7265.R
ORDINANCE NO. 7265.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ESTABLISHING POS-
ITIONS THEREIN, DEFINING THE DUTIES AND RESPON-
SIBILITIES OF THE MEMBERS THEREOF, DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the duties of the legal officer of the .city government
of the City of Little Rock have increased many fold
within the last decade due to the enormous amount of
litigation to which the city has been made a party,
because of the zoning ordinances, building codes, and
other ordinances which have been adopted during that
period of time, and
WHEREAS, the system under which the City Attorney has been oper-
ating has become obsolescent, and the need for the ser-
vices to be performed by a legal department have become
more pronounced and in demand by the various departments
of the city government,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE C 0
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY. OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK:
SECTION 1. A legal department of the City of Little Rock
is hereby established. The duly elected City Attorney shall be
the head of such department and shall be responsible for its function-
ing and operation.
SECTION 2. The City Attorney shall, through said legal
department of the City of Little Rock, take charge of and direct the
management of all litigation ?i4which the City may be a party or in
wb1ch the City may have an interest. The City Attorney shall pro-
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A-a6$to' all cases coming before the Municipal Court of the City of
Little Rock to which the City may be a party, and all such cases
which may be appealed from said Court. The City Attorney shall re-
.present the City ajad all city officials in their official capacity
in all legal matters and proceedings in which they may be a party
to, or interested in.
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SECTION 3. The-City Attorney shall advise the Council,
or any committee, or member thereof, and the Mayor, and the heads
of all departments, and through the Mayor and heads of departments,
all other officers or officials of the City upon any and all legal
questions affoeting the city's interest. The City Attorney shall
approve as to form all contracts, bonds, insurance policies, and /or
other documents filed with the City pursuant to the ordinances and
:p regulations thereof, which are in the name or are made to, or with
the City.
SECTION 4. In addition to the above named duties, the
City Attorney shall prepare or cause to be prepared in the Legal
Department of the City of Little Rock a supplement to the latest
digest of ordinances and resolutions of the City of Little Rock.
Such supplement to the`digest of ordinances and resolutions of the
City of Little Rock shall be made every five (5) years from-and
after the effective date of this ordinance, covering the ordinances
and resolutions passed during the five (5) years immediately succeed-
ing the date of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. There are hereby created and established the
positions of two (2) Assistant City Attorneys, and the position of
Secretary to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall be paid the
same salary as is now fixed by law, and each assistant City Attorney
shall receive .a salary in the sum of One Hundred and Seventy Five
Dollars ($175.00) per month. The Secretary to the City Attorney and
the Legal Department shall receive a salary'of One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars ($150.00) per month. The persons to fill the above created
positions shall be selected by the City Attorney.
SECTION 6. In addition to the duties imposed upon the
City Attorney and Legal Department by this ordinance, he shall per-
form the duties which are imposed by the general law of the state,
beyond the competence of this ordinance to alter or require.
SECTION 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 8, Unless the provisions of this ordinance are
put into effect immediately, the public peace, health, and safety
of the citizens of the City of Little Rock will be adversely affect-
ed, therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this
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be, in full- fore '' O" e�Pf ect' from s�►:et ,after «t}ae.. �3ate
1,6f' its pgssager and approval.
PASSED:, rApri1 29s 1947- ICK
APPROVED:
MAYOR
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ATTEST: `~
�ITY CLERK