AN ordinance to provide for the election and qualification of certain city officers and assistants, and to fix their salaries and define their powers and prescribe their duties.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines: Section 1. - T here shall be elected by the Council a Corpora tion Counsel, who shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, file with the City Clerk his official oath, together with a bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by the Council. He shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per year, payable in equal monthly installments. He shall be the legal advisor of the Council, and shall, when requested, or whenever in his opinion it is necessary, advise the Council and the officers of the city upon all legal questions relative to the business of the city, or matters in which the city is interested, which advice shall, whenever practicable, be given in writing. He shall draw all contracts to which the city is a party. He shall prepare such ordinances as the Council may direct, and shall examine and report in writing to the Council upon ordinances prior to their final passage by the Council. It shall also be his duty to prosecute and defend all suits to which the city is a party 111 the federal courts, or in the equity courts of the state, except ordinary appeals from Board of Review, and all other suits involving contracts, franchises, and special assessments.

Sec. 2.-there shall be elected by the Council a City Solicitor, who shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties file with the City Clerk his official oath, together with a bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by the Council. He shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per year, payable in equal monthly install ments. He shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties provided or prescribed by law, or the ordinances of the city. It shall also be his duty to prosecute or defend all suits to which the city is a party in all courts of the city or state, except those confided to the Corporation Counsel, to prosecute all suits for the violation of any city ordinance, and all criminal prosecution before the Police Court. He shall, when requested, or whenever in his opinion it is necessary, advise the Council and officers of the city upon all legal questions relative to the business of the city, which advice shall, whenever practicable.

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