The Director of Law shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in the State of Ohio. He shall be the legal advisor of and attorney and counsel for the City, and for all officers and departments thereof in matters relating to their official duties. He shall prosecute or defend all suits for and in behalf of the City, and shall prepare all contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing in which the City is concerned and shall endorse on each his approval of the form and correctness thereof. No such bond, contract or instrument shall become effective without such endorsement by the Director of Law thereon.
(Effective November 9, 1931)