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AN ORDIN��NCE PRO�rIDING FOn TH� :�L�CTI�N GF F� C ITY `;
ATTURN�Y, AND PR���CF�IBING HT� DUTT�:S, 2UALIFICr!TTC.;:_ ' �
�£d�$-�':���'�� APuD REP�ALING OPDII��_NC��'i %Ti��:.i.,�1::�T- �
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B� IT 0R➢AINED BY THu �QUI�CIL flF THE �I�"Y t)F CAPPs GIR- �
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SECTION l. �LECTI��N OF' GITY �TTU�'u'vEY; T�'NUR� � OFF1G £.
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SPCTIUN 2. �UALI�IC�TI�NS 4F CITY ATTORNEY. ATo person
sh�11 be �ligible to the office of City ��ttorney �rho is not a q.�alifi�d �
voter of the city, or �rho is not learned in the lau� and a licensed �d
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_ practising attorney at the time of h3.� election ar appoint:nent, or �o
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sha11 at� the time of his election or appointment be in arrears for any
eity taxes, or guilty of an�y forfeiture or defalez�tion in c�' fice.
SECTIJN 3. O�TH OF OFFICE. Before entering upon the `
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duties of �is affice ��e Citg Attarneg �hall take and subscribe an
oath or affirrr�.tion before some Court of record in the County, or �
` Justice of the P�ace of the County, or the City C1erk, that he possess- `
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es all the q�alifica'�ions preseribed for hi� offic� b�r l.�w; that he ;
will support the eonstitution of the United States and of thE State c�'
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I�issouri, the prvvisions of all the ordinanc�s af the City oP Cape Gir- �
ardeau, and faithfully demean himself ia his of�ies, �hich official �
oath shall be filed with the Citp C2�rk. �
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SECTIUN 4. DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTGrti1�Y. He shall �
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prep�:re or see that all complaints filed befor� ths Police Judge are
in proper �nd sufficient form, und shall prosecute all com�laints �
lod�ed before the Police Jud�e, �►hen in his opinion the saine are �us- �
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� tified, and to that end he shall attend the Police Court r�hen noti- �
fizd that nis presence is needed, ar�d attend to any complaints, suits �
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or proceedin�s th�L may be brought by the City before the Police Judge, ';!
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or in which the Cit ma �
Y y be a party, and whenever the office of Ci � �
Counsellor sha11 be vacant, shall � �
perform the duties of that office,
The City �'�ttorney shall also assist the City CounseZ_ �
lor in a1I casee a '
ppea],ed from the Police Court to the Cape Girardeau
Court of Common Pleas or ta the Circuit Court and to $ssist in the
trial of such cases thus appe$led , and the services of the City At«
torney shall term�nate When the appealed cases have been fSnall�r dis-
posec of bq the Cape G3.r�rdeau Court of Common Pieas or the Cireuit
Cou.rt,
The City Attorney shall not take an appeal on beh ��
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of the City of Cape Girardeau fror� t� police Cour� �rithout first
having ebtained the sanetion or approval of the Mayor or eity Coun-
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It shall be the duty of the Ci�y Attorney when trying
a case in the Police Court to keep a list of ali ca�es tried befare
�.� th� Police dudge and to keep �emorandums of a21 wit,r3esses for the
� City and the D�fense and a brief s tatement of t
he testimonp of eaeh
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SECTION 5. IN C�SE OF SICKNESS OR �1BS�IdCE, DUT7E S TO
BE PEP.FOR�VIED BY �tHOh4. In c3asa of sickne�s, ab�ence fro� t�e eit �
� other Lem orar disabilit ot' t,he C2t Atto�,e to �
� y � y S� perform the dut3es
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perfor� b;F ��e �i�.y �;aurase3�
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�� t�� ������ ���}� �� ����, the City Attorney ma.y �uith the con-
sent of the t�a.yor and at his o� egpense, appoint some competent at-
torney possessi� all the qualifications of t,he City �ttorney, to act
in his stead durin� such sickness, absence from the city or disat�ilit�, ,
whieh a �A. �: ': ,..,. • -
PPointment sha11 be in �rritir�, ap�rov�d by t,,b,� - ��;,��
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with the eity Clerk, �nd the appointee sha11 take and abscribe the
o�th required of the Cit� Attorney and file same �ith the City Clerk
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�nd i� the City Attorney fail to make such appointment and the duties
o� his office be neglected, �-,.�.�.-..�--���� � the Council � ca,. -f"
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�I r�move him from officea a.s--�t---pre�cc� -f0r re�no�e� s��.-�€f���s.
S�CTI��N 6. VACANCY, I�,"J FILLED, If a vacancy occur
in the office of ity 9ttorney from any�, cause, the ��,t+�*�,e�F4: ����
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^«q�r �zercisirtg"A'th� i�tx'tf�e .8f t�e_e�t'ff-�°a �� ��c�►, shall cause a spe-
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eial e�ection to be held to fill such vac�nc;�, giving t�rent
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notice t�i.ereof by proclamation published in some news a er \`
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in the Ci�y; provided, however, when any such vacancy occurs with-
in sig mont�s of a general citg eleetion, no election shall be caI-
lad to fill s�ch vaeanc�T, but the same shall be filled by the Mayor
or the ' '
person e�ercisin� the office of' i+�ayor, by anpointment, and
swch appointee, having qualified in manner as is required for sueh
elective offic er, shall Y�old his office until the next general mu-
: r�ieipal election neld after his said appointment and uritil his suc_
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eessor is elected and qu�lified.
SEC�i��ON ?, COIv1PF�NS�TIQN OF CITY ATTv^Ri^TEy� plg ga��_.
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compensatiqn f'or hi� services the City Attorneq sha}ll be allo�red
the following fees: 'Ten per cent upon all fcc feitures of bonds of �
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the amount c�llected; and when he shall bring suit for an�r delin-
quent tages, ten per cent upon ang sum colleeted a�d p�id into the
City treasury; for every conviction in the Police Court, three
dallars (�3.00) to be tag�d as. cost in ths case,�, ��-�....g,�
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s��}� ��e-���� be ���b�e f�r ���� F��. And for assisting the Cit�r
Counsellor in cases app�aled from the Poliee Court to the Cape Gir-
ardeau Court of Common Pleas or the Circuft Court, ten dollars
5 (�10.00) for each ease thus apnealed and in Whieh the City Attorne�
actually assists the City Couns�lior.
SEGTI�N g, PFNALTY FOR NEGI,�CT OF DiITY� If the Cit�
Attorney shall wilfully neglect, fail or refuse to discha.rge an� duty
devolving upon him b�r qirtue of the provisions of this c�digance, he
shall be deemed guilty of' a m?sdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
�:_ shall be fined not less than five nor more thala oa� h�dred dollars.
SSCTION 9, CONFLICTING OF,DIN.�NCES F.EP`� LED. That part,
` of Ot�dinance No. �09? passed and a
+. �r z ppr ove�d �arch 30th, 19 i6, perta in-
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irig to City Attorney,�.,and all prior ordinances inconsistent herewith,
and all prior ordin�:nces or parts of prior ordinances pertaining to
� the salary and fees of the City t'�ttorney are hereby repealed.
SECTI�N 10. TO TAKL EF'FECT WHEN� This ordinance shall
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become effective ,a� the date of its passage and approval and shall
�:' apply 'to the Cfty Attorney who sha 11 be elected and enter upon his
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