7-3-1341. Department of law. (1) The department of law is in the charge of a director to be appointed by the commission without definite term, who shall be a resident and elector of the municipality and who shall possess all of the qualifications required of county attorneys.
     (2) He shall have all the powers and, either personally or by such assistants as he may designate, shall perform all the duties that are prescribed for county attorneys, city attorneys, and public administrators, and in addition thereto, he shall be chief legal adviser of and attorney and counsel for the municipality and of all departments and offices thereof and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the commission.
     (3) He shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed by the constitution and giving a bond in the amount required of a public administrator in a county of the same class. He shall receive from the state as part of his salary the same amount which is paid by the state to county attorneys in counties of the same class, and the remainder of his salary shall be paid by the municipality. For all purposes in connection with criminal prosecutions he shall be known and designated as "county attorney of the city and county of .....".

     History: En. Sec. 44, Ch. 121, L. 1923; re-en. Sec. 5520.44, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3444; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 262, L. 1979.