The city attorney.
Section 19
SEC. 19. The city attorney. - There shall be a city attorney who shall be the chief legal adviser of the city, and who shall have the following general powers and duties: He shall represent the city in all civil cases where in the city or any officer thereof, in his official capacity, is a party. He shall, when required, draw ordinances, contracts, bonds, lease, and other instruments involving any interest of the city, and inspect and pass upon any such instruments already drawn. He shall give his opinion in writing, when requested by the Mayor of the Council upon any question relating to the city or the rights or duties of any city officer. He shall, wherever it is brought to his knowledge that any city officer 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, has failed to comply with any condition, or to pay any consideration mentioned in the grant of such franchise or privilege, investigate or cause to be investigate the same and report to the Mayor. He shall have charge of the presecution of all crimes and misdemeanors and violations of city ordinances. He shall investigate all charges or crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of city ordinances and prepare the necessary informations or make the necessary complaints against the person accused, and discharge all other duties in respect to criminal prosecutions enjoined upon provincial fiscals generally. He may conduct investigations in respect to crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of ordinances by taking oral evidence or reputable witnesses, and for this purpose may, by subpoena, summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath before him, and attendance and evidence of an absent or recalcitrant witness may be enforced by application to the justice of the peace court of the city or the Court of First Instance of Province of Lanao. He shall cause to be investigated the causes of sudden deaths which have not been satisfactorily explained and when there is suspicion that the causes arose from unlawfiil acts or omissions of other persons or lrom foul play, for that purpose he may cause autopsies to be made in case they are deemed necessary, and shall be entitled to demand and receive for the purposes of such investigations or autopsies the aid of the city health officer. He shall, when directed by the Mayor, institute and prosecute in the city's interest a suit on any bond, lease or other contract and upon any breach or violation thereof.