EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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duties appertaining to said office until the appointment and
qualification of the new City Solicitor, and during the
absence, sickness or other disability of the City Solicitor, the
Deputy City Soltcitor shall perform all the duties appertain-
ing to the office of City Solicitor, including his duties as a
member of the Board of Estimates and of the Board of
Awards; in addition to such other duties as the City Solic-
itor 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

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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, or out of
the proceeds of loans or other sums appropriated by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to defray the cost of
public improvements or work, involving the examination of
titles on behalf of the city.

65. The City Solicitor is authorized to employ, in addi-

Examine titles

tion to the assistants to one of the Assistant City Solicitors
mentioned in Section 62 of this Article, at a total cost not
exceeding the aggregate amount therefor fixed by the annual
ordinance of estimates, a clerk, stenographer and typewriter,
and such other assistants of every kind as he may require, who
shall at all times be subject to his orders. The said clerk shall,
subject to the direction of the City Solicitor, have charge and
custody of the office and papers of the law department,
which shall be arranged and indexed by him in such con-
venient and orderly manner as to be at all times readily
accessible. He shall also keep in said office a complete
docket and duplicate pleadings of all suits, actions or pro-

Clerical help to
be appointed.

ceedings 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 of title which have heretofore been furnished to the

Duties of clerk.