CHAPTER VI.
CITY ATTORNEY.
Sec. 58. City attorney—election; qualification.
The Council shall elect an attorney for the city, who shall
have been admitted to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth.
Sec. 59. Same—duties.
The City Attorney shall have the management, charge and
control of all law business of the city, and be the legal adviser
of the Mayor, the Justices of the Peace, City Council, or any
committee thereof, and of the several departments of the city
government, and when required shall furnish written or verbal
opinions upon any subject involving questions of law submitted
to him by them.
Sec. 60. Same—duties.
It shall be the duty of said attorney to draft all bonds, deeds,
obligations, contracts, leases, conveyances, agreements and other
legal instruments of whatever nature, which may be required of
him by any ordinance or order of the City Council, or
which by any ordinance or order heretofore passed, may be
required to be done and made by the city, or which may be required
by any person contracting with the city in its corporate
capacity, and which by law, usage or agreement the city is to
be at the expense of drawing. It shall also be his duty to commence
and prosecute all actions and suits to be commenced by
the city before any tribunal in this Commonwealth, whether
in law or equity; and also to appear in defence and advocate
the rights and interests of the city, or of any officer of the city
in any suit or prosecution for any act in the discharge of their
official duties wherein any estate, right, privilege, ordinances or
acts of the city government may be brought in question, and
he shall perform such other duties as are or may be required of him
for the city by any ordinance or resolution of the City Council.
Sec. 61. Same—salary.
The salary of the City Attorney shall be in full compensation
for his services as to all matters, including the conduct of
cases in the Court of Appeals, or courts other than those of the
city of Charlottesville. When the duties of his office require
his attendance out of the city, his reasonable traveling expenses
shall be allowed him.
