The corporation counsel shall execute a bond to the city, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of that office. Such bond shall contain one or more sureties, who shall be approved by the comptroller.
a. It shall be unlawful for any salaried officer of the city or of the counties within the city or of any court exercising jurisdiction within the limits thereof, or for any public officer who is required by law to deposit the fees collected by his or her office in the city treasury, to receive from the law department or from any bureau thereof, any fee for levy, service or return of executions or other mandate or order, or for entering, filing, docketing, registering, recording or issuing any paper, record, mandate, precept or document required by law to be filed in or issued out of his or her office.
b. Every such officer must, upon application therefor, furnish to the law department or any bureau thereof, a certified or photostatic copy, extract or transcript of any paper, record, mandate, precept or document on file in his or her office, or of the return upon an execution, mandate or order, without receiving therefor the fee prescribed by law.
c. The law department or any bureau thereof shall file its notice of trial or note of issue or demand for a jury trial in any court in the city without being required to pay a trial or jury fee to any court clerk thereof.
It shall be unlawful for the corporation counsel or any of the corporation counsel's assistants to appear as attorney or counsel in any action or litigation except in the discharge of his or her official duties, or to accept an appointment as referee or receiver in any action or proceeding.
The corporation counsel shall prepare the draft of any bill to be presented by the city to the legislature for enactment, with a proper memorial for the passage thereof, and shall prepare such local laws as may be required by the council or any committee thereof.
The assistant corporation counsel in charge of the recovery of penalties, subject only to the approval of the corporation counsel, may settle, compromise, adjust or discontinue any action brought to recover a penalty in the name of the city or any agency thereof, provided that the penalty sued for does not exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars.
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