The city fiscal—His duties.
Section 64
SEC. 64. The city fiscal—His duties.—There shall be a city fiscal, who shall discharge his duties under the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice. He shall be the legal adviser of the city and all offices and departments thereof; shall represent the city in all civil cases wherein the city or any officer thereof in his official capacity is a party; shall attend, "when necessary, meetings of the Board, draft ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases and other documents involving any interest of the city, and inspect and pass upon all such documents already drafted; shall give his opinion in writing when requested by the Mayor or the Board upon any question relating to the city, or the rights and duties of any city officers; shall, whenever it is brought to his knowledge that any city officer or employee is guilty of neglect or misconduct in office, or that any person, firm, or corporation holding or exercising any franchise or public privilege from the city, or contract with the same has failed to comply with any condition, or to pay any consideration mentioned in the same, investigate the matter and report to the Mayor, and shall, when directed by the Mayor, institute and prosecute whatever suits may be necessary in the city's interest. He shall also prosecute and defend all civil suits related to or connected with any city office or interest. He shall discharge all the duties in respect to criminal prosecutions enjoined by law upon provincial fiscals, and shall have exclusive charge of the prosecution in the Municipal Court of all offenses and violations of city ordinances committed within the city limits. He shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the provincial fiscal in the prosecution in the Court of First Instance- of violations of the penal laws committed within the two and one-half mile zone surrounding the city by land; but the fiscal first prosecuting such violations shall acquire exclusive jurisdiction over the same.