collected within the City and County. He shall be charged with all taxes levied upon real and personal property within the City and County, upon the final settlement to be made by him according to law, or this Charter. He shall pay into the treasury, without any deduction for commissions, fees or charges of any kind or on any account, the full amount of all taxes, assessments and moneys received by him, and not previously paid over, including all moneys paid under protest, and money received for taxes paid more than once, and for street assessments. He shall also be charged with, and be debtor to the City and County for, the full amount of all taxes due upon the delinquent tax list delivered to him for collection, unless it appear to the satisfaction of the Supervisors expressed by resolution, that it was out of his power to collect the same by levy and sale of property liable to be seized and sold therefor.

SEC. 3. The Tax Collector may appoint an attorney to prosecute actions for the collection of delinquent taxes, and may agree on paying him as compensation therefor a stated percentage out of the amounts recovered; but such percentage shall in no case exceed fifteen per centum of the

amounts recovered.

SEC. 4. He shall examine all persons liable to pay licenses, and see that licenses are taken out and paid for. In the performance of their official duties, he and his deputies shall have the same powers as police officers in serving process and in making arrests. He may demand the exhibition of any license for the current term from any person, firm or corporation engaged or employed in the transaction of any business for which a license is required; and if such person, firm or corporation shall refuse or neglect to exhibit such license, the same may be revoked forthwith by the Tax Collector.

SEC. 5. The Auditor shall from time to time deliver to the Tax Collector such City and County licenses as may be required, and sign the same and charge them to the Tax Collector, specifying in the charge the amounts thereof named in such licenses respectively and the class of licenses, and take receipts therefor, and the Tax Collector shall sign and collect the same. The Tax Collector shall once in every month, and oftener when required by the Auditor, make to the Auditor a report under oath of all licenses sold and on hand, and of all amounts paid to the Treasurer, and shall also in that regard comply with the regulations which may be prescribed by the Supervisors. At the time of making such report, the Tax Collector shall exhibit to the Auditor all licenses on hand and the Treasurer's receipts for all moneys paid into the treasury.

CHAPTER VI.

The Coroner.

SECTION 1. There shall be a Coroner of the City and County, who shall be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election and who must have been such for at least five years next preceding such election. He shall be elected by the people and hold office for two years. He shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars. He shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. He shall have the control and management of the Morgue of the City and County under such ordinances as the Supervisors may adopt.

SEC. 2. He may appoint an autopsy physician who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; a chief deputy, who shall receive an annual salary of twentyfour hundred dollars; three assistant deputies who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; a stenographer and typewriter who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; and a messenger who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars.

CHAPTER VII.

The Recorder.

SECTION 1. There shall be a Recorder of the City and County, who shall be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election and who must have been such for at least five years next preceding such election. He shall be elected by the people and hold office for two years. He shall receive an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars. He may appoint a chief deputy, who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; two assistant deputies who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. He may also appoint as many copyists as he may deem necessary, who shall receive not more than eight cents for each one hundred words actually written; but no copyist shall be paid a greater compensation at this rate than amounts in the aggregate to one hundred dollars a month.

SEC. 2. The Recorder shall take into his custody and safely keep all books, records, maps and papers deposited in his office. Upon demand and payment of the fees prescribed therefor by law or by ordinance, he must furnish to any one applying therefor a copy of any such book, record, map or paper, certified under the hand and seal of his office. When any papers are presented for filing or recording, he or his deputies shall write on the margin of each paper so presented the number of folios, the amount paid for recording

the same, and shall number consecutively all instruments and documents filed in his office. He shall also perform all other duties at the time and in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the State.

ARTICLE V.

LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

CHAPTER I.

The Superior Court Judges.

SECTION 1. The Judges of the Superior Court of the City and County may appoint not to exceed five interpreters of foreign languages, who shall act as such interpreters in criminal actions and proceedings in all the courts in the City and County, and in examinations before Coroner's juries.

SEC. 2. The stenographers in the Criminal Departments of the Superior Court shall each receive an annual salary not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars which shall be in full compensation for all services including transcription and all stationery used by them.

CHAPTER II.

The City Attorney.

