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§ 1-2-1-7. CORPORATION COUNSEL; APPOINTMENT; ELIGIBILITY.
   (A)   The Corporation Counsel is the head of the Department of Law and is appointed by the Mayor pursuant to I.C. 36-4-9-6.
   (B)   To be eligible to be appointed as the head of the Department of Law for the City of Lawrence, a person must be admitted to the practice of law in Indiana and a resident of Marion County.
§ 1-2-1-8. CORPORATION COUNSEL; POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Corporation Counsel shall:
   (A)   Manage the legal affairs of the City;
   (B)   Prosecute violators of City ordinances;
   (C)   Give legal advice to all officers, departments, boards, commissions and other City agencies;
   (D)   Draft ordinances and other legal papers for the City and its departments, boards, commissions and other agencies when requested by the proper officer;
   (E)   Maintain custody of the records of his or her office and turn them over to his or her successor in office;
   (F)   Make all title searches and examine all abstracts required in public work of any kind, including opening, widening or changing a street, alley or public place;
   (G)   Promptly commence all proceedings necessary or advisable for the protection or enforcement of the rights of the City or the public;
   (H)   Use all diligence to collect costs, fees and recoveries within the scope of his or her duties;
   (I)   Report, in writing, to the Mayor all matters that he or she considers important;
   (J)   Report, in writing, to the City Controller all judgments for which the City is liable; and
   (K)   Perform all other duties prescribed by law.
§ 1-2-1-9. OTHER OFFICIALS.
   (A)   The elected and appointed officials designated in this title do not limit the appointment power of the Common Council to create by ordinance other offices as it deems necessary and proper for the orderly functioning of the City.
   (B)   If an emergency requires additional employees for a City office, board, commission, department, institution or utility, the Mayor may appoint those employees.
§ 1-2-1-10. DEPARTMENTS; APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF EMPLOYEES.
   (A)   Any department established by the Common Council under I.C. 36-4-9-4 may appoint deputies and other employees at its pleasure, unless a statute provides otherwise.
   (B)   A department may dismiss deputies and other employees.
   (C)   Except as provided by statute or ordinance, the Mayor may suspend or remove from office any officers, deputies or other employees of the City appointed by him or her or a prior Mayor by notifying them to that effect and sending a written statement of reasons for the action to the Common Council.