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serve Acknowledgements of deeds and other
instruments in all cases in which the same
are required or sanctioned by law, and shall
perform all other services required OF clerks
Sec. 1s6. SUPERVISION OF OFFICIAL
PUBLICATIONS. The city clerk shall
have the supervision Of all printing and
coune % ehYs He shall Cause seute to be published IN
ceedings of the city council as soon after
each do meeting as PTactieasSe NaS Tho c,tv
shall have power when authorized by the
city council to appoint deputy city clerk,
who shall hold his office during the pleas
thority, under the direction of the city
clerk, to perform all the duties OF the city
clerk.
The city clerk may, when authorized by
the city council, select such other assist
ants as may be necessary in his office, the
salary of said assistant city clerk and all
such assistants to be paid by the city the
amount of compensation to be liked and
determined by the city council.
CHAPTER MI.
CITY ATTORNEY.
Sec. 1913. APPOINTMENT. The city
council, at the meeting of its organization,
shall appoint city attorney, whose term
of Office shall be two years.
Sec. 199 DUTIES. He shall be the legal
advisor of the city and shall perform all
appear in and conduct all civil suits pros
ecutions and proceedings in which the city
shall be directly or Indirectly. interested.
except as otherwise provided in this act:
and, when necessary, take. charge OF and
conduct all prosecutions for violation of
city ordinances and perform such other
duties as may be required of him by law.
required, furnish opinions upon, any sub;
ject submitted to him by the city council
or any of the committees or boards
thereof. He shall advise the city, council
nd oil nit off IN nfft
cial duties. He shall personally or by an
assistant attend all the meetings OF the
city council and such OF its committees or
boards as shall request his attendance, and
no board, department nor officer Of the
city shall have or employ any other attor-
ney in connection with their official duties
Sec POI; ASSISTANTS. The city coun:
Gil may determine and fix the salaries of
such assistants and clerical force as may be
necessary in the department Of the CITY at
torney, and all such assistants and clerical
force shall be appointed by the city attor-
uey. He shall designate one of such assist
ants as the first assistant city attorney.
Such first assistant city attorney shall
have. in the absence or disability. of the
city attorney, the same powers and duties
as are prescribed herein for the city attor-
ney, and the city council may provide for
such temporary assistants to the city at
tOrney-tO be appointed by the city attor-
ney-as may be necessary.
In case no assistant city attorney Is pro-
yided for the city attorney, in case OF alb
sence, sickness or other inability, may at
his own expense appoint an attorney to act
In his stead for the time being.
Sec 2O2. APPEALS. The city attorney,
unless otherwise ordered by the city coun-
or not. in any case in which the city is a
party in any court. to take an appeal from
any order, judgment or determination of
the court, and in case Of any such appeal or
il case Of suing out any writ of error, GER
tiorari, mandamus attachment or any writ
from any court, the city shall not be
obliged to give any bonds, either for costs,
superseeGdleas or any other purposes; e what
city council Of the result of all actions to
which the city is party, or in which it is
CHAPTER XIII.
CITY ASSESSOR.
Sec. 203 APPOINTMENT. The city
council, at the meeting for it's organization.
shall, by resolution, appoint city assessor,
whose term of office shall be for two (2)
Sec. Sec. 2o4. DEPUTY ASSESSORS AND
CLERKS. The city assessor shall each
year appoint SUCH number of deputies as
may be required to enable him to properly
serve during the time of the making of the
list of property for taxation, but only so
long as their services may be needed. The
city assessor shall discharge such deputies
from time to time as he can spare, and the
city council may order said deputies or any
of them to be discharged at any time. The
city assessor shall present to the city cOun-
Gil at the second regular meeting thereof
in March in each year the names of such
persons as he shall desire to have for dep
uties, designating in each case the time
when the appointees shall, with the ap-
proval of the city council, commence to
serve as such deputies, which time shall be
long enough before May LIST so that each
may, before that day, be assigned to his
pared and instructed to do the same. The
city assessor shall also employ such clerks
as may be necessary, their number to be
reduced or increased as occasion may re-
Sec 205. DUTIES. The city assessor and
his deputies shall qualify in the manner
and form prescribed by general law. The
city assessor and his deputies shall perform
all the duties required by the General Laws
of this state respecting the listing of prop
Sec 2o6. DUTIES OF DEPUTIES. No
tices may be signed and given and other
acts in the line of his duty done by any
deputy assessor in the name Of the city
assessor; provided, however, that in cities
assessor provided for by law, then. such
city, If accepting the provisions, OF this
act, shall continue to be governed in that
respect under such law, and shall not elect
Sec 2O7 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
The board Of equalization shall consist of
the president and four az members of the
city council, to be chosen by it. Such
Der on the second Monday in July of each
year, and the members shall be sworn ac-
cording to law as such board OF equallza-
ton, and at such time and from day to day
thereafter as they may adjourn to, such
board shall proceed to amend, revise and
equalize the assessments made by the as
SCISSOR.
board shall be vested with all the powers
which are or may be vested in county
boards of equalization, so far as applicable,
but shall not be restricted as to reducing
the aggregate sum of real or personal prop.
erty as returned by the assessor: 1t shall
complete such equalization on or before the
second Tuesday in August of each year,
and when completed the same shall be GER
titled to the county auditor by the board of
Sec. 300. GRIEVANCES. ANY person
deeming himself aggrieved by any assess
ment may appear before such board per-
sonally or by counsel and present his griev-
ance for consideration, and the said board
shall have power to compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers,
and to examine any person as to any taxa
BILE property in said city.
CHAPTER XIV.
CITY ENGINEER.
Sec. 21O APPOINTMENTS. In cities
containing population of over fifteen thou
sand inhabitants the city council shall, at
city engineer, who shall be practical civil
engineer, and who shall perform and have
direction Of all civil engineering work for
all departments of the city. In cities con-
tanning a population Of less than fifteen
thousand inhabitants the city council shall,
at the meeting for it's organization, appoint
q street commissioner, who shall have, IN
der the direction of the city council: charge
and control of the streets of the city, and
shall perform such other duties as the city
council shall order. The term Of office of
the city engineer and street commissioner
shall be for two (2) years. Any city having
a population of less than fifteen thousand
time a civil engineer to perform such civil
engineering for the city as may be neces-
sary. The city engineer, whose term of
office shall be for two years, shall keep his
office at some convenient place in said city,
and the city council shall prescribe his du-
ties and fix his compensation and the com
him.
Sec. oil ASSISTANTS The city en-
gineer may, with the consent Of the city
council, appoint an assistant city engineer,
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