The City Attorney shall be the legal counselor for the City in all legal matters. He shall perform such duties in connection with legal matters as are herein prescribed and as may from time to time be prescribed by ordinance or resolution of Council. The duties of such office shall embrace all legal services of every nature and description whether such duties be rendered in the courts of Pleasants County, in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, United States Circuit Court of Appeals or in the Supreme Court of the United States.
(1972 Code §2-11-1)