The City Fiscal — His powers and duties.
Section 30
SEC. 30. The City Fiscal — His powers and duties. — There shall be a city fiscal who shall discharge his duties under the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice. The city fiscal shall receive a salary of fifteen thousand pesos per annum. The city fiscal shall be the chief legal adviser of the city and all offices and departments thereof. He shall have the following powers and duties: He shall represent the city in all civil cases wherein the city or any officer thereof, in his official capacity, is a party. He shall, when required, draw ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases, 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 or the council, upon any question relating to the city or the rights or duties of any city officer. He shall, whenever 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 investigated the same and report to the Mayor. He shall have charge of the prosecution of all crimes and misdemeanors and violations of city ordinances triable in the city court. He shall also have charge of all prosecution of crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of city ordinances appealed to or brought before, the Court of First Instance of Davao. He shall investigate all charges of crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of city ordinances and prepare the necessary information or make the necessary complaints against the persons 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 and for this purpose may, by subpoena, summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath before him, and the attendance of an absent or recalcitrant witness may he enforced by application to the city court or the Court of First Instance of the Province of Davao. He shall cause to be investigated causes of sudden deaths which have not been satisfactorily explained and when there is suspicion that the causes arose from unlawful acts or omissions of other persons or from foul play. For that purpose he may cause autopsies to be made, in case it is 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.