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official act until said bond shall be given and approved in the
manner aforesaid. He shall daily pay over to the Treasurer all
moneys by him collected, and shall report to said Mayor and
City Council, at the first meeting of that body in every month,
a full statement of all moneys so collected and paid over by
him; and shall perform all such other duties, and in such man-
ner, according to such rules and regulations as the said Mayor
and City Council shall prescribe.

ATTORNEY.

SEC. 115D. It shall be the duty of the Attorney to represent
the said Mayor and City Council in all cases brought for or
against the said city in the courts of the State, or of the United
States, in the Circuit Court and before the City Magistrate.
When requested by the Mayor and City Council, or any mem-
ber thereof, he shall, in writing, give legal advice on all ques-
tions that may be referred to him, and shall also, in writing,
advise the officers of said city as and when he may be called on
for such advice. He shall prepare all ordinances, and ex-
amine, supervise, prepare and approve, as to form, all the con-
tracts made by or with the said Mayor and City Council. He
shall, when obliged to leave the city on the city's business, re-
ceive his actual expenses. He shall be not less than twenty-
five years of age, five years a resident of the city and three
years a member of the bar. He shall give bond for the faithful
performance of his duties in the sum of five thousand dollars
($5,000), to be approved by the Mayor and City Council of
Cumberland.

AUDITOR.

SEC. 115E. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to examine,
in detail, all bills, accounts and claims against the said city,
and if found correct, sign his name in approval thereof, but if
found incorrect, he shall return them to the party presenting
the same for correction. He shall be general accountant for
the said city, and shall keep in books regular accounts of all
real, personal and mixed property of the said city, of all re-"
ceipts and disbursements of money, and under proper heads,
separately, each source of receipt and the cause of each dis-
bursement; and shall also keep an account with each person,
including the officers, who have money transactions with the
said city, crediting the amounts allowed by proper authority,
and specifying the particular transactions to which the said
entries apply. It shall also be his duty, at least once a month,
to examine the books or accounts of all officers of said city
charged with the receipt and disbursement of money, and if