SECTION 1. There shall be an Attorney and Counselor of the City and County, who shall be styled City Attorney, and who shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars. He shall be elected by the people and shall hold office for the period of two years. He must be at the time of his election an elector of the City and County and qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and he must have been so qualified for at least ten years next preceding his election, during five years of which he must have been an actual resident of the City and County. He shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office.

SEC. 2. He must prosecute and defend for the City and County all actions at law or in equity, and all special proceedings for or against the City and County; and whenever any cause of action at law or in equity or by special proceedings exists in favor of the City and County, he shall commence the same when within his knowledge, and if not within his knowledge, when directed to do so by resolution of the Supervisors. He shall give legal advice, in writing, to all officers, boards and commissions named in this Charter, when requested so to do by them,

or either of them, in writing, upon questions arising in their separate departments involving the rights or liabilities of the City and County. He shall not settle or dismiss any litigation for or against the City and County under his control unless upon his written recommendation he is ordered to do so by the Mayor and Supervisors.

SEC. 3. He shall keep on file in his office all written communications and opinions given by him to any officer, board or department; the briefs and transcripts used in causes wherein he appears; and bound books of record and registry of all actions or proceedings in his charge in which the City and County is interested.

SEC. 4. He shall deliver all books and records, reports, documents, papers, statutes, law books and property of every description in his possession, belonging to his office, or to the City and County, to his successor in office, who shall give him duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall file with the Auditor.

SEC. 5. The City Attorney may appoint four assistants, the first of whom shall receive an annual salary of thirtysix hundred dollars; the second an an annual salary of three thousand dollars; the third an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars, and the fourth an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars. He may also appoint a chief clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; an assistant clerk who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars; a stenographer and typewriter who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars; and a messenger who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars. An officer of the Police Department shall be permanently detailed by the Chief of Police for the purpose of doing the detective work necessary in preparing and prosecuting the litigation of the office, who shall continue to serve on such detail during the pleasure of the City Attorney. The assistants and the chief clerk must each, at the time of his appointment, be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and must have been so qualified at least two years next preceding his appointment. The assistants, clerks, typewriter and messenger shall be appointed by the City Attorney, and shall hold their offices at his pleasure, and the specific duties of each shall be prescribed by him.

CHAPTER III.

The District Attorney.

SECTION 1. The District Attorney shall be elected by the people and shall hold office for two years. He shall be an elector of the City and County and must at the time of his

44

election be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and must have been so qualified for at least five years next preceding his election. He shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. The District Attorney shall have all the powers conferred, and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon, the District Attorneys of counties by the general laws of this State, and in addition thereto shall attend, institute and conduct on behalf of the people, all prosecutions cognizable in the Police Court of the City and County. He shall draw all complaints and warrants in said Police Court, prosecute all forfeited recognizances therein, and all actions for the recovery of fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing to the City and County; deliver receipts for money or property received in his official capacity, and file duplicates therefor with the County Treasurer; file with the Auditor on the first Mondays of January, April, July and October in each year, an itemized statement under oath showing all moneys received by him in his official capacity during the preceding three months; keep a register of his official business in which must be entered a note of every action, whether criminal or civil, prosecuted officially by him, and of the proceedings therein; and give, when required, without fee, advice to the Board of Police Commissioners, the Chief of Police, the Board of Health and the Coroner, upon matters relating to the duties of their respective offices.

SEC. 3. He may appoint seven Assistant District Attorneys to aid him in the discharge of his official duties, three of whom shall act as prosecutors in the Superior Court, and shall each receive an annual salary of thirty-six bundred dollars, and four of whom shall act as the prosecuting attorneys of the Police Court, and shall each receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars. When any of the assistants of the District Attorney acting as such prosecuting attorneys in the Police Court are not actually engaged in work connected with prosecutions therein, they shall be at the call of the District Attorney for any service connected with his department. The assistants must each, at the time of his appointment, be qualified to practice in all the courts of this State, and must have been so qualified for at least two years next preceding his appointment. The District Attorney may also appoint one chief clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; one assistant clerk, who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and one stenographer and typewriter who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. The District Attorney may, in the name of the