Printable Format13-516. Duties and salary of attorney. The city attorney shall receive a salary which shall be fixed by ordinance. The city attorney shall attend all cases wherein the city is a party, in all courts; he or she shall draft all ordinances, contracts, agreements, etc.; he or she shall attend all meetings of the council, and shall be under the immediate control of the governing body.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 80; R.S. 1923, § 13-516; L. 1945, ch. 99, § 7; July 1.
Source or prior law:
L. 1864, ch. 69, § 29; L. 1867, ch. 70, § 8, ¶ 5; G.S. 1868, ch. 18, § 110, ¶ 7; L. 1869, ch. 24, § 3, ¶ 7; L. 1870, ch. 47, § 8, ¶ 7; L. 1872, ch. 99, § 5, ¶ 7; L. 1874, ch. 46, § 67, ¶ 7; L. 1879, ch. 82, § 8; L. 1881, ch. 37, §§ 88, 93; L. 1887, ch. 99, § 9; L. 1903, ch. 245, § 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Authority of city to employ special counsel considered; compensation. City of Topeka v. Ritchie, 105 Kan. 398, 402, 184 P. 728.