The duties of the Law Director shall be those provided by law. He shall prosecute or defend as the case may be, all suits, actions and proceedings in any of the State courts in which the City shall or may in any wise be interested, whether the same shall or may be pending in Courts of Record, or in any inferior judicial tribunal. He shall draw all ordinances when directed to do so by Council or thereto requested by any member thereof, and shall in all matters pertaining to such office, or the legal business of the City, be the legal adviser of Council or its committees, and the boards and other officers of the City generally, and particularly do all the legal business of the City necessary to be done as attorney.
(1957 Code Sec. 123.01.)