicitor shall be the legal adviser of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and its several depart-
	City Solicitor to be legal adviser.	ments, and special commissions or boards, and shall have general supervision and direction of all legal business of the city; he shall have charge and direction of the preparation and trial of all suits, actions and proceedings of every kind to which the city or any municipal official department, special commission or board shall be a party in any court, local, State or Federal, or before any justice of the peace ; when practicable, without conflict with his other duties, he shall personally participate in the trial of all such suits in any of the Federal courts and in the Court of Appeals of Maryland and of all such suits in other courts which the Mayor may request him in writing to try, and shall dis- charge such other duties as may from time to time be pre- scribed by ordinance not inconsistent with this Article; he shall appoint in writing four assistants, to be known, respec-
	Assistants to be appointed	tively, as the Deputy City Solicitor and Assistant City Solic- itor, all of whom shall be members of the Baltimore bar, and shall hold their respective positions at salaries payable monthly, of $3,000 per annum for the Deputy City Solicitor and $2,500 per annum for each of the said Assistant City Solicitors, during the pleasure of the City Solicitor, who is hereby authorized to assign to them the performance, subject to his direction and control, 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 vacancy shall occur in the
	Vacancy.	office of the City Solicitor, whether by death, resignation or otherwise, the Deputy City Solicitor shall perform all the