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...ority of a village may provide legal counsel for the village, or for any department or official of the village, for a period not to exceed two years and shall provide compensation for the legal counsel. (B) A petition may be filed with the village clerk, signed by registered electors residing in the village equal in number to not less than ten per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in...

...e elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of January next after his election. He shall be an elector of the city.

...No person shall be eligible to the office of city director of law who is not an attorney at law, admitted to practice in this state.

...itle VII of the Revised Code as legal counsel and attorney. The director of law shall be prosecuting attorney of the mayor's court. When the legislative authority of the city allows assistants to the director of law, he may designate the assistants to act as prosecuting attorneys of the mayor's court. The person designated shall be subject to the approval of the legislative authority.

...he mayor's court shall receive such compensation for the service provided by this section as the legislative authority of the city prescribes, and such additional compensation as the board of county commissioners allows.

... required to do so by resolution of the legislative authority of the city, shall prosecute or defend on behalf of the city, all complaints, suits, and controversies in which the city is a party, and such other suits, matters, and controversies as he is, by resolution or ordinance, directed to prosecute. He shall not be required to prosecute any action before the mayor of the city for the violation of an ordinance wit...

... of the city director of law, he shall clearly state to the director of law, in writing, the question upon which the opinion is desired, and thereupon the director of law shall, within a reasonable time, reply orally or in writing to such inquiry. The right conferred upon such officers by this section extends to the legislative authority of the city, and to each board provided for in Title VII of the Revised Code.

...ceipt therefor, one of which he shall file with the city auditor.

...icipal corporation, to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds of the municipal corporation, the abuse of its corporate powers, or the execution or performance of any contract made in behalf of the municipal corporation in contravention of the laws or ordinance governing it, or which was procured by fraud or corruption.

...gation or contract made on behalf of a municipal corporation, granting a right or easement or creating a public duty, is being evaded or violated, the village solicitor or city director of law shall apply for the forfeiture or the specific performance thereof as the nature of the case requires.

...ion fails to perform any duty expressly enjoined by law or ordinance, the village solicitor or city director of law shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of the duty.

... the court in order that a full and complete adjudication of the controversy may be had. In any civil action or proceeding involving the public interest the court shall grant the application of any person to intervene if the court believes that the public interest will be better protected or justice will be furthered.

...written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, to make any application provided for in sections 733.56 to 733.58 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer may institute suit in his own name, on behalf of the municipal corporation. Any taxpayer of any municipal corporation in which there is no village solicitor or city director of law may bring such suit on behalf of the municipal corporation. No such suit or p...

...ration shall be brought or maintained unless commenced within one year from the date of such contract or bonds.

...ere well founded, or if they are sufficient in law, it shall make such order as the equity of the case demands. In such case the taxpayer shall be allowed his costs, and, if judgment is finally ordered in his favor, he may be allowed, as part of the costs, a reasonable compensation for his attorney.

...deems proper to promote the good government and welfare of the city.

...ant legal officer, prosecutor, clerk, stenographer, or other employee, a person who is an associate or partner of, or who is employed by, the chief legal officer, assistant legal officer, or prosecutor in the private practice of law in a partnership, professional association, or other law business arrangement. In a municipal corporation having an official who is designated as prosecutor and who has authority to appoi...

...nd measures, who shall hold office coextensive with the term of office of the mayor who made his appointment, unless otherwise removed from office.

... municipal corporation shall be a competent person for the position, and shall receive a salary fixed by ordinance, to be paid by the municipal corporation, which salary shall be in lieu of all fees or charges.

...e. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the sealer shall give bond to the municipal corporation in such amount as is prescribed by ordinance, with security to the approval of the mayor, and conditioned for the faithful performance of official duties. The sealer may appoint inspectors to assist the sealer in the sealer's duties if authorized by the legislati...

...he sealer of weights and measures of a municipal corporation shall, at such times as may be required by regulation of the director of agriculture, submit all of his standards to the state sealer for comparison with the state standards.

... sealer may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of the weights and measures laws or regulations of the director of agriculture issued pursuant thereto.

...d of a municipal corporation, whether elected or appointed as a substitute for a regular officer, shall be an elector of the municipal corporation and, before entering upon official duties, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state and an oath that the officer will faithfully, honestly, and impartially discharge the duties of the office to which elected...

... section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority thereof may at any time require each officer to give a new or additional bond. Each bond except that of the municipal auditor or municipal clerk, upon its approval, shall be delivered to the auditor or clerk, who shall immediately record it in a record provided for that purpose and file and carefully preserve it in the auditor's or clerk's office. The bon...

...he municipal corporation prescribes by general or special ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the mayor. The mayor's bond shall be approved by the legislative authority, or, if it is not legally organized, by the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation or the large part thereof is situated.