There shall be a City Solicitor, who shall be appointed to said office by a majority vote of the City Commission and whose term of office shall be four years and shall begin on the first day of April next after his election in February, unless the election or appointment is to fill an unexpired term, when it shall be for the unexpired term. The City Solicitor shall be a practicing attorney at law with an active practice in the City of Gallipolis, shall be a resident of Gallia County, Ohio, and shall have the qualifications of an elector therein. In case of a vacancy caused by death, resignation, removal or from any other cause, the City Commission shall appoint a City Solicitor to serve for the unexpired term.
(Amended 11-7-00.)